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1966 Shelby GT350/GT350H / Re: Need an idler arm- did all 66's have quick steering?
« on: March 27, 2024, 02:06:02 PM »Just as a point of interest, I mention this.This is getting of track some but regardless of what JBA said your 68 GT350 pitman arm is the same as a regular 68 V8 Mustang equipped with P/S pitman arm. Now back to 66 related stuff
On my '68 GT350, I bought a set of JBA long tube headers "theoretically" built for that year car.
When I installed them, the car could not turn left. As it turns out, the Pitman arm would hit the #5 tube and restrict it from the necessary distance necessary for it to move to turn the wheels left.
In discussing this with JBA, it seems that they built the headers on that chassis that used a different Pitman arm.
Now I did try to discuss this intelligently with the design tech, but some might argue that is a bridge too far for me, but the comment from JBA was that my car uses a "special" Pitman arm?
So that's what I know and the "Special Bus" just pulled up for me so I have to cut this short and run to catch it.