'69 Barracuda T56 swap, floor, cross member

340sFastback said
I see your point mine might be farther back then yours but probably less then 1/2" so its not dramatically farther back like I originally thought.

Haven't checked the driveline angle. But rear of trans would have to drop probably way over an inch in order to get trans and bellhousing to clear floor heat duct. Right now I have to jack the trans up to the point where the entire car lifts up on its suspension in order to get the cross member bolts in and even then can only get 3 of the 4 bolts to go through. I can not get a gap in between the trans and trans mount even with trans jacking up to the point entire car is lifted up. The trans will not go up due to steel floor heat duct preventing trans and bell housing from going any higher. I have the entire top of the trans tunnel cut out now which allows me to clearly see trans to tunnel clearances and only clearance issue is up at firewall with the floor heat duct.

Is there any room to shift the engine forward? Like even a tiny bit? Basically not modifying mounts or anything, just loosening the engine mounts and seeing if it will shift forward on the mounts.

I don’t think your engine is too far back, but, because of the angles and locations of the interference points moving it even a 1/4” forward or less would free up vertical space as well. And if that takes a dimple in the headers then you’re in the same boat as all the rest of us.

Same for the driveline angle, I’m not suggesting dropping it an inch in the back, just seeing if the angle is even correct. A 1/4° might not solve your problem, but if you shift the engine forward on the mounts an 1/8” and the driveline down a 1/4° you might find more space than you think. Just fitting/tolerance kind of stuff.

TT5.9mag said
Could you space the K Member down like they did on the hemi cars?

You’d need to lower the torsion bar anchors in the crossmember to do that yeah? Or raise the LCA pivot tube? You can’t put much angle on the bars before they bind. I’m not familiar with all the tricks they used on the hemi cars