Alterkation or K1?

go-fish said

Hot tank and sand blast that cracked flimsy K-member. Weld that up too along with the LCA's. Not everyone welds so that could be added to the cost and no welding required for a coilover kit. $$$

Borgeson box for a full tilt torsion bar suspension adds $1380. So add $604 if you want power steering (subtracting the cost of a 16:1 man. box). If you want any kind of power steering that adds to the cost. Not everyone wants to turn wide *** front tires with even a 16:1 manual box. A manual rack does as good a job as a power box.

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I have friends who could have helped with the welding if we didn't do it, but I also had a hot tank (and still will have access to it when I get it hooked up for a friend of mine).

We went to power steering in my son's car to SAVE MONEY. 16:1 manual box is expensive. We grabbed a large sector cop box at a self-serve yard. Swapped the worm gear and attached parts into a small sector box that we had and resealed. I'll bet we had less than $100 in the whole setup, including pump.

Like I said, we built this car on the cheap. A nicer car would have been more expensive, but the build cost to get it to that point would have been the same. My son did much of the build himself and painted it (not perfect, but looked good enough out there racing).

The point is that you don't need to spend a fortune on this stuff. Just last year I built a power box for my other son's Dart and one for a friend (same guy I gave the hot tank to) who owns a resto shop as he had never done one (I've only built these three boxes in my life). I see far too many people think that the only way to build a car is to go a vendor and buy everything.