Engine & Tranny Installation-Dougs Headers, Poly Lock Mounts, Nothing Fits!
Maybe try taking out the trans mount and moving the tailshaft around to see what happens?
ill try this sometime tomorrow. thats what my pops was suggesting..
Can you move the engine slightly to the drivers side?
Lowering the tailshaft might help a bit.
while i was lowering it with the cherry picker, i was rocking it back and forth to let it settle on its own...so i dont see it going closer to the driver side??? the header on that side is close to the steering box as well, close, but not touching....
I was half thinking about suggesting putting it in with the old mounts just for a looky. But Holy Hell, that's a bunch of work.
ill pick up some motor mounts from NAPA tomorrow and change em out. see if this helps, lotta work but im willing to do it if it fixes the issue. :)
Try loosening both motor mount studs where they got through the k-frame then do a leg press on the passenger's side header from the outside of the car and see if the engine shifts. Looks like engine is sitting too high on passenger's side. Hold tight you will get it figured out. Those a-body k-frames are sloppy. Some people get lucky and some don't. Definately get the TTI instuctions and measure that engine location:
http://www.ttiexhaust.com/PDF/II_TTI340A.pdf
both motor mount studs have been off...never was tightened down...but ill do that leg press you say to do. maybe that'll make it settle some?
Also, I have the TTI instructions. it states on 67-76 A bodies, the engine should be 5 1/4" inches from the top of the K-frame to the crank centerline...mine is 5 inches, making it go 1/4" higher would really make things worse.
and the engine is 2.5" inches closer to the passenger side framerail from the crank centerline, like TTI says where it should be...
i do appreciate all your guy's help...
-james
