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It's unreal how nice their headers are. :thumbsup:

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Well, got the motor mocked up in the car, very, very tight fit. The back motor mounts from DSE get the LS engine about 1/2" from the firewall on the passenger side, driver side more clearance. Had to take the oil cooler off as well. Headers are an awesome work of art, we did have to trim one spot of each of the headers lightly to gain a little clearance on the ARP head studs, not a big deal. As suspected, we will need to raise top of the tunnel close to the back of the bell housing, my guess would probably be 1-1.5", 2" max. I ordered a Camaro oil pan today, 98-02 pan.

I have never had a six speed before and noticed the casting of the housing at the top leans a bit to the drivers side where the stick mounts. Curious to what others have seen and why this is made this way.

What did you have to do for the transmission crossmember?

T56s are a few degrees off counter clock wise. Nothing to be alarmed about. It's standard

I'm speaking in reference to the engine setback. Considering it for mine to give more room for turbo bits.

For the crossmember, its is just a tubluar crossmember that was a from a late model car. The cross bar was cut and moved back to keep from bending and dealing with more issues than needed. The bottom side of the crossmember now has a plate welded to it for a spacer to achieve the correct drive line angle. I will clean it up and make it look nice after all the mockup when i get to paint stage.

My plan is to shoot all the lizard skin on the car in the next two weeks and get my garage arranged to do wiring and plumbing and general assembly. I cant wait to hear this motor turn over.

Tunnel is in process of being raised.

It looks like I will also have to trim part of the back of the supercharger for clearance on the DSE wiper motor. I believe that they cast the back of it to protect the fuel rails and provide a little ear for a brack to act as a wire loom. It will need to be removed, still a snug fit but will work niclely.

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With the plates/spacer welded in on the crossmember to get the right drive line angle i picked up a little more clearance on the firewall. Everything fits perfect.