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Post by holden on Feb 19, 2009 13:28:57 GMT 11
Hi all,
Im looking at doing a engine and trans lift so it matches my body lift a little better. I was thinking a 50mm on the engine and 40mm on the trans.
I have a good idea on how to lift the trans but not to sure on the the engine. So any help on the engine would be very helpful.
kane
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Post by geeves on Feb 19, 2009 18:56:35 GMT 11
If you dont think it out properly you can end up with very strange vibrations. The flanges on the ends of each driveshaft must remain parallel at all costs. You also run a slight risk of running out of driveshaft spline.
If I was doing this I would bolt a piece of box to the engine mount then to the chassis. Mounting holes to be vertical even though the box section is on an angle
good luck. Getting to the chassis to mount bolt with engine in place will make every other job youve done seem easy. Unbolt the engine from the mount first and lift the engine as far out of the way as you can. My second mount was done this way My first was done without lifting the engine and I spent 3 hours undoing the 2 bolts to the chassis
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Post by Harry on Feb 19, 2009 21:13:12 GMT 11
I've done the spacer under the mount trick and found it to be the mother and father of all acts.The spacer needs to be about 30 mm to get a 50 mm lift.It's tight enough putting the original bolts in but when there's 2 sets 30 mm apart you need very small fingers.I ended up cutting the bracket that bolts to the motor vertically and parallel with the motor and sliding the outer part down 50 mm and welded it back together and added some gussets to stiffen it up.Before I cut anything I made a jig out of 10 mm plate and bolted the mount to it with spacers as required to keep all the hole centres correct .Worked out good but I had to lower the intercooler fan right down to the intercooler instead of on top off the shiny bit to stop the fan hitting the underside of the scoop.I put 40 mm under the gearbox but the driveshaft angles are probably all wrong anyway with all the spacing thats gone on at the rear shackles.Just something else to work on.
Regards,Harry.
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Post by geeves on Feb 20, 2009 6:58:30 GMT 11
Anouther thought. Lifting the gearbox is a good idea as its pretty much the lowest point in the car and being right in the middle makes it a good anchor in the ruts. To do this really does mean lifting the engine but have you seen how much easier getting to things like the oil filter and such is with a body lift. You loose that extra access when you lift the engine. Also exhaust will need a chop
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