The donor doesn't currently have A/C, an intercooler or power steering so I started prepping and gathering parts for all of that.
My friends told me the P/S bracket breaks all the time, but didn't really tell me where. It seemed thin through the center portion so I decided to box it in hoping that it would help.
Cleaned bracket and wire wheeled area to be boxed in:
Cut and formed some aluminum to fit:
Friend tig'd it on for me:
Then bead blasted entire bracket so it can be painted or powder coated:
I wasn't fond of the plastic cap on the back of the D24 manifold that I'm going to use for intercooling it, so I made a plate and friend welded that up also:
