[Ryder]

Yes, the engine mounts and power steering rack mounts are the only thing I've not been happy with on this car. Where the rack was, the steering shaft uni joints were binding because of the angle, and the engine mounts were too far forwards and offset to the drivers side. I've heard of engines being offset to the passenger side to compensate for driver weight, but can't see any reason for it to be on the drivers side.

I've made new mounts and fitted LS1 mounts to the motor, which drops it an inch, moved the engine back 60mm and put it back to the centre of the car. Bit of work. I know why it's so far forwards - there are clearance issues with the transmission tunnel using the LS2 and T56 combo. I may need to rework a bit of the tunnel too. Where I have it now, I've just barely had clearance once the driveline phasing is done, and that's after I lowered the engine an inch. Won't take much to fix up at the initial chassis build stage, a bit more work now.

On the bright side, it's looking good now.