Hi,
I would still set that engine in level "front to back and side to
side".....fuel injection or not! Theirs no reason not to set the engine in
level and I'm sure the engine's oil flow, lubrication and heat transfer
might be reduced with less engine angle??? If your setting the engine with
a 5 degree slant toward the back I would have to set the rearend pinion
angle at a minimum of 7 degree's down to give the u-joints a fighting chance
of maintaining a working angle. I always set up a rearend with 2 degree's
more downward angle then the transmission output shaft on a leaf spring
suspension because on acceleration the springs wrap and rotate the pinion
upward.
Joe Garcia
----- Original Message -----
From: "kmm 1024" <kmm1024@hotmail.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] engine angle
> I'm putting in a 350 in my '53 truck. What should the engine angle be?
> It's fuel injected (LT1) so there isn't the deal with the carb. sitting
> level with the slant on the intake. Right now I have it at about 5
degrees
> slanting down towards the rearend. I have a different rearend also, and
its
> slanting up around 5 deg. also I think. But the engine looks like its
> slanting a little too much.
>
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