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Re: 1952 Chevy Vette Roadmaster LT1 Farm Truck Build
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Originally Posted by FarmerSid
Just went and checked a few measurements. The yoke on the rear carrier is offset 1" or so to the passenger side. With where I have my engine sitting in the frame, I have 1.85 degrees of down ward angle measured from the crank pulley and 2.2 degrees measured from the raised mounting studs with brass inserts on the top of the stock truck intake.
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Your trans output will be inline with the crank pulley, so that's the measurement to use here. You can get away with the trans being higher/lower and offset, but it becomes more difficult to measure that way, because the plane in which you are measuring your driveline angle is no longer vertical.
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Last edited by JJorgensen52; 06-21-2015 at 11:13 AM.
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