Well today the motor is officially in!
Here is the clearance to the heater box.
And the Canton oil filter adapter is dam close to the steering box but it fits.
So to get to this point I had to throw the James Duff instructions away and figure it out on my own. They want you to measure off existing holes in the crossmember to drill new holes for the v8 mounts. The driver side kinda made sense since there is only one hole for the original motor mount stud. The passenger side however has like 5 different holes and they dont say which one to measure from.
Well after hanging the motor in place I decided to not drill the holes where they wanted them because it looked like the motor would be to far back. On the driver side I removed the track bar mount bolt that went through the original 2.9 motor mount hole and bolted the v8 mount through that hole. Done.
So on the passenger side this is the original mount hole that I assumed they wanted the measurements taken from.
This where their measurements got me and the hole I was suppose to cut.
And instead this is the hole I drilled. Its 2" down and 1" rear of the original hole.
I then slotted it upwards another 1/2" so I could have some wiggle room.
This is where they ended up.
So not where Duff intended I dont think but motor sits in there perfect. The oil pan sumps are centered over the cross member also so we will call it good.
So now this is where I am as of tonite.....
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