QUOTE(RichPugh @ Sep 26 2020, 01:32 PM)
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Not mounting the bar to the engine and then mounting the engine with transmission and bolting up the rear mounts is the OP's big mistake.
This step must be done every time...I don't give a flying fuchs who made the mount.
Lesson learned. Listening to the manufacturers installation rules/guidelines/instructions was my mistake. It simply DOES NOT position the engine in a good place (for my goals, at least)... so... I can do what you suggested, re-welding the mounts to the firewall in a higher, more ideal position but it doesnt fix the situation with the engine being about 1/2" too far forward closer to the firewall. The firewall kinda pitches backwards slightly so it might move it back marginally.
I will either:
1. Drop the engine, re-engineer the crossbar/cradle portion of the Naro mount to position the engine UP 3/4" and further rearward about 1/2"... Decent work but massive improvement.
2. Re-weld the firewall mounts up 3/4" UP and deal with the forward positioning... not ideal but better.
3. Leave it just as it is and just mod a shift rod bar to work... probably what I'll do in the interim.
Sorry to see you have this situation,not uncommon to see an engine too low,mine was by 15mm so because it was a copy of an original "6" setup I was able to modify the mount on the case by moving the centre bolt tube that runs the bolt to the rubber mount.
The fact that your engine is also too far fwd is strange and tells me there is some issue with the design...seems odd the member/vendor hasn't chimed in
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I would expect your trans bolts will be somewhat out of square with the fwd position you have now ??.
Options you provided ;
1. yes and IMO the best but not easiest solution as you will have to re:engineer the centre bar by cutting it and using flat bar steel to create required offset up and fwd,you will need to jig it up to get this right.
2. I can't see how you would manage to cut/relieve the welds on the b/head and then you still have the issue of alignment for and aft.
3. you could but you may find its more of a bandage and may later on make you wish you had taken option #1.
From what I have seen you don't want the engine tin a tight fit on the sealing rudders otherwise installation of the engine can be rather hard ,after I moved my engine up I found removing the side tin was the only way the engine go up fully otherwise you start bending the tin,but it is still in a better position height wise or atleast in my case.
Maybe a mod on the case mount could be the only solution but don't really know,good luck sorting
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