Ok. So I got my 351w engine in the car and I put on the upper intake. As I look accross the fender from one side to the other, I have half of the upper intake showing (tb forward). Here is the engine 351w with GT40 aluminum heads and a Professional Products 5.0L upper with 351w lower.
Anyone running a set up close to mine in there tbird? I don't want to buy a cowl hood. I have a TC hood to use.
Shoot. I forgot to mention Chuck W mounts also.
Our hoods are slightly raised in the center,but that looks like it'll be really close,or a tad too high.
You ain't usin a stock hood with that. Not the answer you wanted, I'm sure..
If I have to I can get the lower intake machined down where the upper bolts too. We will see.
Cowl hood?Maybe a hole in the hood with a low scoop you like.
That's a lot of machining.
The only other thing I can think off is dropping the K member down a 1/2". Alot of guys that do the 460 swaps do that on the Mustangs and Tbirds. The guy at work with a 84 Cougar and a turbocharged 460 did that to his car.
thats how much my engine was sticking above the fenders. if youre looking for a quick fix just to drive it around i used spacers between a stock hood and the hinges. i just recently bought a 3'' cowl.
Hmmm. yeah. I guess that could work too.
i dont think it looks bad. and its cheap. it does hurt visabilty a little tough
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The easiest solution I can think of is what I did to my 460 Turbo Coupe.
I had some 1/4 inch aluminum plate sitting around and made 4 spacers ( 2 for each side= 1/2 inch drop) for the front x-member bolts and 4 more smaller spacers for the rear x-member bolts.
I had to buy (4) grade 8 bolts for the front because the factory x-member bolts weren't long enough with the x-tra 1/2 in. drop.
Your factory steering column shaft will slide a little out to compensate for your k-member dropping down a bit.
Thats what I did 83-88t-bird guy. Drop it down half an inch made all the difference. just need to get a wheel alignment.
A guy at work with a turbo 460 in his 84 Cougar had to drop the k member 2" to make the fuelie intake and plumbing work to fit under the hood.
Your intake definitely sat a little higher than mine...glad to hear you got it worked out though. Good luck with finishing it up...sounds like a good combination so far, what cam are you running?
-Don
TFS stage 1 with 1.7 cobra rockers.