1963 Valiant Wagon "Candy girl"
OK so today was interesting because k frame lowering blocks were suggested and I jumped the gun and made some 1 inch blocks which I think might be too much
But before I even think of modifying the k frame, I decided to make a pair of solid steel motor mounts.
This will do a few things.
+ I can make the mounts slightly thinner to lower the engine a bit, like a 1/4 to 1/2 which will help the air cleaner a lot.
+ I am out of rotation with the current mounts so with steel mounts I can control the amount of rotation the engine makes. I put a level on the car and it's dead level and then I put the level on the intake and it's a bubble off. If I can rotate the engine level then it will move the carb side of the engine down and away from the hood.
Then after that is done, I'm going to test fit the hood again and if it all flies then great. If not then I'm going to look into hood bracing mods. Then if that still doesn't work then I will look into k frame mods.
Then after the engine is in where it is going to reside permanently then I will make the linkage. Which I have a plan how I'm going to do that .
I'm going with the @RustyRatRod suggestion of not putting the cart before the horse..
Thanks for all the input everyone
OK so today was interesting because k frame lowering blocks were suggested and I jumped the gun and made some 1 inch blocks which I think might be too much
But before I even think of modifying the k frame, I decided to make a pair of solid steel motor mounts.
This will do a few things.
+ I can make the mounts slightly thinner to lower the engine a bit, like a 1/4 to 1/2 which will help the air cleaner a lot.
+ I am out of rotation with the current mounts so with steel mounts I can control the amount of rotation the engine makes. I put a level on the car and it's dead level and then I put the level on the intake and it's a bubble off. If I can rotate the engine level then it will move the carb side of the engine down and away from the hood.
Then after that is done, I'm going to test fit the hood again and if it all flies then great. If not then I'm going to look into hood bracing mods. Then if that still doesn't work then I will look into k frame mods.
Then after the engine is in where it is going to reside permanently then I will make the linkage. Which I have a plan how I'm going to do that .
I'm going with the @RustyRatRod suggestion of not putting the cart before the horse..
Thanks for all the input everyone