[Dominik]

mick,

I never checked the views... J

The rest of the week I use to clear my brain by working on the engine.
The spinning assembly is finished, on comes the oil-pan – not.
It’s a deeper sump, I had to extend the pick-up first. On goes the pan, off it comes again. It needs a drain plug...
These are minor headaches compared to the whole project.

The lowered sump now positions the oil pan 3.54” (90 mm) above ground with the chassis featuring 5” (127 mm) ground clearance.
BTW, the crank centerline (FE) I positioned 12.6” (320 mm) above ground – measured at the parting line main cap to block.

That’s quite low, especially for the bellhousing. It’s almost touching the chassis rails with a 2” high transmmission mount.
I use solid mounts to keep things from moving and to add some torsional stiffness to the chassis.

I recommend to move the motor 1” up for more clearance, which of course is detrimental for the center of gravity – whereever that is located!
I got values from 12.6” to 14.1” (360 mm) for crank centerline to ground on variuous Cobras with FE engines, measured at the pulley bolt.

That is why I recommended elsewhere in the forum to buy the Daytona body/chassis kit which was offered for USD 5000,00 intead of building your own. One may save USD 1000,00 by do-it-yourself – IF nothing goes wrong and you have all the equipment!

I wish I had better equipment and more space...

hey muz,

that is a good one. I rush out now to compare to what I got!
womder what is new in cape town as the Shelby SASA plant...

Dominik

If we are here to help others, they are here to get our rusted brains