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The gearbox is now as high as I can get it and have clearance for the prop-shaft but the engine is still at an angle. I have plenty of clearance on the steering rack, so I am going to try changing the 38mm thick Rover V8 engine mounts for some 34mm ones. This should drop the engine by about 6mm. It still won't be completely level but it will be a step in the right direction.
That output shaft is as high as it will ever need to be!
On my Vauxhall convos, the sump to rack clearance is best measured with feeler guages and the oil pan is ever so slightly lower than the crossmember, something that bothers me when faced with speed bumps around here!
I reckon you could drop the engine a good inch if needed to get it level. Of course, that's more engineering, but might be the best way.
Steve
Yes, it can't go much higher.
I have been looking at engine mounts again this evening and I have found some 25mm thick 75mm diameter ones. I am going to try these with some 3" diameter washers, which I can add, or subtract to get the engine nearer to level. I want it as level as possible but I don't want to get to the stage of using feeler gauges for sump to rack clearance though!!
Glen.
25mm mounts should be OK and may be more useful. As is normal for me, I used what I found lying around the shop and what I found was Volvo 240 mounts which are nearer 50mm thick and quite soft. They compress with age, so every now and again (5 years or so) I am alerted by the vibration of the sump on the rack and have to add a shim under the mount! It's not quite a feeler guage job, that was exageration for effect, but it is very close, necessitated on the Carledo by the tall inlet plenum. But I got it under the bonnet without cutting any of the ribs away, so I call that a win.
I wasn't quite so successful on the Dolomega, the bonnet bulge is functional to clear the cambelt cover and all the ribs have gone apart from the edges. Turns out the 2.2 block is nearly an inch taller than the 2.0, which I should have guessed, but didn't.
For my next trick, i'm going back to a 2.0, but with forced induction. The Carledo's 140 horse 2.0 8v is going into my 1500FWD (which will then be RWD) and the Carledo is getting a Z20LET, having got the chassis right enough to take more power, i've a hankering for 200 or so horses and the LET seems to be a cheap way of getting it!
Steve