Tr5?

[fluffy]

Spent the weekend taking the chassis together ready for welding, later whilst looking at chapter 6 fitting the engine I noticed no TR5 in the picture is it needed?

[Bonzo]

Hi

Guess it depends on what engine you intend to fit ?

If fitting a pinto, TR5 shoud not get in the way.

Personally, I have fitted a Zetec in my build & TR5 gets in the way if the inlet manifold so I have removed it.

I believe quite a few folk have removed that brace & have replaced it with a couple of shorter ones, either side of the engine bay ( Your engine choice will dictate the length of the new braces ) :)

The picture in the book probably had TR5 left out to provide more detail of the engine & steering position ;)

[fabbyglass]

Yes the engine bay needs bracing as it will twist like a twisty thing

[fluffy]

So it looks like i just leave that tacked till i decide what monster i put under the bonet

[fabbyglass]

So it looks like i just leave that tacked till i decide what monster i put under the bonet

Yep don't fully weld it yet either because if you do decide it's coming out...oooo you will get allsorts of weirdness happening