3rd gen v8

[beardy2]

if i had some way of actually showing all you guys what i am talking about then i would show you but i cant. with the stock mounts i can have an engine in the car but there would never be a transmission. with the mounts that i made it sits at the right hight but it sits sort of side ways i tried to move the mount back today and the brake lines is in the way so i will probly just redo that mount and try to make the holes in the right spot this time.

[badinfluence]

off topic but did you say you had some engines for sale?

[WMCC Gary]

if i had some way of actually showing all you guys what i am talking about then i would show you but i cant. with the stock mounts i can have an engine in the car but there would never be a transmission. with the mounts that i made it sits at the right hight but it sits sort of side ways i tried to move the mount back today and the brake lines is in the way so i will probly just redo that mount and try to make the holes in the right spot this time.

why won't the trans fit? the car came with a SBC and a trans when new.

Please explain.

[kammi10]

wait so the engine will fit in there fine but when u bolt the tranny up it won;t

[beardy2]

with the stock mounts on i can put the engine in the car but it sits way to high in the air and when i bolt up the transmission (which i have tried a t5 and a 700r4) the engine sit on a slant backwards an the fan sit above the radiator and i would also be replacing u joints all the time

[WMCC Gary]

with the stock mounts on i can put the engine in the car but it sits way to high in the air and when i bolt up the transmission (which i have tried a t5 and a 700r4) the engine sit on a slant backwards an the fan sit above the radiator and i would also be replacing u joints all the time

Then you either don't have the right mounts or just dont have the installed properly.

[MP81]

Do you have the correct transmission mount/member installed?

[beardy2]

i have the exact mounts and crossmember that came with the car from the factory were it was made. but the engine and transmission are from different vehicles

[kammi10]

ok well u may be having a problem with the transmission you are using too

[MP81]

Yeah...wait, what trans did it originally come with?

[beardy2]

a t5 which i have ready to put in

[WMCC Gary]

Must be a PEBCAK problem then cause all the gen I & II SBC have the mounts in the same location.

[mcg355]

now does the motor fit under the hood when the carb/air cleaner and everything is on it or does it sit to high then too? it could be that the fan you want to put on the car is to big. i know that my motor in my camaro leans back a little bit too but thats just how it sits in there and i have never had any problems with u joints or anything.

[beardy2]

the engine wont fit under the hood it will have to have a scoop.
i was told i could not have it like that but if it works for you then thank you for letting me know that i will have to try that. the fan is a 17 inch i believe and that is from the tip of one blade to the tip of the on below it