1969 Torino

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by TAC

Rob, that's impressive. I never would have thought the engine would be that low weight, even with all the alum..
I have a few small parts for the dash if you need something. I won't be using on my car. Let me know what you may need, free to good home.
I also have a few exterior parts.

I think I have all the dash parts I need but you never know.

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

what did that bellhousing weigh? not too shabby. Tell Brett he should put you on payroll.

The bell weighs 24lbs.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

The entire LOTUS weighs 1450….


Think about that. What's that -- your motor and trans and 4 wheels???


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



I was amazed at your weight of the motor though I have to say!

When I bought the block it shipped regular UPS since it was less than 115lbs.

BTW GW all 4 wheels are less than 100lbs.
Tires are 136lbs
Trans is another 135lbs
So we'll need a few more parts to hit your 1450 #.

One day when I'm done with this car I'm putting together a backup track car. a Factory Five 818R. Sure it's heavy but it will have 225 hp.

[Sieg]

Rob - I guessing you've weighed the brakes?

Did you get a rolling chassis weight?

[67zo6Camaro]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Rob - I guessing you've weighed the brakes?

Did you get a rolling chassis weight?

Yep it's _____. Well I better let him tell you. lol. but all I can say is it's not bad. Final weight could see the 3200lb mark.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by 67zo6Camaro

Yep it's _____. Well I better let him tell you. lol. but all I can say is it's not bad. Final weight could see the 3200lb mark.

Very respectable

My car is 3360 with 10 gal of fuel in it.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by 67zo6Camaro

Yep it's _____. Well I better let him tell you. lol. but all I can say is it's not bad. Final weight could see the 3200lb mark.

Yep the chassis and body were lbs.

Kinda heavy.

[jarhead]

Originally Posted by FETorino

The bell weighs 24lbs.

Rob, does the T56 QT bell have to be indexed? Seems like it has a huge hole, unlike the TKO that slips around a collar on the trans/input shaft.

Whatever you do, don't index it, laying on your back, under your "Torin" while it is up on saw horses. It is a pain.

Joe, Lance Corporal in the Jack stand Army

[jarhead]

Hmmmmm...

I see someone was thinking ahead and said "Rob may want to run some exhaust pipes through here"

Been studying these pictures, and thinking???

[Flash68]

Why don't you less time on here and weighing everything and being defensive about Betsy's weight situation and more time making progress?

You got your parts.
You got a shop to work in.
You have tools (Brett's).
And you have Brett when you get in trouble.

So what's your excuse Sally?

Oh, and I'll see ya tmrw...

[Wissing72]

Dig seeing the progress Rob!

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by gmtech921

Dig seeing the progress Rob!

Thanks Chris

How about some Parts pictures? are those good?

As I kept trimming the firewall further and further to give myself clearance to set the motor down and back it became apparent that the stock hanging pedals weren't going to cut it.

Here was the first test fit with a minimal cut. In this picture the motor was still .25" off center and you can see I have no clearance between the VC and remaining firewall. You can also see how close the 4 bolts that hold the stock pedal hanger are to the VC. I ended cutting the firewall to the other side of the mounting holes so no more stock pedal hanger.





Earlier in the week Brett had pointed out I had plenty of room for a floor pedal set up. I agreed with him but my concern was the header collectors need to go somewhere and that path would be down near the footwell. But after cutting the firewall to where I wanted it and measuring it was clear I have a lot more flexibility with fitting the floor pedals than a hanging set.

So I went shopping.




Although this is a 600 series Tilton Pedal set up it has the 900 series bracket to run the Series 77 master cylinders. The mounting of these is supposed to eliminate binding in pedal travel and the migrating of the bias due to some of the binding.



Having put the motor in the chassis where I want it to sit it is also clear that a front plate and midplate set up would make sense for mounting the motor.

The front plate will also give me a nice plane to use for the PS pump and alt mounting brackets that don't yet exist. Since I have a Peterson stackable mandrel drive I can use whatever existing PS or Alt brackets I like the look of and tailor the belt alignment via the position of the pulleys on the Peterson Mandrel. Those parts arrived long time ago so here is a reminder what they look like. This is better than digging through the wrecking yard this thread sorta is.



The Midplate will be a custom piece that Brett will fab. The front plate I got from Chris Alston Chassisworks. It has plenty of extra material I will trim off once all the final mounting positions of the motor and accessories are determined. As you can see in the photo my chief parts guy checked it all out and told me it was good to go.