greenstripper
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- July 20, 2014
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- City, State
- Austin, TX
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 98 4 door
Couldn't find the answers to what i need in searching.. In my picture, you can see I still have a couple inches to go to seat the motor plate on the mount, and the oil pump is already hitting the steering cooler/rad thing. I started with a 4.0 so not sure how the 5.0's are, but what am I missing here? I am hoping I can flip the bracket it is on and re-do the tubing, but if these are made with 5.0's why is this so off?
When i pulled it and seated the motor, the pump was touching the steering crossmember; in the swap pictures i have seen there is a small gap between them.. I assume this is where I need to raise the motor, but where do the spacers need to go? My idea is to put an inch spacer between the engine block and the plate, with longer bolts. I will not have a hood so space isn't an issue.
And last is my oil pan. I currently have a mustang dual sump pan for this block I was going to use for a previous project, but am hoping I can make it work for this. Is it possible to cut a few inches off of the front sump and weld a flat plate on there?
Thanks in advance to you 351w swap/knowledgable guys
When i pulled it and seated the motor, the pump was touching the steering crossmember; in the swap pictures i have seen there is a small gap between them.. I assume this is where I need to raise the motor, but where do the spacers need to go? My idea is to put an inch spacer between the engine block and the plate, with longer bolts. I will not have a hood so space isn't an issue.
And last is my oil pan. I currently have a mustang dual sump pan for this block I was going to use for a previous project, but am hoping I can make it work for this. Is it possible to cut a few inches off of the front sump and weld a flat plate on there?
Thanks in advance to you 351w swap/knowledgable guys