solo racing an early A

TheCraigMachine said
I think my biggest problem is going to be the steering. It seems that my only options are the Flaming River manual box, or the Borgeson power box. Im simply not willing to give up my manifolds just yet, and not willing to spend a grand on headers that may or may not fit with my column/shifter linkage setup. Anybody tried the Borgeson box yet? How does it compare in size to the manual box?

Do a search on Moparts (corners are best) as well as here for progress on Borgessen box. Bergman is or will be selling what is needed to bolt in with no machining. ( I don't always agree with Peter about car set up, but I've never heard anything bad about the quality of his work and his car is nicely done. ) There may be photos in the magazine article the E-berger wrote up. IF I go to Carlisle, there's probably some examples I can look at and photo.

I gather there is (again) a shortage of 16:1 worm gears for our saginaw boxes. Even so, they turn up, especially because the steering effort is not everyone's cup of tea. Don't be afraid to put a 20:1 worm in if that's all you can do for now. I used a 20:1 in the orgiinal /6 manual box for a long time until I was fortunate to find a seller of a 16:1 box.

On an early A the header choices are very limited. Off the shelf, just two choices, which I think are OK with the column shift but not sure - especially if your using the shifter arrangements that came with those cars. I bet the 318 would run great with 1.5" primaries, which help clearance especially if pinched into the collector (like Headers by Ed). But it would be a project and $$$.