2nd gen F-body-manual brakes/steering?

[Robert Swartz]

Thanks guys.

Looks like the late model S-10 (85 up) is the ticket for a manual steering conversion. Good news is, parts houses can get reman boxes, so, this is solved. From what I'm reading, this is a straight up bolt in swap, uses the current PS pittman arm and bolts onto the shaft.


The master cylinder is going to take a bit more research. There are manual brake units listed for this vehicle (1979 Firebird body), just need to be able to support front disc/rear drum brakes. Have also learned that Wilwood makes a replacement aluminum caliper for the metric front brakes, same as this car. Here again, I realise, this is far from an ultimate setup. A better braking system can come later. At issue presently, is making sure the car can stop and is safe. The main advantage of a racing brake system, admit it will stop nice but will be the lighter rotating mass, eliminating centrifugal weight, which equates to elasped time.

Robert Swartz