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| RE: I used a carb plate |
| By x1968X - 09/17/2002 11:29:08 AM; IP 68.57.105.61 |
I couldn't afford the heat shield when I was at that stage (or now for that matter). I will probably regret it when I get around to it.
I didn't have to raise the car up at all. Remember with the big springs that came with the 428 the car will sit up 4-6 inches with the engine out. Installing the engine was the last step in my resto. I did all the electrical, brake lines, grommets and detailing etc. under the hood that I could prior to the installation. The engine and transmission were installed as the pictures show. There is so little room under the hood that I elected to pre assemble as much as possible. I could have done the install w/o the alternator, PS and smog pump, but I put them on the engine outside the car to make sure I had the right pulley's, brackets and spacers. Rather than taking it all back apart we just dropped the engine in intact. The engine has to be tilted at ~60 degrees to go in like this. It took 4 of us in the WWF match of a life time to wrestle it in. It was all over in about 20 minutes. It's quite a site to see the big 428 and C-6 dangling in the air (by a carb plate, noless) above a concrete and steele landing site. Clearly this was the most adrenaline raising part of the restoration. |
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