I have seen a number of cars at autocross and track events have issues with power steering reservoirs leaking fluid and over temping. Since I am going remote I wanted a good solution. I am using a Chase Bays triple baffled tank. Very nice, quality piece. The space I wanted the tank in, is very tight between bay bars, valve covers, upper shock mounts, etc. It took several attempts to come up with a mounting bracket, hose and fittings to make it work. I made the bracket out of 1/4” thick 1.5“ x 1.5” aluminum angle. Mounted with existing bolts.

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Something else I wanted to address are bump stops for the rear end. I know the coilovers have bumpers to prevent bottoming out the shocks but this is designed to protect the shocks. I have seen multiple times guys break drive shafts and dent floorpans from the suspension hitting. I made some brackets with nuts welded on the backside that I could plug weld to the frame. I then used some pre fabricated brackets from Allstar performance. I welded a mounting plate to them so they could be bolted on and some Energy Suspension stops. I set the distance by jacking the rear end up and determining the height I could move up to before the rear end made contact with the floor pan. The stops themselves will contact the truck arms just ahead of the rear housing. This mounting arrangement will allow adjustments if needed and I use different stops if desired to cushion the compression.

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Mark........nice parts and fabrication going on here.....however that SHORT -10 hose is gonna tear the reservoir off your bracket due to engine movement.
Reclock the 90* on the bottom of the reservoir facing rearward, new hose going 8" then u-turn forward 10" towards the pump into a new 45*.


Happy TG.

I agree with Jim on the supply hose being too short. Don't forget to use a good cooler for the PS fluid to keep temps under control.

Thanks Jim and Trey, I will make up a longer hose and see if I can make it fit. I was concerned about the short length myself. I considered making a bracket that attached to the engine. Not sure how much movement I will have. I will be running a cooler.

I was impressed with how Kevin_l configured his mount for his fuse panel and incorporated a clutch pedal stop and a switch to know the clutch is depressed. I shamelessly built a similar panel out of some scrap aluminum I had laying around. I added some 1/2” bushing to the rear to space it off the firewall. My youngest son Chase took it to his high school welding class and tig welded the bushing to the back side. I wanted to mount it without drilling any new holes so I welded some bolts to the back side of a bracket I made that mounts the clutch master cylinder and it will use one of the screws from the pass through on the front wiring harness. The clutch stop is adjustable as is the switch. The switch itself is a 2002 Camaro. Thanks for the idea Kevin.

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what gas pedal and mount is that? pedal covers?

kbclamper,
The pedal is GM 10379038, the mount is a fabricated. The pedal covers are Clayton Machine Works.

Looks awesome and great idea!


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thanks. i have a 63 nova build im bringing back from the dead.