Customs 1935 ford coupe

I have a 35 ford coupe with a 350 sbc with rack and pinion steering. my problem is the steering has 3 joints in the steering shaft to clear the Bloch hugger headers and doesn't steer smoothly. Question, are there headers I can install to help straighten out the steering shaft allowing elimination of one or two joints

 

A picture would help a lot. Are the joints over angle or miss clocked ( not lined up ).before I would look at new headers make sure the steering is right.

 

Pics would help

many different block huggers and stock manifolds to correct the issue

 

The 36 I did had the unmentionable ifs, 454bbc and 3 joints in the steering. Worked great. Was a terrible squeeze though and had to be installed in a particular order in order to get proper alignment and access to the fasteners. Despite that it was a great car. Shouldn't have sold it.

Shouldn't have much trouble with a smallblock! Pics help. Joint phasing and angles are critical. If I recall correctly mine felt like it had a tight spot which I think I corrected by adjusting the phasing which was easy with splines, not so with DD. What's on the one in question? A sliding joint might be a possible answer.

Chris

 

Make sure the shaft doesn’t protrude into the yoke area causing interference with the u-joint

 

And that the joints are timed correctly.
Edit, I hadn’t fully read Chris’s post above, phasing is the proper word.

 

Fenderwell exit headers will cure the problem.

 

Maybe you need an intermediate support on the lower shaft to stabilize it. Hard to do with just two joints. Borgeson sells them