Re: drop that engine

[Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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If you wanted to work in true Ramcharger's spirit, you'd raise that engine 
before you considered lowering it.

Dave Casey

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From: "Robert neal zimmerman" <northwestweirdo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:44 PM
Subject: drop that engine


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> OK , so the idea has gone thru my mind to do some serious engine
> relocation on the AWB project, since it will be a massive project anyway
> why not make it a bit more massive.
>     New mounts have to be fabbed anyway so I am considering flattening
>     the firewall to gain a couple inches backwards and maybe dropping
>     the engine lower so the injectors  could possibly stay under
> a scoop, probably a 68 SS scoop.
>   Believe it or not with the 8-71 sitting on the 440 in its  stock
>   location, the blower is actually under the hoodline, the hoodline
>   hits about 1/2 inch above the blower.
>     So my real question is about dropping the engine down  2-3 inches.
>     Of course u have to think about the oil pan and fabbing a trans
>     mount, but the real problem seems to be with the driveshaft angle.
>     What about dragstrip behavior. I know theres a theory that the
>     higher the engine is it facilitates weight transfer backwards, ala
>     "gassers". Is dropping the motor lower going to hurt in this
>     area???
>    So theres my 2 questions for the wizards, driveshaft angle and
>    weight transfer.
>   Neal Zimmerman, Eugene Oregon
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