[Land-speed] In the beginning

[Dick J]

Mike,
   
  Sounds like it will be an intersting car.
   
   The best way to attack the firewall is once the motor is out, pull everything that you wont use off and out of the firewall, then get to work with sheet metal, pop rivets, and the welder.  It's a lot easier to fill one too many holes and realize you have to drill one more hole when the new motor is in, than it is to get everything in and find that you have a hole way down behind the bell housing that needs to be filled!  
   
  Also, build (or buy) your scatter shield and do all the hammering on the tunnel while the motor is out.  It's a real Bit9# to hammer out an additional half inch of space when the running gear is already bolted back in place.
   
  Try to get somebody who knows something to fabricate, or help you fabricate the cage.
   
  Dick J
  In East Texas

Mike Lackey <mike_lackey at yahoo.com> wrote:
  The car is an '86 Toyota Corolla RWD hatchback (aka AE86 which is the chassic
code Toyota gives it).

I'm planning an engine swap to go after an open record
with an I size engine. So, I'm not planning on huge MPH numbers, but I figure
this is a good way to get started.

I'll have to remember that about the
firewall.

Thanks

       
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