Greetings all,
Dragged myself back to the shop today and worked for a few more hours. Trying to get all the little thing in place to make sure my exhaust clears everything... A few things to note~
Well the starter is really being a pain in the "enter edited expletive here".
The oil sender just simply unscrews from the oil pan as suspected, but even with that out of the way there does not seem to be enough clearance for the starter. I've loosened up every cradle bolt and tried to move the bars around to clear it but so far, this ain't gonna work. I didn't want to frustrate myself to badly on a Sunday so I just walked away.
Also tried to bolt up the A/C bracket and so far it looks like the damn holes don't quite line up...
The top two line up but the bottom is no-go, not off by much but enough to not fit. I'll triple verify it before re-drilling the mount when I have the motor out again but this is starting to get ridiculous...
So I decided to go ahead and start playing with the exhaust and hope that everything turns out OK in the end! I got the down pipes and fitment through the axle area taken care of today. The exhaust is pretty close to the axles but that is as close as it is gonna get, I don't plan any Dukes of Hazzard style jumps but if I do it should still clear
I may make a small heat shield for the exhaust there or possibly some header wrap to keep the CV boot from cooking, well see how it looks once it's on the ground.
Thanks~
J
Video Update 3.29.2015 - Exhaust -
http://youtu.be/7Bh4i0-o6Ws
