Engine Installation

Here is where some major components come together....
We have really been looking forward to installing the engine. The rolling chassis is the first major milestone and the second is the engine installation. It went fairly easily since the body was not on the car and the engine bay is fairly wide.

Here is the engine sitting on the stand. It has all the major components already installed and most of the wiring.

The engine has been reunited with the transmission. This was fairly easy to do with clutch alignment tool. There are 6 bolts that hold the engine and the transmission together. I hope we tightened them enough!

We first had to raise the engine high enough to clear the front of the frame. The engine was tilted by pushing down on the back of the transmission.

After the engine cleared the front of the frame, it was lowered in to the engine bay with the lift. The car was rolled forward to position the engine correctly and then the engine was lowered into the mounts

The transmission was not lining up with its mounts and it needed a little adjustment.

We have no pictures to prove it , but after connecting most of the wiring, the engine did turn over with the key. We still need to connect the fuel lines and radiator before starting the engine.

One of our big concerns is the fuel lines and making sure that they are installed correctly. A leak near the hot exhaust could have serious results. We will eventually swap out the high pressure rubber lines for some braided steel covered lines with threaded connections.

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