Driveline 101
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Claude
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From: glperry <glperry@fwi.com>
To: <kmm1024@hotmail.com>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] engine angle
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> Kmm, the driveline has to have the same angle on trans and pinion shafts =
> in
> degrees I believe. You DON'T want them to be straight in line. There is a
> dimension that they have to be within but I'm not sure what it is. It's
> better to have not straight so u-joints turn some and spread the force an=
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> grease around in them. Maybe if you go to tech articles on some of Hot Ro=
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> or Chevelle, Nova type sites you will get your answer. I had a book on sw=
> aps
> can't find that dealt with this. Try www.stovebolt.com forums and look
> into engine and driveline forum to ask about this. Lots of fellas have do=
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> this work on there trucks.=0D
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> From: kmm 1024=0D
> Date: Thursday, October 03, 2002 14:43:26=0D
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net=0D
> Subject: [oletrucks] engine angle=0D
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> I'm putting in a 350 in my '53 truck. What should the engine angle be? =0D
> It's fuel injected (LT1) so there isn't the deal with the carb. sitting
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> level with the slant on the intake. Right now I have it at about 5 degree=
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> slanting down towards the rearend. I have a different rearend also, and i=
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> slanting up around 5 deg. also I think. But the engine looks like its =0D
> slanting a little too much.=0D
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