on my 69 camaro I am rasing the engine so I can lower the car and I like the lsx motor sitting hi in the engine compartment. if that sovles other problems why not

Why the hell would anyone want to raise the COG raising the engine 2"? Talk about a stupid move!

I saw the episode and was very happy and excited to see a 3rd gen Nova getting an LSx. Thought the curb feelers were a bit wierd but still a cool project. At the end of the show he said that he would like to get some feedback on the project and said to e-mail him. I looked on the spike web site for a e-mail address for muscle car tv, but could not find one. Do any of you know what it is? I have a T56 in my nova and it does fit without raising the trans tunnel using ATS trans mount, but it is extremely tight. We are talking like 1/4 inch between tranz and tunnel. I used Global West solid body bushings to eliminate the trans slapping the tunnel when I get on it. I wonder if they just don't know that companys like ATS have already done the home work and figured out how to do it without raising the engine and COG.

I have never done a swap into an 1 gen but I have been putting the Ls2 oil pan in stuff with limited clearence. I was not sure if you guys had tried that pan yet. It is even more shallow then the Corvette BATMAN looking pan.

it is hard to see pic but here is vague side profile of the pan, I believe it is 4.75 from rail to bottom of pan.

Rodger

I'm alittle confused are you guys saying raising the engine up for clearance issue's is something you never heard of or am I missing something here

I think the issue is that by raising the engine 2 inches to solve clearance issues with the oil pan, you are creating more clearance issues with the trans tunnel, changing the cars center of gravity, as well as other problems regarding driveshaft angle and etc etc.

The main point that i've gathered is that modifying the oil pan would not only be a more cost effective strategy for clearance issues, but would also require much less time and work to execute.

Thats just what I gathered. I could be wrong, but it makes a lot of sense. If there was another reason to raise the engine 2 inches, other than for clearance issues, then perhaps it is a viable option, but from the way it sounds right now, it just seems like they are creating a lot of extra work for themselves, and complicating the install more than it needs to be.

aris

I appreciate that I was looking at from a differant angle.thanks

Yes, they opened a BIG can of worms by raising the motor...they should have done a little more homework and saved a lot of fab work and screwing up the COG and driveline angle....I bet Jared is rolling his eyes!!

As said.. why would anyone want to RAISE the engine??.. it's just wrong on every level.. and to do that just to keep from modding a pan or buying the right pan??