Easiest way to install engine/trans?
On the scatter shield there's a "blow plate" that bolts against the back of the block sandwiching between the flywheel and scattershield. This is to prevent anything from getting out in case your clutch plate disintergrates and traps eveything INSIDE the "can". The plate and shield use the factory mounting bolts to mount it. Then there's additional bolts that go throught the lip of the plate above the edge of where the bellhousing normally ends. Then there's nut & bolts that clamp the scattershield around the entire perimiter of the shield. Along the sides and bottom it's not bad (althought the sides DO come close to the headers...) it's the top thats a holy horror to get at. The top lip sits RIGHT AGAINST the transmission tunnel. And if you let the engine tilt down like you nomally would for a stock bellhousing, these nuts & bolts jam against the firewall/trans. tunnel, making it damn near impossible to get to.
This is a random photo I found for a Chevy...
I plan on photographing a few things when I put my engine in. I want to shoot the modifications I made to my oil pump to work with ARP main studs, I want to photograph clearance from the top of the six pack manifold to the bottom of the hood, and now the issues with the scattershield. These are all topics that have come up in the past that I've promised help with.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go wrench....
On the scatter shield there's a "blow plate" that bolts against the back of the block sandwiching between the flywheel and scattershield. This is to prevent anything from getting out in case your clutch plate disintergrates and traps eveything INSIDE the "can". The plate and shield use the factory mounting bolts to mount it. Then there's additional bolts that go throught the lip of the plate above the edge of where the bellhousing normally ends. Then there's nut & bolts that clamp the scattershield around the entire perimiter of the shield. Along the sides and bottom it's not bad (althought the sides DO come close to the headers...) it's the top thats a holy horror to get at. The top lip sits RIGHT AGAINST the transmission tunnel. And if you let the engine tilt down like you nomally would for a stock bellhousing, these nuts & bolts jam against the firewall/trans. tunnel, making it damn near impossible to get to.
This is a random photo I found for a Chevy...
I plan on photographing a few things when I put my engine in. I want to shoot the modifications I made to my oil pump to work with ARP main studs, I want to photograph clearance from the top of the six pack manifold to the bottom of the hood, and now the issues with the scattershield. These are all topics that have come up in the past that I've promised help with.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go wrench....