TCI to start new R&D Project with a C10!

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by slow4dr

Once you exceed 3-4" of setback things start to get interesting (difficult). However, once you go beyond 3-4" it's not much different to go 10-12" vs. 6". In the position below the engine is back 10" from the factory location.

Ouch..... Maintenance is going to be a beoch.

[slow4dr]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

Ouch..... Maintenance is going to be a beoch.

We made a removable tunnel for #ProjectReddawn, we'll do something similar here. I'm definitely going to reinforce it much more than this one is. Plus add an SFI blanket. I don't want to lose a leg if the tranny decides to scatter itself.

[Willie Makeit]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

Ouch..... Maintenance is going to be a beoch.

it's an LS-based engine, what maintenance?

[duallyjams]

With the engine set back there's plenty of room for the twins out front.

[slow4dr]

Originally Posted by duallyjams

With the engine set back there's plenty of room for the twins out front.

Mounting them behind the cab was never about real estate issues under the hood. I'm trying to take weight off the front.

We have a few different sets of headers sitting around the shop we use for mock up. Of all the ones I tried our own off the shelf headers fit the best. Mainly because the rear cylinder primaries go forward slightly before going down. This actually allowed me to move the engine back another 2.5"(12.5" total) with relative ease. I had to raise the engine in order to keep the pans(engine & tranny) above the bottom of the frame anyway. It had to go up over an inch(too much) in order to keep the transmission tabs off the tunnel. Now I've got clearance issues with the intake manifold. Next week I'll trim the tunnel a little more where the tranny tabs are interfering so I can bring the engine down roughly 1/2". This may or may not be enough to clear the intake manifold again.

Needless to say if the engine stays this far back I will have a constant foot warmer.