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IaTR6
Dennis Costello
Central Iowa
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12/29/2007 02:53PM

Main British Car:
'73 TR 6 '97 Explorer 5.0

engine tilt
Posted by: IaTR6
Date: September 22, 2011 01:32PM

I know about the near industry standard engine tilt, and the resulting wedge to the intake manifold for carb. mounting, but wonder if there are any issues with a level mount for an injected engine? I know there would be the necessity of moving the nose of the differential in order to allow for some angles in the driveshaft, but if this level engine deal would work out, I might gain some hood clearance. What are the thoughts on this?
Thanks,
Dennis


DiDueColpi
Fred Key
West coast - Canada
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Re: engine tilt
Posted by: DiDueColpi
Date: September 22, 2011 06:05PM

Hey Dennis,
The engine doesn't really care how it's mounted. In fact in the RangeRover it's mounted dead level.
Despite popular belief the oil will still drain back and the cooling system won't fill with air.
Otherwise, how would you ever drive up or down hill?
The critical part is U joint angles and trans tunnel clearance.
Keep the U joint planes parallel and the drive shaft angle under 5' and you should be fine.
Cheers
Fred


IaTR6
Dennis Costello
Central Iowa
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'73 TR 6 '97 Explorer 5.0

Re: engine tilt
Posted by: IaTR6
Date: September 22, 2011 06:35PM

Fred,
Thanks, I suspected as much. Now to come up with the necessary pieces and settle the driveline alignment issue.
Dennis
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djw090
David Witham
Warwick UK
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MGB 1974 and MG ZT 160 turbo 2005

Re: engine tilt
Posted by: djw090
Date: September 23, 2011 10:43AM

To get the UJ planes parallel the tail flange on the gear box and the drive flange on the axle need to be parallel. I have that a good way of measuring this is to use a magnetic camber gauge like the one in the following link.

www.gunson.co.uk/item.aspx?cat=664&item=4034


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