Ok folks, I need some opinions. I'm wrapping up my disc brake conversion, and staring into the abyss of my last MAJOR project to get this 40 relatively sound, mechanically speaking.
As evidenced at the beginning of this video, my throw-out bearing is about to bite it:
My truck is running what I believe to be an old lakewood scattershield conversion, between a 283 SBC amd the stock 4-speed transmission. This conversion was APPARENTLY done by Go-Ten manufacturing, in California, many years ago. There's still a sticker on the door-frame. If they did, and it hasn't been modified since, it is no surprise that they are out of business... My plan is to replace it with the AA bellhousing setup, since I have NO idea what clutch/flywheel/T/O bearing combination is running inside the scattershield. I'll just swap the whole thing for a known entity (the AA parts).
The issue is, the engine is, in my Opinion, WAY too far forward in the bay.
Everything I've read says that the "sweet spot" for a V8 conversion to mount is about 19.5 inches from the front frame rail. Mine is only about 15.5-16 inches.
About 8.5-9 inches from rib on the shock mount to the center of the engine mount:
At the rear, I'm at about 6.5 to 7 inches from the firewall at the passenger side head:
The radiator, as far as I can tell, is mounted in the stock location. The fan (shroudless) is only about 1/2 inch from the radiator.
There is a small fan spacer, but I don't think I could go much shorter to add radiator clearance due to the bolt on the power steering pump pulley:
As evidenced at the beginning of this video, my throw-out bearing is about to bite it:
My truck is running what I believe to be an old lakewood scattershield conversion, between a 283 SBC amd the stock 4-speed transmission. This conversion was APPARENTLY done by Go-Ten manufacturing, in California, many years ago. There's still a sticker on the door-frame. If they did, and it hasn't been modified since, it is no surprise that they are out of business... My plan is to replace it with the AA bellhousing setup, since I have NO idea what clutch/flywheel/T/O bearing combination is running inside the scattershield. I'll just swap the whole thing for a known entity (the AA parts).
The issue is, the engine is, in my Opinion, WAY too far forward in the bay.
Everything I've read says that the "sweet spot" for a V8 conversion to mount is about 19.5 inches from the front frame rail. Mine is only about 15.5-16 inches.
About 8.5-9 inches from rib on the shock mount to the center of the engine mount:
At the rear, I'm at about 6.5 to 7 inches from the firewall at the passenger side head:
The radiator, as far as I can tell, is mounted in the stock location. The fan (shroudless) is only about 1/2 inch from the radiator.
There is a small fan spacer, but I don't think I could go much shorter to add radiator clearance due to the bolt on the power steering pump pulley:
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