C4 Engine Offset
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I remember when I was a 19 year old kid and I swapped the first motor in my 84. I had the hood off and once it was set in there in the motor mounts I stood at the front of the car and looked straight at the new engine. I was convinced that I did something wrong. I thought I had a motor mount on wrong because I could see the engine sitting closer to one side. My buddy was laughing at me watching me trying to pry the motor over with a 4' bar. After I struggled for a while he let me in on the secret. But I never measured to see how much difference there is.
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I remember when I was a 19 year old kid and I swapped the first motor in my 84. I had the hood off and once it was set in there in the motor mounts I stood at the front of the car and looked straight at the new engine. I was convinced that I did something wrong. I thought I had a motor mount on wrong because I could see the engine sitting closer to one side. My buddy was laughing at me watching me trying to pry the motor over with a 4' bar. After I struggled for a while he let me in on the secret. But I never measured to see how much difference there is.
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I would think the offset would match the rear center section. Measure one and see if the pinion centerline is offset. The axles are the same length so any offset will have to be in the center section. I guess the factory could have built in a slight offset to promote u joint bearing rotation.
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It's not much offset. I can say the passenger side header is closer to the chassis but I also don't trust that the front end frame section is "perfectly" symmetrical nor that the headers overall outward dimension from the exhaust flange is exactly identical either.
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My hood isn't 100% aligned, and im sure some other factors will throw this measurement off, but this gives you an idea.. about an inch offset.
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