1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course/Track Day/AutoX Project
5/21/20:
Major Progress Today! Began to Fit the T5 to the Chassis.. Feels Like a Major Milestone.
The Flywheel Adapter Rings are complete and I can pick them up at the machine shop tomorrow.
Did some Cutting to Test Fit the Trans in the car.. Will get to raising the top of the cross member tomorrow or over the weekend.
During the Test Fit I found that the Trans will not seat as the Pilot Bearing Adapter is a Bit too tall ~ 1.01" So the Gap on the Transmission Face was slightly Less than 3/8" - I figure if I take ~ 7/16" off that adapter on the lathe so it sits further down in the engine will be just about right, 'specially when stuff starts getting hot in the bell housing.
Pics..
Futz'ed around with the Bell housing and Dial Indicator for a while... First Time I did one of those that way... Really Should go back and fix my other stick cars and indicate the Bell on them too. When I was younger I did not know or was never taught that you cant properly just slam random Bell housings and engine blocks together.
Marking the Cut Lines... Time to get the scissors out.
Window to my soul.
Mind the Gap... The trans wont push in any further.. gotta get that fixed.
Up against the bearing.
The thing fits well until you want to get a proper driveshaft / u joint angle.
Cheers!
Greg
5/21/20:
Major Progress Today! Began to Fit the T5 to the Chassis.. Feels Like a Major Milestone.
The Flywheel Adapter Rings are complete and I can pick them up at the machine shop tomorrow.
Did some Cutting to Test Fit the Trans in the car.. Will get to raising the top of the cross member tomorrow or over the weekend.
During the Test Fit I found that the Trans will not seat as the Pilot Bearing Adapter is a Bit too tall ~ 1.01" So the Gap on the Transmission Face was slightly Less than 3/8" - I figure if I take ~ 7/16" off that adapter on the lathe so it sits further down in the engine will be just about right, 'specially when stuff starts getting hot in the bell housing.
Pics..
Futz'ed around with the Bell housing and Dial Indicator for a while... First Time I did one of those that way... Really Should go back and fix my other stick cars and indicate the Bell on them too. When I was younger I did not know or was never taught that you cant properly just slam random Bell housings and engine blocks together.
Marking the Cut Lines... Time to get the scissors out.
Window to my soul.
Mind the Gap... The trans wont push in any further.. gotta get that fixed.
Up against the bearing.
The thing fits well until you want to get a proper driveshaft / u joint angle.
Cheers!
Greg