Jim, et al;
I spoke with James today on the phone. Seemed easier to tackle this issue on
the phone than through email but maybe I could use
some clarification too. Jim you mention the angle of the engine, I guess I
didn't really address the level carb issue with James.
I basically told him the following. Once you get the right location for the
front of the engine, (the relationship between the
front pulley and the steering rack) the rest of the engine/transmission has to
be where it has to be. I know this sounds to simple
but I didn't have much of a choice after that. There is little room for up and
down movement because of the closeness of the
engine/transmission to the tunnel, obviously the left to right alignment must
be straight. It turns out that the carb sits fairly
level and the engine has a slight tip to the rear.
As far as the angle of the driveshaft, I haven't even tackled that yet, I guess
with 6000 miles on the conversion I better check
things out! If the engine/trans location is "fixed" then the driveshaft angle
has to occur at the rear end. I thought the
conventional way was to rotate (shim) the rear end so the resultant angle was
appropriate.
Have I missed something here?
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Jim Stuart
>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 4:36 PM
>To: James Nazarian Jr
>Cc: mgb-v8 list; buick-rover list
>Subject: Re: mounting a 215
>James-
>
>We strive to keep the top of the carb level. This puts the engine at an angle-
>take a close look at the intake manifold.
>Some bit of variance is OK. Before you bolt everything down & walk away, check
>to see what the relative angles are between the
>engine & rear end pinion. Done wrong, you will eat U-joints at best, break
>drive shafts as a worst case.
>
>The difference between the angle of the rear of the engine( or bell housing or
>transmission output) & the angle of the
>pinion should not be zero, but should be within 3-5 degrees. If this does not
>make sense, let me know off list.
>
>Jim Stuart
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