Bruce-
Third time is a charm! I told you 2 or 3 installations was average.
Congrats! Now the fun stuff starts- wiring, plumbing, etc.
You should not get very much engine movement, maybe an inch at the front of
the head as a max, 3/4" more likely. Engine will move to the passenger side
under torque, so you can be real close on the driver's side. You may need to
drill some new holes/weld onto the mounts so you can lower the steering rack
slightly to clear the steering rack with the oil filter adapter.
Jim Stuart
Bruce wrote:
> It fits.
> The Rover 3.5 finally fits into my MGB engine bay with clearances for
> headers, tranny tunnel etc. I seem to have a slight problem with the oil
> adapter plated (for the remote oil filter re-location unit) it is just
> hitting on the rack and a bolt on the rack. Hopefully a little more filing
> and that too will be solved, the engine could come up just a bit on the
> drivers side to be dead level, so maybe that will help. How much will this
> engine move while it is running (from side to side). Now onto getting the
> engine bay ready for paint, fit the tranny cross member, fuel pump, lines
> etc. etc etc. But at the moment I feel as if it will all come together.
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Bruce
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