Thread: engine swap steering clearance scare

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I don't think I would offset my motor.
Rather, I'd mock up new steering linkage from the end of the column to the steering box. If you need to go around motor / exhaust headers cut lengths of broom handle or pieces of round wood. Attached the pieces using rubber hose, this will give you the various angles you'll need to go around the motor. Go to Borgeson.com and buy all the universals and shafts you'll need using your mockup as a measuring guide. Don't forget if you use more then 2 universals you'll need to add a heim link somewhere in between and bolt it to your frame, this will keep your linkage from flopping over when you turn the wheel. In the photo I've sent, you'll notice the heim link half way down the shaft. If you use 4 universals you'll need 2 heim links and so on. Also in the photo you'll notice I used a double universal at the column therefore I needed to use a heim link.
There is also another universal at the steering box.