1-8-2008 Quote: Originally Posted by Artvonne View Post I probably speak for a lot of guys out there who have watched in horror and never said a word, but even I have to admit at this point, Mark, YOUR NUTS I can't believe it took you this long to notice
Quote: No, seriously, gut that gearbox out and bolt it down to that 1 1/2 ton steel table your working on so it dont warp when you start Frankenwelding it. Yes, before the welding starts the trans will get stripped and bolted to the table. It's still handy to have the input shaft in place for the rough fitting though for checking stuff.
Quote: So if I am seeing this properly, your moving the crankshaft centerline forward and down, rolling around the gearbox input shaft, and will rotate the transfer gear housing so it all aligns with the engine in a lowered, more forward position? Yes, exactly.
Quote: Have you ever considered running oil lines forward and running a front mounted oil cooler?? Would save on engine compartment real estate getting it out of your way. For exhaust room, you could possibly modify the fuel tanks to a smaller capacity and get enough clearance to squeak your exahust past. Better yet, a water/oil heat exchanger mounted in the engine cooling line like I used on the supercharged engine. no need for long oil lines and it just replaces a section of cooling tube that I need to run any way.
Quote: Sure would have been nice if you could have just done a "normal" V-12 install, now you went and made the Goldman job look like kids play. Enzo would be very proud of you Mark, very proud. I hope your able to keep at it regularly so it doesnt stagnate. Your rapidly reaching the truly hard part of this project IMHO...the making it work part. This is actually your fault you know. As I recall you are the one who insisted a 400 engine was a viable alternative to the 365 SOHC.
This is one of the harder parts of the project for sure. If I didn't move the engine forward there would would need to be pretty extensive mods to the bell housing any way becasue of the can/shock interferance that prevents this engine for being mounted the way the SOHC engines went in. Also I've never been a fan of the way the input gear alignment problem was handled in the past and with the 600 hp I think I'll make instead of 400 hp the SOHC engines put out it will need to be corrected.
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