Pinto position

[SeriesLandy]

As bob says I had a few problems with the pinto.
1st I struggled to get the g/box far enough back. The clutch fork was hard up against the chassis rails, and in 1st gear the leaver hit the bar in front. So I moved the gear lever back with a remote selector.

The engine mounts are another story. I used the near side one as per the book with cast strut and rubber mount.
On the o/side I originally went book spec but the steering shaft hit the bolt on the top of the engine rubber.
I fabbed up a new strut and removed the book 3mm plate mount and welded in a flat plate to the chassis rails.

I would say that I wouldn't weld anything Untill you trial fit the engine.

There are some pics of my mounts in my sig