Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
I went back to working on the brackets this morning. The instructions were explicit but still a bit hard to follow. Maybe it's just me.
I had a few of the spacers swapped around and once I corrected that things lined up better. I still had to notch that Edelbrock head though.
I marked the area where I needed the clearance with a colored marking pen.
Yesterday when I stopped at Harbor Freight I purchased some toothed wheels for my Dremel tool. Abrasive discs tend to gall up and are slow. These blades made it a lot easier for cutting aluminum.
I felt the casting thickness to make sure that I wasn't going to grind a hole in the head. They're not cast as thick as I would have liked in that area so I had to stay conservative with my cut. As long as I had room to put a nut on the bolt and clearance for a wrench I was satisfied. Normally you'd be able to remove the head without first taking out the power steering pivot bolt but you can't with the way I've notched it. It's a minor concern and most likely we'd never pull the head off without removing the pump first anyway.
The notch took about 10 minutes to cut. It could have been done faster but that toothed blade likes to grab and I was being cautious so that it didn't jump and gouge the face of the head.
After making the notch I test fit the head to make sure I'd gained the clearance that I needed.
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I went back to working on the brackets this morning. The instructions were explicit but still a bit hard to follow. Maybe it's just me.
I had a few of the spacers swapped around and once I corrected that things lined up better. I still had to notch that Edelbrock head though.
I marked the area where I needed the clearance with a colored marking pen.
Yesterday when I stopped at Harbor Freight I purchased some toothed wheels for my Dremel tool. Abrasive discs tend to gall up and are slow. These blades made it a lot easier for cutting aluminum.
I felt the casting thickness to make sure that I wasn't going to grind a hole in the head. They're not cast as thick as I would have liked in that area so I had to stay conservative with my cut. As long as I had room to put a nut on the bolt and clearance for a wrench I was satisfied. Normally you'd be able to remove the head without first taking out the power steering pivot bolt but you can't with the way I've notched it. It's a minor concern and most likely we'd never pull the head off without removing the pump first anyway.
The notch took about 10 minutes to cut. It could have been done faster but that toothed blade likes to grab and I was being cautious so that it didn't jump and gouge the face of the head.
After making the notch I test fit the head to make sure I'd gained the clearance that I needed.
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