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moving engine back
My 37 chevy was my first try in building a vehicle from the ground up. Sure I messed with alot of cars but have never built one. Now I have another question. When I built the frame from 2x4, I boxed it and made my crossmember to fit my 305 chevy engine. Yea made some mistakes and since I have 4" to spare before my engine hits the firewall, I would like to move the engine back so I can put a mechanical fan in and do away with the electric fans I now have. My question is I don't want to remove the crossmember so could I weld a piece of metal on the crossmember for the engine support or should I cut out the crossmember and reweld it.
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Is it the origianl crossmember?? Welded in or rivited iin?? If it's rivited I think i'd cut the rivets, move the crossmember to where you need it. Drill new holes in the frame and bolt it in place. I had a 40 Chevy . Tryn' to remeber what the original crossmember looked like. I made a tube crossmember over the trans. and then fabed a bolt in loop under the trans. to the crossmember. Don't know if you can see it in de attachment. Had mine pushed back about 12". with a small block, little less when I went to BBC. Firewall was flat up against the back of the dash.
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Had all kinds of room in de front of de ol' ... '40:LOL: :LOL:
Was also fun pullin' wheelies when the small block was in thar!!!!
Big block wuz too heavy,..... but faster!!!:LOL: :LOL:
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pro70Z28 The crossmember I made is a copy of the origional that I welded to the frame. I did the same as you with a welded in loop around tranny. If I had rivet the crossember no problem, but I didn't and you can see why I don't want to cut it out
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OOOOOPs. Didn't catch the part about fabin' a frame, Bet it's welded HUh. Got any pics. of the situation?
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How far off is it??? You plannin' to go the full 4"? Will tranny or tranny pan hit crossmember if you go back that far?
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If i go back the 4" I need ya the tranny will hit . Probably the best bet is to cut the crossember out, move the engine back to where I want it, take the engine back out and weld the crossember back to the right position.
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