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I ordered mine a little longer than stock so I could get some camber gain without running out of threads.

After getting it in and mocked up, the plan is to use the lower shaft from the Vue which is collapsible. Will do like Z power steering and just put a bearing at the firewall for support. Just needs a DD male fitting to Female Datsun spline to replace the round steering coupler. The motor will be supporter by the upper column, plus a small L bracket from one of the mounting holes of the steering unit to the column support. Should only have to drill 1 bolt hole in the column.

We had 2 78 280, one complete and 1 with bare interior. We did a few mockups, looks like motor may be able to go towards right with a small notch in column support and without factory AC. I have vintage air and my ac blower is in the way. To the left and up it will just fit with just about zero wiggle room. Either way looks very tight but doable.

This is the plan I came up with. I really want to keep the collspsibility, and don't want to take out the dash to weld bracing into the column support. I will attach the upper section of the Datsun column to the top of the motor with the 3 bolts it comes with.I will make a 1/16 or 1/8 plate to the pattern on the existing upper Saturn tube and put a collar on it the Datsun tube can slide into and weld to. Use the Saturn spline piece to make a connector to go from Saturn to Datsun. Make a plate to bolt to the 2 bolts on the lower side of the motor and weld a square tube to it that a 17mm couple for the Saturn spline can fit into. Slide another square tube either into it or over it and weld that to the firewall plate. Between the column support and firewall plate, that should keep it from twisting. Use a DD collapsible shaft from the 17mm Saturn spline down to a u joint that's DD on one side and Datsun steering rod spline on the other. Does anyone know where I can buy square tube and they will test to see if they fit snugly inside of each other?

113 is the Dastun Spline part number in the woodward catalog.

I took my Saturn and Datsun columns apart last night. On a 78 it looks like the motor will barely fit clocked at the 10-11 o'clock position. Does anyone know if removing the steering coupler like the ez power steering kit does will cause any issues? Woodward sells the Datsun u joints and splined connectors, so you could use a DD collapsible shaft on the saturn end and put a DD-Datsun spline shaft to connect to the steeering rod under the hood. http://woodwardsteering.com/PDF/3.%20Steering%20Universal%20Joints%20and%20Splined%20Couplers.pdf

Thanks for the picture.

I have a 78 with LS1 and have 300 frt, 250 rear. If I had to do it again, I would probably go 350 ft 300 rear.

I have a 78 also, could you take a picture of it under the dash? I put an aftermarket ac in mine and it encroaches into the drivers side some, so I am worried it will cause problems with the electric motor.

WhATS the part number of the socket?

They look like NB Miata seats.

There's a company that makes power window kits for hot rods that use the stock window cranks as the switches, you just lift it up or down slightly, and it activates the motor. I saw 3 or 4 cars with them at a car show about 2 years ago.

Is it a momentary switch?

Do you need to weld some type of washer around the slot, or is the metal in the crossmember thick enough to not wallow out?

Don't lean on the strut bar after running hard for awhile, that sucker gets hot!

Either on their facebook or website I saw a picture and you could see the metal frame behind it.

They're in the trunk of crown vics too.

Also, you don't have to use the entire repair panel. Do yourself a favor and only cut the minimum amount of original sheet metal out that you can get away with. Then cut a smaller piece from the tabco panels. The smaller the piece, the easier to blend.

How does the dash attach to the metal frame?

I pulled 2 saturn ones from the JY a year or more ago, but haven't gotten any firther than that. Its the adapters and welding that will take some time to figure out, plus the saturn motor is larger than the opel one I believe that is used inthe zpowersteering kit, so fitment looks like it may be an issue for me since I have vintage air AC installed, and there are some components that are closer to the steering shaft than stock. If someone figures out all the adapters to make it work, please post them up.

On my android I can't get it to stop auto focusing. I tried everything they recommended. I haven't checked to see if there has been an update in a few months though. It makes you nauseous watching g the video because it zooms in and jumps out non stop.

also i thought the tesla motor was watercooled but the batteries are not, at least not the individual cells. They use 18650s connected with bus bars with fuse wire, definitely not waterproof.

Are you planning on going the 18650 battery pack route, or prismatics or something else?

The new episode of Car SOS just redid a 240Z.

If you need any pictures of the TTT stuff let me know. I have some thats been sitting in my car for a few months waiting for a chance to put them on.