LSx Valiant Build. Take a look inside...

Stock box took up way too much room, who needs power steering anyway?

Congratulations you now have 22:1 steering ratio... that will be just fine for the dragstrip.

Manual 16:1 can be found. Not easily. Your original power steering was 16:1. You might want to look into the Borgeson Power Steering box, it has a nice 14:1 ratio. Much smaller than the Mopar power chunk, a little bit bigger than the manual. Not cheap. If you are stuck with the manual look into the fast ratio arms from firm feel, it will give you about a 25% faster ratio. On 22:1 that will get you somewhere between 16:1 and 17:1, you will then have to accommodate the longer arms in your exhaust design... one solution creates a new problem.

You may end up having to make your own headers.