Engine dropped in, dry sump parts also squeezed in
seriously I really thought I'd have more trouble with getting a Tank, oil/air separator, radiator and filter assy all in the engine bay and still be able to fit the stock water tank. Then again if Mark can shoehorn in a freaking V12!
then I should have no trouble with this little project...
Pic showing the engine bay, had to adjust the filter lens as all the black makes it hard to see under sodium lamps. The back firewall was re-done in wrinkle black, it actually turned out very nice and hides a bunch of the crappy weld work and factory blemish of the era. After steam cleaning the frame and engine bay there was a shocking amount of weld splatter and weld rod left over from the factory.
Oh and scope creep... lets see ended up stripping out the entire rear suspension and arms, even though new bushing etc were done ~10yrs but only a couple hundred miles ago. Passenger side hub carrier was cracked on the mounting tab for the lower shock mount due to the mechanic all those yrs ago over tightening on the mount after using a too short bushing... Driver side spindle bearing is toast, the result of dyno operators over enthusiastically strapping the chassis down on the rollers, it's a real pet peeve of mine, can not stand it when they want to wrench it down and it flattens out the tire, straps are to hold the vehicle from going forward that's it! gravity does the rest.
In doing some digging for parts stumbled across this...
http://www.terrybosnjakengineering.com.au/#!blank/b75vlabsolutely beautiful work, unfortunately he wants $3,300 ea.
If there is time I'll engineer out the part and see what our machinist can do.