Engine Mount Shim? (See pic)
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From: Shelby Twp MI
Engine Mount Shim? (See pic)
I posted this issue a while back, but just to remind everyone, I had an issue with the LHS side pipe being too low (it was parallel with the frame). I ended up making a 9/16" engine mount shim as shown in the pic below in effort to rotate the engine upward on the LHS and take the header & side pipe with it. The shim was based of the thickest I could go and still have the header clear the bottom of the frame rail. Now, the side pipe is not exactly parallel with the frame, but nothing too noticeable. It brought the end up so that I could at least attach the thing (I still can't get the middle bolt to line up).Any thoughts or repercussions I could expect to see if I just left it this way?
Here's where it was...
Here's where it was...
Last edited by Emeightch; Jul 13, 2008 at 05:58 PM. Reason: added pic
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From: Wilmington DE, Drive it like you stole it, 68 327 4 speed coupe
I posted this issue a while back, but just to remind everyone, I had an issue with the LHS side pipe being too low (it was parallel with the frame). I ended up making a 9/16" engine mount shim as shown in the pic below in effort to rotate the engine upward on the LHS and take the header & side pipe with it. The shim was based of the thickest I could go and still have the header clear the bottom of the frame rail. Now, the side pipe is not exactly parallel with the frame, but nothing too noticeable. It brought the end up so that I could at least attach the thing (I still can't get the middle bolt to line up).Any thoughts or repercussions I could expect to see if I just left it this way?
use the side to to bend the primaries down to paralell.
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tim
