what do you like better?

You'll need the longer column, or one of the extension adapters they sell. I think some later '70s vans used a similar device. The manual steering is just too slow for me. I just can't spin the wheel fast enough to prevent me from having to hit the brakes on sharp turns. I have one of the 16:1 boxes, but never installed it. I have no idea how much harder it is to turn. The car was in the air at Pick-a-Part when I found it, so I couldn't test it out.