All A-body manual boxes used the small sector shaft, no change was made. Actually goes for A, B, and E body manual boxes.
Trucks, vans, and some C-bodies came with a large sector manual box.
Looks like the tech page is back up over at BigBlockDart here
Steering Box Info
But here's the relevant commentary from the BigBlockDart tech page...
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