73 Scamp 5.7 Swap

Not going to bore anyone with the step by step pictorial instructions. This is mainly to show that the 09-10 Jeep manifolds actually work. Are they a true bolt in? Not quite, but, it's as close as you're going to get, without spending your life savings on TTI's. As you will see in the pics, the outer tube of the steering column needs to be trimmed back. I went as far back as possible. Wound up being like 3 1/2-4 inches. The column shift lever is in slight contact with the exhaust gasket heat shield. Biggest fab job was the coupler. It had to go. Just no room for it. This is a manual set up. 2 inches added to actual steering shaft, then collar welded over that for strength. U-joint coupler welded on end. Plenty of room for lead pipes to go down and back. Hope this information helps out.

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Did you do anything to support the column shift tube?