Dave, on the toe-in, call Dale. I did not have this problem with his
kit. On the headers, I used Rick's and I had the same problem. If you
did not put the motor mount spacer washers between the block and the
motor mounts, this can cause the pipes to hit. Even with this, I had
to ding the header on the left side.
Larry
DAVID GREEN wrote:
> Hello Listers,
>
> Hope you all had a great new year.
>
> I started mine out by installing the engine, transmission, & front
> suspension in my 1965 Tiger. The engine is a 260, the transmission is
> a T-5, and the front suspension is modified with Dale A's rack kit. I
> also have the Cat clubs merged headers.
>
> A few observations I have are first I did have to make room at the
> header pipe to head plate so I could get clearance for some of the bolts.
>
> I was told I would not have any clearance issues with the frame when
> installing the headers. I had them jet hot coated and now find I do
> have clearance issues with the left side front pipe to frame and left
> side #2 pipe to motor mount bracket. On the right side I have a
> clearance issue with #2 pipe to motor mount bracket. Have any other
> Tiger owners run into this problem? I do have a couple of pictures if
> anyone wants to see. These three pipes have no clearance to frame or
> bracket.
>
> Second problem is with the MG sprite rack and Dales adapters for the
> tie rods I have not got enough adjustment to bring the toe-in for the
> tires to toed-in. The are currently toed-out. My options are to
> shorten the rack side inner tie rods. Anyone run into this problem?
>
> Thanks for reading this and hope I can resolve these issues quickly.
> Dave Green
> B9472549LRXFE (going back together for it's 40th Birthday!)
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