Did you have a transmission and bellhousing installed? 1/2" below the rails seems way too low. On mine, I have the
oil pan sitting 1/2" higher than the bottom of the rails. Any lower and the starter area of the bellhousing will hit the passenger frame rail. I am doing a Cleveland in a 427 chassis right now, and I decided to offset the engine to the passenger side 1/2" like an FE would be. It didn't make a difference on the starter clearance and it allowed me to bolt the transmission up to the stock tranny mount so I can install an FE later on with no other modifications.
I'll measure tomorrow and report back.
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Originally Posted by Three Peaks
I installed the engine block so I can attach some junk heads to start fabbing my headers and my engine seems to be sitting lower than I thought it should. I notice my stock oil pan sticks below the rails by about 1/2" or so.
What is the dimension on your cars from the top of the rails to the engine mount bolts? I may have to redo my motor perches on the frame......
Thanks,
Bob |