Busy day????

[Caleb]

Nah.....nothing you've done. Something I did today......

I almost did the same thing when I had the 4.3L mounted...this is the clearance I had

 

[mbryson]

Hood won't shut, eh? Is it hitting the air cleaner?

DING DING DING..... Shawn and Braden win......a Coke out of the fridge in the garage? Shouldn't be too bad.....I only tacked (although heavily) the motor mounts in. I bet that doesn't take me long to fix. I could get a Camaro air cleaner and I bet it would work out fine, though.

 

[Caleb]

DING DING DING..... Shouldn't be too bad.....I only tacked (although heavily) the motor mounts in. I bet that doesn't take me long to fix. I could get a Camaro air cleaner and I bet it would work out fine, though.

does that assembly have the little extension piece under the air cleaner like my TBI assembly does? If so then you can get an air cleaner assembly from a caddy, and an air tube from a 94 s-10 4.3L and a cone filter...that is what I am using on mine and I believe Carl had the same on his old buggy. It puts the air filter off to the side of the motor which is kinda nice...

 

[RockMonkey]

Any particular reason you don't want to move the motor down a few inches?

 

[jp008]

Marc,


The wooden x-member is complete bling. If you stain it right it could look like Maple or even Oak......

Thanks again.

 

[Shawn]

Any particular reason you don't want to move the motor down a few inches?

keeping the center of gravity low is a good thing.......

 

[mbryson]

Any particular reason you don't want to move the motor down a few inches?

Nope....that's what's happening.....I was just trying too hard to have the 'flat' belly pan and stuck it higher than it needed to be.

 

[mbryson]

Marc,


The wooden x-member is complete bling. If you stain it right it could look like Maple or even Oak......

Thanks again.

I've got some cherry on the wall in the garage. The final crossmember will be made of cherry....

 

[RockMonkey]

keeping the center of gravity low is a good thing.......

Yup. I lowered my engine 5 inches from my last bug.

 

[Shawn]

Nope....that's what's happening.....I was just trying too hard to have the 'flat' belly pan and stuck it higher than it needed to be.

Getting a Flat Belly is like keeping a Six Pack..... some times it just can't be done.......

 

[Shawn]

Yup. I lowered my engine 5 inches from my last bug.

Nice!!

 

[Tacoma]

Marc, if you're gonna use cherry for the x-member I really recommend a good UV protectant in the finish, as it bleaches out in the sun. And then it will just look like pine or something.

Just get a big hole saw and pretend you're Shannon Campbell.

 

[James K]

at least you got some work done.