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do you have to change the firewall to make a LS or small Chevy or Ford fit ?
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Bolter
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You put a Ferd in it and we will hunt you down! Just sayin!ðŸ›
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'Bolter
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No, they can be installed without altering the firewall.
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"Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!!
"Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!!
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Not altered. Mind you, I planned for an electric fan and motor tight to the radiator.
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Renaissance Man
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With a smallblock Chevy, all I have ever had to do was bend the lower lip of the toeboard where the transmission hole is in the floor.
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'Bolter
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Thanks , I wasnt sure, do most make there own motor mounts and trans cross members ? no Ford, just throwing that out (-:
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I know there's been plenty of small blocks installed without modifying the firewall. Anyhow, my buddy's dad used a bread pan to make a notch for the HEI distributor. I've heard of old valve covers used for the same purpose.
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Crusing in the Passing Lane
Crusing in the Passing Lane
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Putting an electric fan on the engine side(sucking) is more efficient than in front. Might be best to move radiator fwd, like GMC, to get room.
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"Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!!
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Putting an electric fan on the engine side(sucking) is more efficient than in front. Might be best to move radiator fwd, like GMC, to get room.
Way ahead of you. Only, I kept my radiator in the stock position. Like I said, I planned for this. The tape measure was my friend.
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"Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!!
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Thanks , I wasnt sure, do most make there own motor mounts and trans cross members ? no Ford, just throwing that out (-:
Camaro clip, so I made my own motor mounts and used a Chassis Engineering cross member that I mounted where I needed.
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