Engine and gearbox - how hard to fit to car?

[Michael C Henry]

Any new parts? Make sure that everything fits before you have the engine in and find the trans input tip is too large for the pilot bearing, or the bellhousing won't go on if you already have the clutch bolted to the flywheel. With my car the transmission was tucked in to the tunnel and wedged to just sit on the rear most cross member. Then the engine, bell housing, then the clutch, the transmission How do I remember ? I had to do a lot of backing up and do over. that is the stuff you will remember. It is kind of like building a ship in a bottle. Headers I have Dove aluminum replica Canadian Super Cobra Jet heads with both the Galaxy -Truck and the Mustang-Fairlane exhaust bolt patterns the headers were missing the out side bolt hole flanges so 14 bolts per side. Stage 8 header bolts offer a 3/4" for Fords and have 1" long bolts for Chevrolets I had aluminum heads so I wanted as much thread contact as possible and used copper exhaust gaskets. No regrets. Oh Oh! Long chain fall hoists will pluck your dipstick right out and scratch the fenders.

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Originally Posted by Michael C Henry

....It is kind of like building a ship in a bottle.....Long chain fall hoists will pluck your dipstick right out and scratch the fenders.

Thanks Michael. As mentioned engine and g'box will need to be in one unit. It's the small tips like the errant dipstick that are hard to anticipate

Cheers,
Glen