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5th June 2010, 06:21 PM
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Good luck Dan, it will be a beast and something to behold once finished
  Cheers Ginge
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5th June 2010, 06:37 PM
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WTF?
What engine is it? Seems to be all hoses and pulleys from the photos. D.
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5th June 2010, 07:50 PM
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Apparently you can get a "winged" sump for these engines which lowers the depth but keeps the volume.
Not sure who makes them (only remember as a friend put the 4.6 in a Mini pick up years ago )
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5th June 2010, 08:48 PM
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thanks headshot ill have a look on the net, hopefully someone will come along and spill the beans on how high the engine can be so that i dont buy/make one that is still too tall
Last edited by dan_g8 : 5th June 2010 at 09:50 PM.
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5th June 2010, 10:24 PM
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Hi dan, what a lump, that should a nice ride. Although I am nowhere near seeing a engine in mine, but you probably need to mock up the scuttle height and also the nosecone and then run some masking tape bewteen them and that will give a line to work around. You will then see what clearance you have and whether you need to cut bonnet! If you dont have these yet you will need dimensions of someone and maybe mock up in wood .
tony
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6th June 2010, 12:45 AM
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Check out this post the PDF should have the info you are after, if not give us a shout and I will search some more. Hope it helps Cheers Ginge
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6th June 2010, 10:15 AM
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This may help,set the ground clearance from chassis to floor at the front on some blocks at about 5 ins and the rear at about 6 1/2ins,see what sump clearance you have and possibly fit wings to sump to increase capacity lost through cutting the bottom off. Adding 25 mm brackets to top chassis rails and adding the same to panel/scuttle/noscone height etc will give you more under bonnet clearance.
And replace the exhaust manifold bolts with studs as they always failed on the SD1 of a million years ago. Good luck.
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