The media is only now starting to forget about performance enhancing products being used in mainstream sports such as baseball. The difference between stick and ball sports and the automotive sports is that we here in the car world love performance enhancing products. Oh yeah baby I’m talking about Steeroids, and we decided to jack our Nova up with a new rack and pinion steering conversion kit from Steeroids.

Believe it or not, this simple looking part is the piece that makes this install so easy. There is no cutting or fabrication to make this fit, it just bolts right in.

Now most of the time when you hear about a new part and it has the word conversion in it’s name that can mean trouble. Double trouble if you are dealing with steering. This is not the case with Steeroids. This was a true bolt in, which was a surprise to me. When I first found out that we would be converting the steering system to a rack and pinion I had even set the whole day aside to work on it. Then after blazing through the step-by-step instructions provided by Steeroids we were done before noon making it an easy day in the shop.

Next Step for Project Swinger is going to be dry fitting everything in the car including the brand new LS3 Crate Engine from GM Performance Parts. Then she will be off to the body shop for the winter. There our Nova will get all patched up and maybe a mini-tub. It just all depends on how everything ends up going on the car.