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Old 08-27-2017, 08:21 PM   #124
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Re: 1949 Chevy with S10 swap. Beginner build with ambition!

to do trans its best to be at your ride height. Take an angle finder and put it ontop of your intake, come down to about 3* see where that puts you. Take the angle finder and put it on your tailshaft if say that's 5* down then point your rear end up about 5*. that a good rule of thumb and starting point. Some guys do it diff or have diff numbers. Leaf springs set up vs coil over etc etc is going to have a diff magic number. But at any rate, you want some engine degree down and that will dictate you trans. Your rear end is dictated by your trans angle. Ideally you want the trans and rear end to add to zero. I'd just make a frame mounted trans xmember.
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