I have a 351 windsor in my 67 Cougar XR7. Can anyone tell me what degree/angle the engine is supposed to be mounted at? Is it 3 degrees tilted back/up? Thanks for the advise....
Thanks RonStang for your advise. FYI....First Generation Cougars are exactly the same frame/unibody as the Mustang. In fact, they share the same floor pan and alot of other parts. So your advise is correct for the Cougar also. Thanks again....
The reason I asked that was because I did notice a slight angle to the carb mounting surface.
Well here's the issue I'm facing, which is why I'm asking these questions. I have a 67 Cougar XR7 that I put a 351 windsor in. Because the 351 is taller, the air cleaner is taller than the hood; therefore, since I didn't want to cut a hole in the hood, I lowered the engine. But now that I lowered the engine, the driveshaft angle is not correct anymore. And I don't want to change the angle of the rear end by cutting the leaf spring brackets, readjusting the angle and welding it back on (I don't know how to weld). Is there a way to correct the driveshaft angle without cutting and rewelding the leaf spring brackets? You mentioned lowering blocks....now that the engine is lower, that means the tailshaft of the tranny is higher, correct. So if I put lowering blocks on top of the leaf springs (under the rear end), that will raise the rear end, correct? Hmm, maybe I just figured out my solution. What do you think???
I'm a little confused by your response.....I understand what you mean by Rod & Custom stating that it (engine) should be down 3 degrees in the back, but what do you mean when you said you just use a bare block? What's a bare block got to do with angle?
I hope my question didn't sound sarcastic, as it wasn't meant to be. I'm just asking for clarification regarding the relativeness of a bare block vs. engine angle.
You have to make the mounts on the engine and crosmember so we used a bare 390 block bolted to a transmission to line up where we had to weld in the motor mounts on the crossmember instead of a heavy complete engine. We welded the mounts with the block down 3 dregrees.
You have to make the mounts on the engine and crossmember so we used a bare 390 block bolted to a transmission to line up where we had to weld in the motor mounts on the crossmember instead of a heavy complete engine. We welded the mounts with the block down 3 degrees.