AndyBill402 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Summit sells this power steering bracket, item number SUM-340100. Link http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-340100/ It replaces the original power steering brackets and is advertised to fit the Gen 1 small block. Has anyone installed this item? Does it work well? I would absolutely Love to get rid of my factory power steering brackets. One of the original brackets bolts to the cylinder head. It's designed for the factory exhaust manifolds. If you run headers you need to either make a special bracket or modify the factory bracket. The Summit bracket does away with all of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmanabba Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 If you're dead-set against retaining your stock stuff that will be fine. But if all you're worried about is the stock bracket you just need to make a spacer that is the width of the exhaust manifold. You can make one from 3/8 inside diameter steel pipe and cut it to length. Then you use a stock exhaust manifold bolt on that one hole. I got mine from Lowe's. I think it was about 3 dollars. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam84 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 That's what I did. Just routed around in a bin full of short pieces of pipe and cut one to size. Never had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 57 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 It looks like it would be a real pain to get at the jam nut on the tension adjuster rod with the pulley on. I put march brackets on my big block. I never had an issue with the stock brackets just wanted to improve the look. With the March brackets I tossed a lot of belts at the track until I made another bracket to help support the power steering pump. Had to attach it to the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtankjones Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 If you're dead-set against retaining your stock stuff that will be fine. But if all you're worried about is the stock bracket you just need to make a spacer that is the width of the exhaust manifold. You can make one from 3/8 inside diameter steel pipe and cut it to length. Then you use a stock exhaust manifold bolt on that one hole. I got mine from Lowe's. I think it was about 3 dollars. David I did the same. I made mine out of .750 dia aluminum round bar stock then bore a hole through it. Did it at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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