496BBC
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If so how did it go? I am getting ready to decide if I want to build my own or buy a kit and install it. VBandP has a fair sale right now so if this system is a good fit for my vette I may just go this route.
Neal
Neal
The bracket is as beefy as it gets, but the frame will flex there as it's just bolted by 4 little studs. I even upgraded those to a thicker metric size (don't remember which size) but it still flexes. The bar connecting left and right together using that big welded on passenger side bracket as the anchor point to me was the quickest and easiest way to make this as solid an install as I could get it.
No, see the bracket I welded to the frame and the bolt on one, thicker version of stock steeroid that bolts to the drivers side of the frmae? I have abar that connects these 2, so the pass side supports the drivers side and keeps it from moving. The bar is not in the pics as i didn;t take a pic after I added that. That's what makes up the "cradle" in that install.
The drivers side bracket is held by those 4 studs (they are 2 plates w/ 2 studs, like stock that drop down through the big hole in the frame) and the standard steeroids bracket that bolts to this bracket and inside the frame (original steering box mounts)
The Flaming River cradle kit looks a lot better than the Steeroids junk....just my 2cents if you want the convenience of a complete kit and something that does not flex....
Chasing parts ??? There's not too much to it.... you don't have to get the parts from a junkyard: reman rack from RockAuto, steering shaft and U-joints from Summit/Jegs, build your own cradle.... you safe $500 and it won't flex.
There's a thread in the "projects" section and a downloadable PDF with detailed photos and part numbers in the download section :1st: