Tight fit

[0ld school]

Putting my Rb motor in my 68 Cuda. It has a QuickTime bellhousing. As you can see in the picture the bracket for the z bar hits the body. Motor still needs to go back a little more. Anybody else run into this? I don't want to just smash it in with a hammer. Thinking about cutting an access hole and then have a bolt in cover. Thoughts??

 

[brian6pac]

I would cut the corner off the bell bracket and weld in a filler piece if it were me.

 

[5.7 hemi]

I'd ditch the factory linkage and hydraulic, no fitment issues.

 

[0ld school]

No way that is going to happen. I like the mech. linkage.....

 

[0ld school]

will try this tomorrow. thanks

 

[0ld school]

will try this tomorrow. thanks

It's all in now. I had to cut most of the bracket off, but now it's fits. All the z bar linkage lines up and works well too. I have a ton of room for some big Headers now!

 

[brian6pac]

Sweet

 

[RustyRatRod]

What transmission is that?

 

[famous bob]

What transmission is that?

you`ll have room, unless you are running raised port heads ! couldn`t tell by the pics.

 

[0ld school]

What transmission is that?

It's a passon 5sp overdrive.

 

[RustyRatRod]

It's a passon 5sp overdrive.

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Glad to see at least one person has one! lol

 

[HemiDenny]

Hemi Mark has one also, called for a rebuild on his 4-speed and ended up with a new 5-speed......I think if anyone has the money, they can own one too.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Hemi Mark has one also, called for a rebuild on his 4-speed and ended up with a new 5-speed......I think if anyone has the money, they can own one too.

I hope that's true now. At first, it certainly was not.