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L79_Acadian:
Hi everyone,
     Ive been lurking here for a while, now I need to ask a question. I bought a chassis, 160" car,tacked together. Well after welding the chassis together, its time to install the rear end and motor plate and mounts. Anyway, I'm not getting any real help from the chassis builder, so I'm hoping to get help from the forum.I enclosed a few pictures, in one of the pictures you can see where the boss on the side of the block is hitting the frame. Oh I was tolg that the motor should be 39"out with a standard length glide. Is there a simple cure?
  Thanks in advance,
                              Roger

ricardo1967:
Roger,
I'm not a chassis expert in any shape or form, so I'd appreciate the pro's chiming in. But I did have to hack saw about 3/8" off of my SBC block in that area, on the left side (opposite to starter), to make it fit in an early FED chassis.

It looks like a nice project. Welcome to the FrontEngineDragsters.org forum.

Tim Jones:
I too have cut alittle off a sbc to make it fit, But also couldn't you use alittle longer coupler and move it out an inch, Or use a shorty tailshaft with shorter coupler or shaft and move it back an inch, not sure if an inch one way or the other would afect how the car works, maybe Rooman will chime in,,   Tim Jones

tylercrawford:
I also took the grinder to the block a little  ;D

Good thing you didn't let a certain chassis guy see your unsupported bend in the top rail!  :D

ricci32:
TYLER that is funny LOL.

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