Next Years Power Tour Car

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Wrapping Paper in the box........Hummmmm!!!....


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Aw c'mon Ken, those starving Chinese laborers are just trying to make a living!

[kwhizz]

Moment of truth......Mounts, Holley Pan.......Is it gonna fit...





No Photoshoping allowed here....LOL.....





The Holley pan fits perfectly.....







got a small jack on the back of the trans.....I was worried about the size of the 4L65E and it fitting in the tunnel....lots of room......I just need to modify the crossmember slightly for the trans mount........Gonna get it mounted and take it apart, going for Media blasting on the 23rd and then off to the body shop........

[1969l78]

Like a glove!!!!!!!!!!

[IM RARE]

see that was easy !!

[kwhizz]

Spoke too soon yesterday......After getting the engine in place yesterday I only got one bolt thru the motor mount, the other one wouldn't go in......at that point I had had enough, but after coming in and looking at this picture, I noticed that the engine was tipped to one side slightly........I thought I would just have to influence the engine slightly to get the bolt in.....so , today I get the car up on the lift so I can figure out the trans mount.......After getting the trans jacked up and in position, I went to get the second motor mount bolt in.......Darn!!....the engine is sitting on the Oil Pan and not letting the mount come down for the bolt to go thru......Time to re-invent the wheel.......So......I'm gonna have to make some new adaptor plates to move the engine up about a 1/2&quot;.......I knew this was going too easy..........But!!!.....It's all part of the process......

[Xplantdad]

Ken, the master, is at work....and I can't wait!

[napa68]

Let me guess........................the problem is on the left side?

[kwhizz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: napa68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Let me guess........................the problem is on the left side? </div></div>


A man with experience.......LOL

[jannes_z-28]

Try the bigblock engine pads, they fitted better when I did the swap. I think that they are a little bit thicker than the ones you got from China.

Jan

[kwhizz]

Update.....after measuring everything,I had to modify the trans crossmember to move the mounting pad back 2 1/4 &quot;.....So....How to keep everything else in shape and position on a bent up piece of tubing.......Heres how we did it...If you notice the flame cut ends from the factory.....Converts had a boxed frame so they obviously had to narrow them to fit the narrower frame width......Factory??????

Starting point.......



Found some steel in the shop that fit the trans mount pad perfectlly and it raised the end frame mount surfaces off the table, found some steel that fit under the frame mounts and some little gusset pieces to support the mount midway.....now the mounting pad was flat on the spacer, we welded the crossmember to the welding table.......this also kept the mount angle relatve to the frame mounting....



Got out the sawsall and cut the mount section out......



Using the spacer block under the mount pad.....I measured the 2 1/4&quot; and made some side plates to suit and welded everything back together...





Took it home to test fit and found out I needed to add a little more clearance (If I was smart I would have brought the mount to the shop instead of leaving it in the garage....Duhhh!!!)




Put it in place and the mounting bolts dropped right in.......Lucky!!!






Next I'm going to remake the store bought engine/mount plates to raise the engine 5/8&quot; to clear the front frame crossmember....tomorrows project....

The Holley engine/trans pans sit pretty good in the car.......



Before Holley came out with this pan, some of the earlier pans used hung down well below the crossmember......


Getting Closer!!