z-bar alignment/lakewood bell small block work in progress

I am working on getting the z bar where it should be and just ordered some parts from brewers. I had the car on the hoist at work on my lunch break. It looks like the ball stud bracket needs to be just short of 1/2" forward. (towards engine) I ordered a ball stud that can just be welded to 1/4 plate.

Plans are to just tack the ball stud check fitment and have it ready in less than 3 tries hahaha.


Here is a video of what i'm dealing with.



Z bar alignment
lots of good info here