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: Headers & Steering column all the sudden..


MadMarv
Apr 21st, 04, 4:17 PM
My car went in for a cam swap and the guy pulled the engine. It was winter here and my garage is not heated :D .
Anyway, the engine is back in, the car runs and drives, the fixed torque converter is back in, but this never happened before-- but the headers now hit the steering column and they never did before.
But if I recall correctly, I had to cut the A-arm bolts on the other side so they wouldn't hit the headers.
How can I fix this? How can the engine go in more than one way- up down, left right?
I am going to assume he didn't mess with the lower mounts because those are impossible to deal with.

Matt

bulb122
Apr 23rd, 04, 8:09 PM
I don't know if they are supposed to move around like that, but my engine was in a different position once, after I put it back in. I installed new headers, and I was so mad that the pass side one was really really close to the floor. But after driving it ( weeks? months? I don't remember) I was under it again, the header that was too close had evened out with the other side and wasn't too close anymore. (it didn't hit the floor or bent or anything) So I assume the motor just centered itself up. Everything is tight, the engine doens't jump around or anything, and the mounts were new, so maybe that's jsut the way they are...

chris