Installing the Clevor Pt.1

Hello ya'll,

On September 2nd we started installing the Clevor engine along with some other upgrades.
Our to do list where the following

• Steeroids Rack & Pinion installation with stock column
• Modifying the steering pump brackets for the stock pump
• Installing the Clevor engine.
• Installing the new clutch / Flywheel and bellhousing
• Changing the Z-bar placement on the engine. 

Of course, we started removing the old engine and the toploader

 

After that, we started removing the steering system and column.

 

We installed the Steeroids set and shortened the original column by using the original shaft and shortened the collapsible system. 

 

The steering brackets for an windsor or cleveland engines aren't different but the bolt location on the heads are and the angle of is are entirely different. This causes trouble ! Lots of trouble !!!

Thanks to my friend Michel also this comes to a good end although its not the most pretty solution :)  

Here are a few pictures of that part... 

what a pretty way to fit the dip-stick ! ! 

 The Hays 157 Tooth steel-Flywheel.

 

The RAM-Clutch 

The Quicktime bellhousing and the ARP bolts.

( note: the ball-bearing is not for my toploader )

Okay, all went well so far... not all, but lets just say all went well. 

But then the trouble started hitting us from all possible sides.

First, the starter ( for manual transmissions ) we pulled out from my previous set up just did not fit into the hole in the spacer plate, jussssst great. We had to leave town to buy a new starter that fit the hole, an automatic starter. Of course I had to pay the top bill for a crappy starter without even knowing this will work ! ! !

 

But... if that was all I would only have scratched my head... but no

The Hooker - Super Competition Plus headers that are for a Boss 302 did not fit... NOT AT ALL ! 

Okay, we knew that it would give trouble for the Z-Bar because its just not a Boss. But the V-shape of the engine is exactly the same so we did not see much trouble in that.

The Steeroids set gave all the trouble, it hit the installation on the outside and so on so on... 

We had to battered and beaten it up quit bad to fit along the steering rack and all... 

It just did not fit, the block did not fall in to place, we had to bend it, bow it along the sides and all that crap. After more then 8 hours ! ( YES 8 HOURS !!!!!! ) we decided this would not do the job.

"Close, but no Cigar".

We pulled the engine out and in over 10 times to "adjust" the headers but no... they just did not fit !

 

Here it hits the framerails...

 

Here you see the bending of the down pipes to clear the steering... :( 

And around the steering side.

We decided to order a set of 351C 2V Shorty Headers from Anderson Headers down in South San Francisco. 

Because we got stuck on the headers we continued to some other parts that needed attention.

Now... its waiting on the correct parts and then we continue with the upward part to the top !

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