motor/cab interferance
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From: Moyie, BC Canada
Thanks for all the help guys. I will have to see what I can do now.
GMbusa- not sure if that was an insult or not. This is my first time building anything car/truck related. For me it is a dream come true. I don't have anyone guiding me. In fact I am so dumb I don't know what questions to ask. When I bought this project the suspension welding work and motor mount was done. The previous owner assured me it was good.
The parts come from Flatout Engineering using a C4 corvette suspension system.
Special thanks to jniolon for the step by step to fix this.
Marten
GMbusa- not sure if that was an insult or not. This is my first time building anything car/truck related. For me it is a dream come true. I don't have anyone guiding me. In fact I am so dumb I don't know what questions to ask. When I bought this project the suspension welding work and motor mount was done. The previous owner assured me it was good.
The parts come from Flatout Engineering using a C4 corvette suspension system.
Special thanks to jniolon for the step by step to fix this.
Marten
Heck, me for one. Thankfully, I haven't fabbed a drive shaft yet. Early in my build I measured this way and that way and every other which way and mounted my engine were I figured it would be great. Then, sometime later I decided I wanted power steering. Well, now I find it's not going to work with were I have the engine situated. So, then I commence and complete moving the engine forward an inch and a half to clear the steering box and exhaust manifold. And then, a little later in my build I install headers. Guess why what? They interferred dead on. Now I'm raising the engine for more clearance. Goes to show you just never know. I have my engine mounts bolted into the frame which makes it much easier. I kind of anticipated early on things don't always go the way the plan is, I figured this might happen so I designed my mounts to bolt in.
Good luck with your build, and keep us informed. BTW, if it was easy, everyone would be doing this.
The hardest part of it was designing the mounts so I could use the existing factory holes in the frame, I didn't want to drill more holes in the frame and cause weekning (is there such a word?) in the frame.
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On the bottom of the frame there should be a hole in each frame rail where the rubber bump stop used to be. That would give you the location of where the old axle used to be. Sometimes people weld them up through. If you can find them you can verify where your current front wheel centerline is in relation to the original.
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On the bottom of the frame there should be a hole in each frame rail where the rubber bump stop used to be. That would give you the location of where the old axle used to be. Sometimes people weld them up through. If you can find them you can verify where your current front wheel centerline is in relation to the original.
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This is an important piece of information...the C4 IFS presents a particular challenge, the clearance over the rack and pinion. While I would normally consider the Chevy engine a drawback, in this case it is better that you have an engine without a deep oil pan in the front...you will need all the clearance you can get above the R&P. Here is a pic of one of my trucks with the same IFS setup that you have, the engine is a 460 and there were other issues including header clearance but you can see in the pic how high the engine had to be placed to gain clearance from the R&P. Moving the engine back would have helped THAT issue, but then I would have had the same issue that you are faced with.
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