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Before going any further with the engine modifications - and while it was fitted to the transmission we thought we'd drop it into the chassis and make the mounts.
It's quite a tall engine so sitting it as low as possible will make life easier when it comes to making the inevitable 'Dome' in the engine cover, tail section. It also helps with C of G and drive shaft alignment. The easiest method of designing and fabricating engine mounts is to 'chock-up' the engine on the chassis, adjusting the packing pieces and checking with a spirit level until it's sitting 3mm higher than the final position. 3mm is approximately the compression distance of the rubber engine mounts with the full weight of the engine on them.
Although we're discarding the EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) system, I decided to retain the four, original catalytic converters and the four original Lambda sensors. The cats are all stainless steel and already have shields over them so they can be dressed and polished to look quite acceptable..I also decided to retain the original cast iron exhaust manifolds in the name of reliability. The engine was supplied complete with exhausts right down to the back boxes so I cannibalised them as much as possible and bought two, 135 degree stainless bends to supplement the pipe stock. We thought it would be different and quite stylish to copy The P4/5 idea of taking the exhausts through the tail deck at an angle so I separated each cat by sawing them off at the inlet and outlet with a hacksaw.
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also bought four new M18 threaded bushes to weld into the exhaust at suitable positions later. Here's the first Cat - same on each side connected to the manifold.
The standard Ford , pressed-steel sump sits 40mm below the bottom of the chassis. We will eventually remove it, make it shallower and wider and install windage gates to prevent oil surge. The oil pick-up pipe will be shortened to match. You can see the adapter plate below chassis level at the back of the sump. This also needs milling down by about 15mm.
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