Embarrassed to ask this but? Engine alignment.
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Embarrassed to ask this but? Engine alignment. We have the motor in the car, tonight I was mocking up the new bellhousing, transmission and a new transmission cross member mounted torque arm.
Problem is the tail end of the transmission is offset toward the passenger side by 3/4", going by the transmission mount. I can only think of 2 things it could be, my new UMI road race K member is way off (the two alignment tabs are in the right spots) or is there a left and right hand motor mounts, or a way to istall them incorrectly (upside down or something) that could do this?
We tried the factory transmission mount and the same thing.
I am baffled by this I know I was really tired trying to figure this out, but something is off.
Thoughts?
Problem is the tail end of the transmission is offset toward the passenger side by 3/4", going by the transmission mount. I can only think of 2 things it could be, my new UMI road race K member is way off (the two alignment tabs are in the right spots) or is there a left and right hand motor mounts, or a way to istall them incorrectly (upside down or something) that could do this?
We tried the factory transmission mount and the same thing.
I am baffled by this I know I was really tired trying to figure this out, but something is off.
Thoughts?
I could be completely wrong but i think thats normal. Reason i say this is that we were putting a SBC in my buddys 79 malibu and i remember having to pry the tranny with a broom stick to get the crossmember bolt to line up. But i could be wrong, its been a while.
