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Guys,
I got the engine in and positioned tonight. The engine is all bolted to the transmission. The motor mount bolts are all started. The only issue I see so far is clearance between my no-name long tube headers and the shock towers. Driver's side has about 1/4". Passenger side has basically zero. I hate taking the headers back out right after I put them on, but I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to pull the passenger side header and use my BFH to ding the back primary 3/8" or so to get it off the shock tower. It seems to me it'll transfer a lot of vibration to the chassis as is. Or, I could try to lever the engine over 1/8" to get that much clearance per side.
What do you guys think?
Phil
'65 Convertible (with many mods.)
http://www.blueriver.net/~finite/Pony.htm
I got the engine in and positioned tonight. The engine is all bolted to the transmission. The motor mount bolts are all started. The only issue I see so far is clearance between my no-name long tube headers and the shock towers. Driver's side has about 1/4". Passenger side has basically zero. I hate taking the headers back out right after I put them on, but I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to pull the passenger side header and use my BFH to ding the back primary 3/8" or so to get it off the shock tower. It seems to me it'll transfer a lot of vibration to the chassis as is. Or, I could try to lever the engine over 1/8" to get that much clearance per side.
What do you guys think?
Phil
'65 Convertible (with many mods.)
http://www.blueriver.net/~finite/Pony.htm