I was planning on making the accessory brackets today, and mounting them. But there were so many fitment questions about what will clear, and what might hit, where to put this hole, or how to run that line, that I just said screw it and mated the engine to the trans, and installed it instead.
But that was not without it's own issues.
As my pal
@95BlueStallion will attest to, a 4R70W swap requires a completely different flex plate, and block plate over the SBF stuff that it replaces, The same applies when swapping a C-4 for a 4R70W in a 250. Now My Iowa friend will tell you that you have to have the specific block plate to allow that swap, but I'm telling you that the only real difference is the space between where the starter sits on the 157 tooth piece,versus the 164 tooth piece that has to go in there.
So you adapt,......... you overcome,...... you diversify.
I cut the plate, sectioned the starter over, and filled the gap on the 157 t. plate.
Now I got a 164 t plate. ( all w/o having to travel 1.5 hrs, and spending who knows what to get the plate that I didn't need in the first place.)
After that mod, I filled the converter w/.75 qt of Mercon v, then twisted, and turned the thing until it clunked onto the front pump of my DIY'd rebuilt 4R70w.
My last update that dealt w/ the motor mounts stated that I intended to build my own solid mounts, so that is what I ended up doing for the whole of the day.
Then I removed them and welded the p iss outta them. Painted them black, and put them where they belong.
Behold the Monster. 30.75 wide, 19.625 high, 3.0" thick.
I was hoping that there'd be enough clearance between it and that black crank pulley to allow the shroud, and a cooling fan to fit between.
It looks like there'll just be enough.
One of the motivators to install the engine was I just kept knocking the damn radiator over.
Onto a 1 gallon can of reducer.
I did'nt think much of it until I looked more closely.
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This is on BOTH sides of the radiator. While building the lower saddle I tipped the thing over accidentally, and didn't think much of it. I swapped the radiator over to the other side the next time I handled it, and damned if it didn't tip over onto the can a second time on the opposite side.
I'm telling you,..if this bitch is hurt because it TIPPED over,....I'm gonna be so pi ssed you'll hear me yell 1000 miles away.
But.
The engine is in, (permanently) I know that the radiator, the shroud, and the fan will clear.
My peace of mind in knowing this:
Priceless.