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Old 01-09-2010, 10:10 AM
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Default Engine Mounted

Lots of work done on the car this week. Kurt mocked up the engine setback and transmission setup and fabricated all the special mounts after numerous double checking of all the measurements. We wanted the engine setup as back as possible (towards the rear of the car), the Magnum transmission is better because the distance from bell housing to shifter location is shorter than a normal T56. Headers were a real problem because the Downs fabricated chassis using Art Morrison Rails is real narrow with 24" between the rails. Here's all the engine mount fabrication and end results. For the headers we ordered the Art Morrison headers and they were too wide. After working with Jamie Downs, Street and Performance....we figured the only prefabricated headers were "shorty" headers. Kurt and I decided that we would go down the route and we'd work with the Morrison headers and "narrow" them.









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