[RR67GTO]

Greetings friends. Man O Man, I'd like to get this done, before I die. The car is a 66 Le Mans. 1970 455, with Round port E-heads, and Ram Air Restorations Round port RA exhaust manifolds. ANyway, on the right side, the exhaust manifolds, are way to close to everything. About, 3/16". It's touching the new lines, and almost touching the steering shaft. The engine is now a 471 so any movement of the engine at all, will cause all kinds of bad stuff. I understood the changes needed before doing this, and thought I did them all. I believe, if I could move the engine back about 1/2" max, it would be ok, if I secured the block to the frame with a brace. So, I'm asking for suggestions of what I may have missed. Or, if there was something I never knew to begin with.

I'm using a TH400, if that makes a diff. I did learn one very important thing trying to get the Le Monster finished. Never, decide to use 1/2" fuel and return lines, once the body is mounted on the frame. The hours spent trying to get it to feed from back to front, is what my nightmares are about. Of course, when I placed my order with In line Tube, they said it's a little time consuming but you can do it. Three months later,and either they are wrong, or I'm ready for the old folks home. Actually, that isn't such a bad place to live out my days. Thanks for any help my friends. Best wishes to you, and your families. Mike