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rickoner · 08-13-2018, 10:17 PM

I think the issue is when you raise the steering up to keep the stock geometry. That's the problem I ran into with mine. My crossmember was sectioned 2" and raised the steering the same. I had to move the engine up to clear the drag link. When I had the 292 in it, I spaced the mounts up about 1.750" and chopped some of the oil pan. I've now switched to an LS and had issues with the crank pulley hitting the drag link. I have the mounts spaced 1.5" and used dirty dingo sliders on square body clamshells. It took some moving around but I think I have the engine in a spot that they can coexist peacefully.

08-13-2018, 10:17 PM	#144
rickoner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: pittsburgh, pa Posts: 258	Re: HOW TO: Crossmember sectioning ... I think the issue is when you raise the steering up to keep the stock geometry. That's the problem I ran into with mine. My crossmember was sectioned 2" and raised the steering the same. I had to move the engine up to clear the drag link. When I had the 292 in it, I spaced the mounts up about 1.750" and chopped some of the oil pan. I've now switched to an LS and had issues with the crank pulley hitting the drag link. I have the mounts spaced 1.5" and used dirty dingo sliders on square body clamshells. It took some moving around but I think I have the engine in a spot that they can coexist peacefully.