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No, the servo is a different matter as the braking forces are acting on the calipers. The electric motor will need something to act against. We have our body weight and automatically brace when turning the wheel, the electric motor will need strong brackets.
A friend installed one in his 6 cylinder spitfire. He reckoned it was a LOT of work. This was a decent engineer by trade (not cars, more design) and gets stuff right. But saying that, when I drove his car I really prefer one without PAS, but understand it has its uses. But just do not expect it to be cheap or easy.
Here are photos of the EZ kit that I fitted to my MGB GTV8. It has NO extra brackets, just the ordinary two hangers that the early MGB column hangs from. It is not fixed in any way to the bulkhead and this has never been an issue in many thousands of miles driving. There is no slackness or looseness in the column and in fact it feels just like it always did, but the steering is easier to turn. It was not difficult to fit if you are a handy mechanic. Just remove the upper column and install the EZ one. The motor sits behind the centre console on the MGB and you wouldn't know it was there at a casual glance. You do need a thick feed cable from a good power source - the fuse in the system is 40 amp so that shows that it can draw quite a lot of current, but only momentary of course. The only thing that takes a little getting used to is a slightly detached feeling to the steering, but I wouldn't want to be without it now.