[Bruce Meyer]

I have a suggestion. Test fit the engine and trans and check the clearance between the oil pan and front crossmember. Todays motor mounts seem a little smaller and the pan will just touch the crossmember. Or it will be so close that engine movement will make it rub. Ames sells 1/4" plates that go under the frame mounts to fix this. Better to find out now before the whole car is put back together.

[roger1]

Originally Posted by Bruce Meyer

I have a suggestion. Test fit the engine and trans and check the clearance between the oil pan and front crossmember. Todays motor mounts seem a little smaller and the pan will just touch the crossmember. Or it will be so close that engine movement will make it rub. Ames sells 1/4" plates that go under the frame mounts to fix this. Better to find out now before the whole car is put back together.

Thanks Bruce, I have read about this issue before. I don't expect to have this problem but will check it very soon. The machine shop should have my engine done this week and it will go in the frame soon after that.
I did buy THESE motor mounts from Ames and they seem like they are very good quality. They have the heavy steel like from back in the day when all these parts were made in the USA.
As far as I know the car didn't have this problem before. The engine was out of the car when I bought it but I did get the old mounts it was using and they were the same cheap looking Korean mounts that I think most of the parts stores sell right now.

[OCMDGTO]

Dang that's purdy

[roger1]

Originally Posted by OCMDGTO

Dang that's purdy

Thanks! I love walking into my shop and looking at it. My plan is to stretch wrap it before I put the body back on for all the priming, blocking and painting. So, I wont be able to see it for quite a while at that point.

Originally Posted by 3 Chiefs

I cant wait for your opinion on the FI setup after you drive it a bit. It looks so darn cool too.

Yes, me too. I was impressed how it ran when it was on the dyno. It went from smooth idle to full power right back to smooth idle super well.

Originally Posted by dataway

Holy Crap. I didn't even see many posts on the engine build ... and all of sudden there it is!

I didn't make that many posts about the build since I farmed it out to the machine shop. It was all unassembled when I bought the car but most of the machine work was already done. The machine shop checked all the previous work, finished up what needed to be done and then assembled and ran.
If you haven't already, go back and watch the short video I posted of the dyno run. You can tell by my voice how shocked I was that it made so much power.