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Old 03-06-2012, 06:44 PM   #483
Kim57
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Re: My 57 Pro Street

Here's a little update on the engine/trans fitment.
I had it in with the frame stands in the way they came from the factory and my oil pan was hitting my cross member. Swapped sides with the stands hoping it would move the engine back far enough to clear and ran into other problems so switched the frame stands back and plan on raising the engine about 1.5"s.
I'm making some brackets now to do that and hope to try getting the engine in again later this week.
Here's the new brackets I made to raise the engine up.
The last pic is some DOM that I will weld to the brackets that wrap around the original frame stands. I'm going to place the engine in on top of them before I weld them to be sure they're in the right position.
If I need to go any higher I can just put some steel plate between the DOM and bracket before I weld them.
Kim
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