Milodon Road Race Pan - any surprises on installation?
Not sure about an E-body, haven't done that one yet. I'm guessing it will be quite a bit easier.
On my '74 Duster there were a couple issues that came up. The engine had to be lowered pretty much straight down because of the spool mount K frame. So, I couldn't install it with the transmission attached from the top. It was so tight I actually had to remove the flywheel and install that afterward. The other was it came into contact with the bottom of one of the engine mounts. I notched it for clearance and welded in a replacement section. But, both of those issues were because I have a spool mount K A-body. The mount clearance issue wouldn't come up with the earlier mounts, and I think the engine can still be installed from the top with the transmission, but I may be wrong about that. At any rate, you wouldn't have those issue with an E-body K anyway because they didn't have spool mounts. It does make header installation even harder than it was before on an A-body, but again, an E-body would be a different story. I still managed to install my Doug's D453's without any dents for the pan, it just took a little more work to get them into place.
Not sure about an E-body, haven't done that one yet. I'm guessing it will be quite a bit easier.
On my '74 Duster there were a couple issues that came up. The engine had to be lowered pretty much straight down because of the spool mount K frame. So, I couldn't install it with the transmission attached from the top. It was so tight I actually had to remove the flywheel and install that afterward. The other was it came into contact with the bottom of one of the engine mounts. I notched it for clearance and welded in a replacement section. But, both of those issues were because I have a spool mount K A-body. The mount clearance issue wouldn't come up with the earlier mounts, and I think the engine can still be installed from the top with the transmission, but I may be wrong about that. At any rate, you wouldn't have those issue with an E-body K anyway because they didn't have spool mounts. It does make header installation even harder than it was before on an A-body, but again, an E-body would be a different story. I still managed to install my Doug's D453's without any dents for the pan, it just took a little more work to get them into place.
