Project FNQUIK

[waynieZ]

Yesterday I went to my buddy's house and got the engine crane. Took it home and got it assembled and put the Mac's lift plate on the engine. Then the dreaded honey do list reared its ugly head and I was toast for the rest of the day!
But today was a good day! We hooked up the crane to the engine and rolled it over and within 30 minutes it was in! When we tried the first time the bolt on the driver side went right in. I couldn't believe my good luck, then the other side was not even showing the hole in the frame mount. CRAP ! We put the jack under the drivers side and lifted and I saw daylight on the passenger side mount. I worked a screw driver in and the bolt went right in. These plates were an excellent fit. Now if the headers fit with them like they are supposed to we'll be golden.

Here are some pictures.

First the money shot LOL





Room on the drivers side 2-3"s





Tons of room in front of the motor


Looks like plenty of room for the headers on the passenger side.



Plenty of room back here.



I have an Auto Kraft oil pan on here and it has plenty of room with the factory frame mounts and steering. Not touching anywhere. I turned the steering both ways and no problem. I used the backing plates that came with the poly mounts. If I see there is enough room, I might try it without them but if it helps the headers tuck up tight to the floor they will stay. I have plenty of room above the Transmission because I had the tunnel raised just incase the T56 I was going to use was tight.

[paulk68]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Yesterday I went to my buddy's house and got the engine crane. Took it home and got it assembled and put the Mac's lift plate on the engine. Then the dreaded honey do list reared its ugly head and I was toast for the rest of the day!
But today was a good day! We hooked up the crane to the engine and rolled it over and within 30 minutes it was in! When we tried the first time the bolt on the driver side went right in. I couldn't believe my good luck, then the other side was not even showing the hole in the frame mount. CRAP ! We put the jack under the drivers side and lifted and I saw daylight on the passenger side mount. I worked a screw driver in and the bolt went right in. These plates were an excellent fit. Now if the headers fit with them like they are supposed to we'll be golden.

Here are some pictures.

First the money shot LOL





Room on the drivers side 2-3"s





Tons of room in front of the motor


Looks like plenty of room for the headers on the passenger side.



Plenty of room back here.



I have an Auto Kraft oil pan on here and it has plenty of room with the factory frame mounts and steering. Not touching anywhere. I turned the steering both ways and no problem. I used the backing plates that came with the poly mounts. If I see there is enough room, I might try it without them but if it helps the headers tuck up tight to the floor they will stay. I have plenty of room above the Transmission because I had the tunnel raised just incase the T56 I was going to use was tight.

AWESOME Wayne, Huge step forward for sure looks great!!!

[Sonar Chief]

That's awesome right there .... OK that's once, the more you take it in and out the faster it goes, lol!!

[Greg from Aus]

Great stuff Wayne, a huge step forward.

[Al Moreno]

That's what I'm taking about!!! Wow Wayne, it doesn't get much better then this. Im really happy to seee things coming together for you

[waynieZ]

Thank you Guys!
It was along time coming. Today we're going to try to put the 4l85 in to see if the headers will clear everything. I don't think ther'll be room for the o2 sensor where they have it mounted. I'll cap this one and mount it on the other side of the collector.

[E.rodz]

way to go Wayne! looks like you are going to get this thing on the road this year! i wish you the best luck buddy!keep chipping away and it will be done in no time!

[waynieZ]

Thanks Eric, ,Ececutor. Today we put the trans in. It's too close to the drivers side of the tunnel by quite a bit. Tomorrow we are going to loosen the motor mounts and if we can get at the the frame mount ( which look to be impossible to get at) to see if we can get it over to the passenger side. Has anyone ever seen or run into this problem? Like Mr Weld says that's hot rodding!
Pictures tomorrow.

[TomM]

Very cool....diggin the LSA engine....


T,

[waynieZ]

Thanks Tom. A little update we relieved some pressure on the frame mounts with the engine crane and got to the mounts and loosened them and got enough slack to push the trans over to center it.
I bought a used X Factor cross member a while back and never realized how its made. It's two maybe 3/16" thick pieces sandwiched together on each side of the trans mount platform. Different for sure. Its for a T 56 but it lines up pretty well. It will take some mods to get it to work but it will let me hold the trans up for us to get my drive line angle figured out.