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Dec 5, 2016 | 02:48 PM

jc302x

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crown vic engine location

does anyone know the right offset for engine placement with the crown vic front end.. i looking for side to side i don't think is supposed to be centered do to the rear end been so far off to the pass side, the most i can go is 1 3/8 over to the pass side

Dec 5, 2016 | 04:28 PM

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I don't know if the Crown Vic makes a difference, but from the factory, the engines in the F series are offset 1½" to the passenger side (crankshaft centerline).
Info from the Ford body builders manual.

Dec 5, 2016 | 06:37 PM

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I don't know if the Crown Vic makes a difference, but from the factory, the engines in the F series are offset 1" to the passenger side (crankshaft centerline).
Info from the Ford body builders manual.

ok i wanted to set the engine the same way my old 360 was before but i forgot to messure before i pulled it out.. thank you

Dec 5, 2016 | 06:57 PM

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My memory sucks. I dug out the manual and checked, it's 1½" not 1".
I corrected my original post.

Dec 5, 2016 | 10:14 PM

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FYI.. the engine offset kinda matters if ya install oval-bodied mufflers..

Kinda threw me for a loop when I hung some spare Flowmasters in place and it got real close to right frame rail.. then the lightbulb came on about the engine offset..... I went with round-bodied Magnaflows instead.