[carbking]

The 67-69 long branch manifolds will fit (snugly) IF YOU HAVE MANUAL STEERING!

They will NOT fit if you have power steering. The power steering box is about 1/4 inch wider than the manual box.

Now, if you have power steering, and think OK how hard is it to change to manual.

The box isn't difficult, and not overly expensive, BUT the drag link from an automatic box will not fit the manual box.

Unless the drag link has been reproduced (I don't know, I finally found one, and don't need another), they are rarer than an honest politician, and more expensive than the Mona Lisa IF you find one at all.

25 years ago, I spent a year and a half looking, and about $300 when I FINALLY found one! At that point in time, I had made all the other changes, and the car was not driveable without the drag link; its only money!

Jon

[importsmasher]

Originally Posted by carbking

The 67-69 long branch manifolds will fit (snugly) IF YOU HAVE MANUAL STEERING!

They will NOT fit if you have power steering. The power steering box is about 1/4 inch wider than the manual box.

Now, if you have power steering, and think OK how hard is it to change to manual.

The box isn't difficult, and not overly expensive, BUT the drag link from an automatic box will not fit the manual box.

Unless the drag link has been reproduced (I don't know, I finally found one, and don't need another), they are rarer than an honest politician, and more expensive than the Mona Lisa IF you find one at all.

25 years ago, I spent a year and a half looking, and about $300 when I FINALLY found one! At that point in time, I had made all the other changes, and the car was not driveable without the drag link; its only money!

Jon

That is not true. I have long branch manifolds on my 74 GTO with manual steering, and I have at least an inch of clearance; certainly enough to fit a power steering box. Plus, this is essentially the same subframe as the first Gen Firebird, and you could absolutely get a Ram Air engine with power steering in a Firebird. My nephew has a 69 Firebird with long branches and power steering.

I will agree with the difficulty of finding a manual steering Pitman arm for these cars. I had trouble finding one 30 years ago.

Importsmasher