Did a lot today! And I have some pics too!
I lowered the engine/tranny combo into the engine bay. I looked and it looked like I could get the Dodges mounts where the old 350 mounts were. So I wrestled it near them and couldn't move them any more. It was caught some where. The turbo was hitting the the wheel wells. So I rotated it about 90-100*. Now I saw that the old mounted places needed to be moved forward about 2". And I was right! I took off the old plates wher the mounts were connected and used a uni-bit to enlarge the 1/2" holes to 9/16". The old Chevy mounts were 4 in a rectangle. I enlarged the bottom front ones and left it loose as I lowered the engine into the bay. To say that it went in easy would be saying that you can shove a square peg into a round hole. Needs a little trimming to get in.
Driver side
Passenger side
As you can see, it isn't bolted yet. But I wanted to make sure the steering didn't get bound up in it. With it bolted like this, I now have room to work with around the firewall AND the AC box!
Firewall
AC Box. Looks are deceiving as I hae about 6" straight back to work with and around 2"-3" around the AC. I need some heat wrap.
And so you can see how it sits in the bay....
Thats all for now. I am pumped to say the least!
And it is gonna be 2wd. So no hunting for it! But maybe some pullin....
Jon
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Crashed! '93 Dodge 250 Club Cab
New Ride:1.9L, 201,000 miles, 97 Saturn SC1
31 MPG CITY! $25 to fill-up
