Power steering/ V8 swap questions

[Agrass1992]

Ok I have a 1950 3100 and I'm in the process of doing a v8 swap to a 350. My question is will doing a power steering conversion leave me with enough space between the steering box and the engine for a set of block hugger headers to fit. As of right now I have about 1 inch of space there and no headers will work. Any experience with power steering conversions is appreciated.

[lynx5653]

I don't have any answer for you just question. Are you in Bangor, Me?

[OrrieG]

Short answer is either the engine is offset to passenger side from center or steering column moved away from center line to gain clearance. A search using the box above, set to this site, looking for AD v8 steering should find lots of build threads with info.

[scooters52]

Agrass, what are you going to use for a power steering system? I had this same exact problem with my little '52 truck. I used a power steering setup out of a mid-1970's blazer, and then discovered that I didn't really have any room for headers. I ended up going with a set of Tru-Ram manifolds from Speedway (I posted the link below), and they worked pretty good. You are right though, there isn't a lot of clearance.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Tru-Ra...Iron,3823.html