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Offline Killerinc

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Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« on: April 25, 2017 - 02:18:04 AM »
Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
Which would you go with?
I want to put it in a Dodge Challenger




Offline xtopfuel

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2017 - 05:48:51 AM »
hoping you get good replies, I was thinking about the same in my 72 as it steers like super easy, wanting a bit firmer

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2017 - 08:01:14 AM »
hoping you get good replies, I was thinking about the same in my 72 as it steers like super easy, wanting a bit firmer


You might be happy with the pump tweak http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=97681.msg960544#msg960544
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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2017 - 11:39:11 PM »
 Can't comment on the Borgenson pump as I have no experience with it. But I did send mine to Firm Feel and had it rebuilt to Level 3 firmness. Absolutely love how it handles now (71 Challenger)! Read many posts of people trying to decide on Level 2 or Level 3. Saw quite a few that wished they had gone firmer with 3 instead of 2, but read no one who regretted the tighter Level 3.

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2017 - 01:39:23 AM »
You might be happy with the pump tweak http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=97681.msg960544#msg960544


When i went to the PDF link it doesn't work.
Do you have it by chance?

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2017 - 07:49:58 AM »
When i went to the PDF link it doesn't work.
Do you have it by chance?
  Looks like the site is gone ... There's  kit's out there I see plenty of references to adding shims to the valve... same for many GM and any make running Saginaw pump



http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=115102.msg1128041#msg1128041

Borgeson instructions include drilling a hole, haven't heard of that before.
https://www.borgeson.com/xcart/product.php?productid=1684

http://www.billshotrodcompany.com/17022.html



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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2017 - 09:03:06 AM »
Another one with no experience with the Borgeson, but I like the way the Firm Feel stage 3 handles.

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2017 - 08:02:12 PM »
No experience with borgeson, though if I remember right, it is significantly lighter than the original box, but slightly more expensive to install.
I have a stage 2 unit from Stear 'n' Gear. Happy with it. They are a better deal if you live on the east side of the continent. Firm feel for the west side.
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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2017 - 10:56:25 PM »
I'm in Ontario, Canada and had Firm Feel rebuild my Challenger's box to Stage 3 and it works very well. It's not too heavy and not too light; sorta the Goldilocks version of steering boxes. I'd recommend them unless you need a much smaller box, which would be the only real reason to go to the Borgeson in my opinion.  :cheers:

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2017 - 06:58:08 PM »
great info mine has about 1/3 a wheel free play

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2017 - 11:17:32 PM »
Mine has less than a 16th- very little.

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2017 - 03:20:34 AM »
I'm in Ontario, Canada and had Firm Feel rebuild my Challenger's box to Stage 3 and it works very well. It's not too heavy and not too light; sorta the Goldilocks version of steering boxes. I'd recommend them unless you need a much smaller box, which would be the only real reason to go to the Borgeson in my opinion.  :cheers:

That's true but i thought not only would it be lighter and smaller but would be a more modern unit

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2017 - 06:55:53 AM »
does firm feel rebuild mine or send me theirs and I send them core?

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2017 - 08:19:46 AM »
does firm feel rebuild mine or send me theirs and I send them core?

When I had mine done a few months ago they said they were low on cores and if I could send mine and they would rebuild it. But in the end, my housing was no good and they supplied a complete unit.

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Re: Borgeson or Firm Feel Steering Box?
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2017 - 05:35:34 PM »
Turn around time?