I have got the motor in now and well into making the engine mounts. The bottom of the bellhousing is 1" below the chassis lower rails (the sump is about 1/4" higher).

You can see from the pickie that the bottom of the cambelt tensioner is about level with the to of the chassis.

The engine seems very high, well above the top of my genuine westfield nosecone. I know I will need a bulge in the bonnet, but what I would like to know is this about the height that others have about the same as mine?

Mark Allanson tried to attach this image, but failed miseably:

[Edited on 24/2/03 by Mark Allanson]
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For what its worth Mark.. my x-flow is the agreed 120mm from base of chassis to c/l of crank. This means the sump is approx 50mm below chassis.

Try this for a pickie, fingers crossed




Hornet, that only gives you 2 1/2" ground clearance?

[Edited on 24/2/03 by Mark Allanson]

Mark, when Westfield mount Pinto's etc in their chassis, the front is usually sat slightly lower (or the gearbox higher, according to how you look at it). Assuming that the nose cone is not a 'lowline' version the top cam pulley is usually just below the bonnet lip on the nose cone.

HTh Stu.

[Edited on 24/2/03 by Stu16v]

If this is a "book"chassis then I suspect you may need to lift the nosecone somewhat. I'm using a Lo-locost IRS chassis and the sides of this are 2" taller than "book". Even so, the standard nosecone has to be lifted almost 1" to get it just above the line of the cam pulley. Makes the car look a right Fat B*..just like me

[Edited on 25/2/03 by jonti]