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TopFuel1966 · 11-26-2009, 12:12 AM

You're project's looking good! I used the same motor/trans/diff combo in my '66. I noticed you said that you made a spacer for the trans crossmember to level the transmission. One thing you may want to keep in mind is that whatever you set your pinion angle at you need to do likewise with the motor so that the trans tailshaft and the pinion yoke are both on the same plane. If you don't you may run into problems with u-joint vibration. If you set the pinion angle at + 3 degrees then the trans needs to be set at - 3 degrees.

11-26-2009, 12:12 AM	#4
TopFuel1966 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 471	Re: Tommys66 Build You're project's looking good! I used the same motor/trans/diff combo in my '66. I noticed you said that you made a spacer for the trans crossmember to level the transmission. One thing you may want to keep in mind is that whatever you set your pinion angle at you need to do likewise with the motor so that the trans tailshaft and the pinion yoke are both on the same plane. If you don't you may run into problems with u-joint vibration. If you set the pinion angle at + 3 degrees then the trans needs to be set at - 3 degrees.