I have had this problem more than once. Are you running stock motor mounts or conversion mounts from /6 to v8? The problem is worsend when using conversion mounts. I personally ground the tie-rod threads down to the point where it would clear.
lol ok George.. Wheres your answer to his question. Not to mention your response to my comnent insinuates that I "Hacked" my suspention, not even close bud. It can be done nice and clean without any issues.You should never grind down or otherwise hack steering components
if he is grinding down a bolt that has extra threads on it, and doesn`t get it shorter than the nut or cotter pin, why not? it would weaken nothing. sounds like that is what he was asking. if I remember right, we had to turn bolts upside down on my first hemi belvedere to get header room.
This is exactly what I had to do. The problem in my case was the Schumacher mounts left little room for the nut on the motor mount after I shimed the left and right side. I had to shim the transmission mount as well. I was using a /6 K-frame. I managed to trim the threads on 2 newer Moog tie-rods and used a smaller castle-nut. In the end the clearance was minimal to say the least.. Same car 2 years latter I swapped the 416 out with a standard bore 340 and a set of Dougs Headers. There was almost 1/2 more clearance over the TTI's.
Best way to buy the Dougs are through Autozone using a discount code. I had them in my 72 A-Body using the front K-Frame from a 73 Dart Sport. The fit Amazing, no shiming no clearance issues at all. I bought them bare steel and had them sent out for coating. Very nice headers for the money.
So many factors to consider. For a nice street motor, its very tough to beat the Dougs Headers.
