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Originally Posted by OBeer-WAN-Kenobi
Glad you found something that fit so nice for you!
Can you do me a favor and see if you can get an accurate measurement to a fixed point for me?
Maybe from the front left bolt on the steering box to a point on the engine; like a header bolt or something? I'd like to see where my engine is sitting in relation to yours.
Really, this is what all of us need from the manufacturers. Instead of telling us that this will fit with such and such mounts (which isn't always guaranteed) they should have measurements of where the engine should be sitting (for their headers) that we can use to compare. The best measurements would probably be off of the subframe or at least something bolted to it.
I'm still waiting on some parts to be powder coated before I put the subframe I re-manufactured back under my car but after that I should be needing to order headers really quick.
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I'll try to find a good reference point tomorrow and post back with some measurements.
I installed the driver's side header by removing the engine frame mount bolt and jacking the engine up on that side. When I went to lower the engine after the first attempt, the #5 header was just about to hit the pitman arm before the engine was all the way down. I moved the engine back about an 1" and then #3 was within 1/32" of the PS box. I found a happy medium somewhere in between (I know I said about 3/4", but I didn't actually measure).
The key for me was having an adjustable set of adapter plates (Dingo sliders), along with an adjustable trans x-member.