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Originally Posted by tinydb84
If you do a 6 inch Z I'm not sure you will have enough lift to clear your tires when turning. You would have to lower your engine back down to run a hood and your distributor will hit your fire wall.
It could be done in theory but it going to be more work overall.
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I am not quite understanding what you mean by "lift to clear your tires when turning". As far as I know the tires never go under the frame rails. do they?
I think they turn in towards the frame rail but do not touch. Am I missing something here?
As to the firewall, I don't see a problem to clearance a distributor. Maybe run a smaller Mallory unit even, with a small recess above.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the feedback. If I am making a mistake, I would rather make it on paper or in my mind, but as far as raising the tunnel and firewall, I kinda think of that as simple work compared to getting 6 inches of drop on the body.
My plan is to sit the new section of frame on top of the existing frame where the crossmember is and check all clearance before cutting on my original frame.