Got to work fitting the engine in the truck and building some engine mounts. It took a bit of time to get the engine sitting exactly where I wanted it but I am happy where it ended up. I reused the existing 45* engine mount brackets (with some slight modifications) and used Dodge D250/Cummins rubber engine mounts. I fab’d up some mounts on the frame to accept the D250 mounts, these landed nicely around the upper bag mount.
I mounted the engine as low as I could but wanted to keep the oil pan above the level of the front x-member to avoid dragging the oil pan when the truck is aired out. Because these engines are relatively tall, I needed to get the old cutting wheel out and make some room in the cab for the transmission.
