have you tried to route the hose on the other side of the steering shaft?

 

ok i see what you are saying, but i cant tell from the pic what;s on the end nearest the header
I had a similar problem on a right hand drive car where I couldnt get header clearance around the clutch slave cylinder. I ended up getting the specific header pipe modified. PITA. hope you find a solution.

 

yes i did, i had it like that before headers and it was perfect but with headers hose is touching lower part of header and there is no way to bend it or pull it off the header. tommorow im going to adv.autoparts maybe they have longer hose that will fit.
for a second i was thinking about going behind the wheel and came out under the car but again, hose have to be able to move so that idea is not to good either

 

duct tape?

 

Duct tape, I forgot - duct tape.
Lucasz - You have a custom exhaust system. It causes an interference with the standard power steering hoses. Therefore, you need custom power steering hoses. This is not unususal, so look for a local shop that specializes in hydraulics,aka a repair shop for fork lifts,etc, and have a custom pressurized longer hose made. You are in a Navy town, there are those type offacilities.
Jim

 

is there such thing as a braided stainless PS hoses? that would work too

 

Longer is better in this case, braided covers will reduce any abrasive action (good for looks too) but will transmit heat, which seems to be the problem.
Jim

 

Sounds like you just need to make the power sterring hose longer..

 

I've heard of people using hoses for later model big block cars. What engine do you have? Another option is to get a hydraulic hose shop to custom fab some hoses using the end pieces from your current pressure hose. You could route it just about any way you want.

 

longer hose and move it or get some header wrap and do that its up to you.