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the '71 axle will be about 3" wider than the '68 from flange to flange
the spring perches are around 3" wider apart too.

then made up some pedestals on the K-member to suit .

Bought a couple of universal mounts from Summit . Very substantial .

Cut them up a bit and tacked the 'bush' part to existing engine brackets


added some brackets to bolt to the K-member

Now that I've got some sort of datum I can pull the engine out again . Using the 'long reach' crane.

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and can cut the factory mounts off the K-member . also make some room under the crank pulley so I can lower the front of the engine

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Then get the engine back in , suspended ...

At this point I need to start looking at re-making the engine mounts.

1) The engine is solid-mounted at the moment (after I destroyed a set of poly-loc mounts), and I don't like it very much.
2) I 'd also like to lower the front of the engine as much as possible to reduce driveline operating ...

Shortening the shift rods .

They're stainless and threaded internally both ends . LH one end, RH the other .

As a complete amateur, I don't much enjoy machining stainless. It gets very hot very quickly. Slow speeds and high feed rates seem to work.

Parting off the ends. Had to resharpen the ...

The shifter will also need to be offset about 14mm to the left to maintain the existing rod angles once it's moved forwards.
so I made some wider spacers to mount to the extension housing

I had ordered the new gearbox with the shifter location offset rearwards, in the hope that I could use the existing 4-speed hump.

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Turns out that the shifter bracket and rods will foul the torsion bar crossmember. This was always likely to a certain extent . I was hoping any mods ...

First step to trial-fitting the gearbox , dial in the bellhousing . Ideally the gearbox input shaft needs to align with the crankshaft within 5 thou or so. Aftermarket bellhousings can sometimes be out of tolerance, and also if a block has been line bored this can have an effect. So any offset needs ...

Yes I think I'm going to make some sort of aluminium shield under each wing . Watch this space !

Can someone explain the image orientation problem and how to get round it ?

Taken on iphone. They display right-way-up on my PC , but rotate when uploaded to the forum.

Thanks

Well it's been a while !

Winter workshop update :

Had the passenger door and front wings repainted.
The wings in particular were quite badly damaged from gravel. It sticks into the hot tyres then flies off like bullets when you go fast, putting horrible outward dents in the top surface of the ...

Hi Blue

My engine currently in the 'Cuda is a similar spec to yours

408, Trick Flow heads, Edelbrock 2815 intake.
It makes around 540HP so hopefully yours will be in the same ballpark ?

I chose a gear drive as I wasn't happy with the timing chain stretch.

Cheers

Next for your viewing pleasure.

Polyloc engine mounts . $240 USD . Probably best not to bother. The other side was worse than this one.

all looking good !