what I have is a 63 Buick 215 with original T-10. The Trans is mounted to
the stock B crossmember in its original position. The front mounts are
buick rubbers, and I have yet to mount them to the body, but this will be
done by fabricating brackets. This placement puts the rearmost exhaust
port directly in line with the placement of the ujoint from the 71BGT that
the engine is in. It looks as if a RBB ujoint would work if the primary
tubes were angled up 15 or 20 degrees. This is the best placement I can
offer at this point. Final engine placement is somewhat dependant on this
problem. Also, the oilpan as you may know is very close to the block
except for a square section in the middle of the pan that sticks down six
or so inches. This section is located an inch or less behind the front
suspension crossmember and the top part of the pan clears the top of the
crosmember by the same ammount. I hope this can help. Thanks everyone
for the input. Also it would seem to me that a ujoint at the rack would
not aleviate this problem since the steering column is not moving and this
is the end that I have interference problems with. TIA everyone
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
'63 Buick 215
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Jim Stuart wrote:
> A lot depends upon engine placement. James, what engine mounts are you using &
> what U-joint for the steering ?
>
> I have set back engine mounts, generally referred to as "air conditioning" or
> A/C mounts, that give additional set back. These may help. In my situation, I
> have increased the set back an additional 1".
>
> My own project car has the header close to the U-joint, but with enough
> clearance to bolt & unbolt. I have a '78 with chrome bumper cross member &
> extreme engine set back, but that would seem to make the problem worse, not
> better. The late model U-joint is smaller than the early model, & that may
> give some additional room.
>
> Jim Stuart
>
>
>
> "Dodd, Kelvin" wrote:
>
> > I'm listening too.
> >
> > I've got a RHD early tunnel car that I want to use RV8 headers on.
> >
> > Enquiring minds and all that. I think I'm going to have to cut the column
> > and install a u-joint down at the bottom and another at the top.
> >
> > Kelvin.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James Nazarian Jr [mailto:James.Nazarian@colorado.edu]
> > > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 2:14 PM
> > > To: mgb-v8@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Steering on CBB
> > >
> > >
> > > How did you guys beat the interfearance problems between RV8
> > > style headers
> > > and a CBB steering rack? RBB U-joints don't seem like they
> > > are going to
> > > work since my rearmost exhaust port is aligned with where the
> > > joint would
> > > be.
> > >
> > > James Nazarian
> > > '71 B roadster
> > > '71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
> > > '63 Buick 215
> > >
>
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