Engine not centered
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Engine not centered
Hello, I measured for engine center to mark on the hood for the hood cut out to install a carb mounted air scoop. I found that the center of the carb is not center to the center crease of the hood. It's out like 2 inches. This is my first C3 and I'm wondering if that the norm? Any info is appreciated.
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A carb mounted scoop on a C3. Well. Doesn't sound factory. But yes all C3's have the engine mounted to the right.
you may wish to mount your carb mounted scoop with a offset base so you can have it centered on the outside.
you may wish to mount your carb mounted scoop with a offset base so you can have it centered on the outside.
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Yes the engine is offset.....but the driveshaft is NOT angled to the differential. IF you look at the differential.....the driveshaft pinion is also offset to the right. It is irrelevant, unles of course you are doing what you are doing and cutting a hole in the hood. Chevy did not consider that since they didn't do that.
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Yes the engine is offset.....but the driveshaft is NOT angled to the differential. IF you look at the differential.....the driveshaft pinion is also offset to the right. It is irrelevant, unles of course you are doing what you are doing and cutting a hole in the hood. Chevy did not consider that since they didn't do that.
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It's funny that you should mention that because Uncle Tony brought that up the other day on one of his videos. I don't know what goes on in the engineers head but I think it's also offset to the right to clear the steering box and shaft. Also to correct the center of gravity for some fatties.
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Went through a very complicated situation on my LS conversion, reason being the LS motor sits above the original motor's centerline for this car as well as offset to the right. During the ensuing discussion, I learned there were two possible compatible pairs of angles possible between the universals at either side of the driveshaft, thanks to a forum member. Not considered initially by me, I picked up a vibration because the input angle to the driveshaft differed considerably from the output angle. The alternative pair was called the "W-arrangement", which turned out to be the easier way to eliminate the vibration. Too bad there are all these "Photobucket" imprints, but that made pictures easier to post back then. Here you go:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...t-angle-2.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...t-angle-2.html
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It's funny that you should mention that because Uncle Tony brought that up the other day on one of his videos. I don't know what goes on in the engineers head but I think it's also offset to the right to clear the steering box and shaft. Also to correct the center of gravity for some fatties.
