Went out to the garage for an hour to check clearances
Hose is touching the slam panel
This is the radiator moved behind the mounting point and it's still tight so I'll have to drill a new mounting point hole. Think I'm gonna cut the slam panel off and weld brackets on to it for ease of access to the radiator and the manifold
Get your hands on a genuine exhaust manifold (pref a stainless one) ands you'll probably find you'll have more room...
Ashley 4-2-1? Mine has a fair amount of room and did on the standard bottom mounts too. Either its made slightly differently to mine or your engine sits a bit further forward?
Yeah it's an ashley one, I remember a friends being very close to the radiator, it may be my offside mount I made but none of the mounts look twisted tho.
Ah Ok - It looks the same diameter as a standard on in the pics?
It's a similar design will just a larger bore all round, your comment makes sense now
Got a bit of time spent on the nova over the past couple of days, got the engine running then took it back out again to cut what needed cut.
Few pics of the alternator notch
Tidied it up a bit
Have to finish welding in the strengthing plates in now and then start to prep the bay for paint
Got the strengthening plates all welded in the front,
Next step is to pull the dash out so I can stitch the legs and bulk head then I can finally start on the engine
Currently finishing the bay trying to get it in primer, lots still to do tho
Current situation
hope to have its finished in July sometime
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