Here's a closeup pic of the head/steering shaft interference. I'm wondering if I can use spacers on the insulators to raise or tilt the motor a tiny amount (and possibly creating header interference in the meantime). I do need to pull the colum back out and see exactly what is rubbing.

Any other ideas?

-Daty

A couple ideas come to mind...
1. Jog the engine to the passenger side a touch.

2. Disassemble the steering column and modify the steering shaft with a smaller solid stock.
I suppose you could even make a weld-in coupler insert deal that would reduce the diameter in that area.

3. Yes spacing up motor mounts might do it too... as you said header clearances may be hurt with that though. Try it and see!

Rick

Is it rubbing on the bolt head or on the big washer? If it's just the washer, pull the washer and lop off the lower 20% or so, then reinstall. If it's the bolt head, might look in to an allen-head or pan-head bolt. You can get them at Homie Depot or Lowes, even in stainless...

Clair

Can't really tell what it is rubbing on, I "precut" the vc spacer/rubber thing thinking it may or may not clear, it looks like it is something under that though, like the boss on the head for the vc bolt. I'll pull the shaft out and see where the paint is (ohh, I painted my steering shaft) on the head and go from there. I'd rather not space the motor up, it looks like clearance would be worse, but tilting it up on the passenger side may buy enough to get by provided the motor doesn't move around too much. I have the mighty mite insulators, wonder if I need a torque strap too.

-Daty

I don't know if they make them for the late model Hemi, but Schumacher's torque tube setup works awesome...
it limits motion and is very beneficial in tight fit situations...

Rick

I'll buzz them up and see, if anything it may be a product opportunity!

-Daty

The steering shaft was rubbing on the valve cover, a bit-o-dremel work on the corner of the vc and the head and now there is enough room for movement.
I did have to tilt the motor around a little bit to find the best clearance too. This is one big headache solved, and it's the first time I've spent any time on the vert in a month. I asked for next week off for vacation, they are balking a bit but I should get it, it'll mean 11 days (because of Mem. Day) straight thru.

Much better pic but pretty large, I had to ask DD (lovely wife that puts up with the mistress in the garage) what you were talking about and how to do it on my camera.

-Daty

Daty,

For clearer closeup pics, you can see if your camera has a macro setting, or back up a little, have plenty of light, and use the camera's zoom.

I asked for next week off for vacation, they are balking a bit but I should get it, it'll mean 11 days (because of Mem. Day) straight thru.



I got my vacation request!!!!!! Nightly updates here we come!

-Daty

Got some things done today, got the radiator mounted (27" 3 core), re-did/shortened the remote oil filter lines for heater hose and lower rad hose clearance, ordered stuff for the tranny cooler lines (here tomorrow), got some small parts picked up for install, and watched the Mavs whoop up on the Chaparrals. 8^)

The lower rad hose is still being a putz, I've gotten contact info for Glendora Dodge to ask what they did on the Feather Duster that was at Spring Fling. I called Ben Grasso at www.pfcenterprises, they used a big block driver side inlet hose radiator and a 05 300 lower hose.

-Daty

I've made lots of progress on the home front, got some nagging chores done and have spent lengthy quality time with DD. Got the tranny cooler lines made and in, tranny dipstick installed, and made progress on the lower rad hose. Did a couple other little things (that take forever), and now getting ready for the Mavs/Suns game, should be a doozey...

What's cool is I still have 4 more days to play on the vert befire I go back to work, only dreamed about work once this week, looks like I really needed the time off!

-Daty

Got the lower hose done, it took several hoses and some pipe to make the bends I needed.

-Daty

Keep up the good work daty, I have this tagged for archive material

Sounds like a real problem with interference. If the engine was shifted forward (or backward) a couple of inches, would that help the interference problems? Somehow people got a 426 hemi in those engine compartments, so surely there is some good way to fit a new hemi engine in without all the grief you have had.

Hey All,

I’ve hit a quandary on the hemivert and would like some opinons. In hanging the braided fuel line (-8 and -6) from the front to the rear I really don’t like the droopy factor I’m seeing. I could cut holes in the SFC Clair and I hung and run the lines thru the SFC but that would preclude inspections on the lines. Another solution would be to use that handy -AN flare tool Clair’s got and run hardlines front to rear and connect the braided hose at each end to its respective place (fuel rail, regulator, pump/cooler, and tank return). If I do this then what size hardlines are appropriate, ½ and 3/8 ths?

-Daty

I'm using 3/8" aluminum line, with those rubber-insulated clamps to hold it to the body.

My fuel system isn't as straight-forward as yours, but basically from the rear axle forward, the line hugs the subframe where it's welded to the unibody, then along the SFC (photo), through the hole in the chassis that the original 5/16" line still runs (that's my return line), then up to the engine bay to the regulator. The aluminum line is really easy to work with, even in a double-flare. With the AN sleeves, you only have to single flare, which saves a lot of time / heart ache.

All the rubber clamp things are held on with SS self-tapping screws I got from Homie Depot or Lowe's, and that's where I got the clamps, too. I'm sure you could find clamps sized right for your flex line. If the clamps are spaced pretty close, you won't have any reall sag problems.

Clair

I have all the fuel lines run, attached is a pic of the engineside with the fuel rail and regulator. Tyson is coming by Saturday, we're going to wire the car up.

-Daty WHOOO WHOOO!!!

pix

looks like you got it daty!

can you take a side view pic of your regulator/guage with the return line.

Sure will, I'll do it when I get home.
How's everyone else's project soming along, mine has had time issues all year (really stinks, and entire cruise season is almost gone)?

I attached the pic requested...

-Daty