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Originally Posted by mr0077
Dugly, you don't want to know how I lowered my engine!
Actually, I cut the arms off the frame and moved them down and back toward the rear, then re-welded the arms to the frame.
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Thanks! Actually, that is exactly what I thought needed to be done, except that I don't want to deal with setting the engine back any further, I'm happy with everything except my hood clearance. I'm having trouble finding anyone around here (about 35 miles SW of Houston, TX, so I need someone on the SW side of town) who wants to tackle the job....a couple of restoration shops around here, but they only want to do big jobs, not the small stuff. I suppose I could take it to a welding shop, but I really wanted to find someone who would just jack the engine up a few inches and deal with the issue from underneath, don't want to have to pull the drivetrain.
I wonder how lowering the engine would affect the "header/sidepipe" alignment. I guess one could cut a couple of inches off each of the tubes (mine are slip-fit), but if I were to need to modify the headers/sidepipes I think I'd have them flanged.
Cheers!
Dugly
