Engine out...Engine in???
So I finally got around to yanking the old 1500 pre-crossflow motor out of the Cortina.
It came out super easy and ran into no troubles.
A nice and empty engine bay.
The old 1500 out of it's old home..and I'm sure it will be donating life to another Cortina sometine in the near furute.
So after looking at the 4AG, I figured out that I needed to make some clearance for the distributor to clear the fire wall....oh how I didn't realize how much...
The next thing I noticed that wouldn't clear was the water pipe I fitted to the back of the head.
With the heater box removed, and with the heater box bulge cut out, I thought I might be ok...oh how I was wrong!
A little bit of cutting happened next...basically the center of the firewall needed to be cut out to clear the dizzy and the water pipe. I cut out more that I wanted to...but I guess it's what's needed for the 4AG to fit. Also, I've noticed the that 4AG is a few inches taller than the original 1500, so the motor needed to be set down a little. The hole will be boxed back in, hopefully done clean so it won't look too butchered. I guess I won't be running a heater in this sucker!
So, next I had to rework the orginal motor mounts on the front subframe. They were a few inches too long, so these were cut down about 3 or so inches and using steel plates, I made caps for the cut down mounts and re-welded them shut.
Passenger side mount cut down, welded and painted.
Drivers side cut down, welded and painted. Next is to make the mounts for the engine side. Suprisingly, no work needed to be done on the trans tunnel. I guess the car originally being an automatic, the trans tunnel was bigger than the manual trans cars, so it basically slipped right in, almost lining up with the original trans mounts.
On a side note, over the weekend, I was out cleaning the filter by the pool/pond and noticed a noice by the filters...and I caught this sucker moving towards the filter. Got the ole pool net, and caught him! After looking on the net, I think it's a Cali King Snake, but I may be wrong. He's about 2ft right now, so we now have another addition to the family. We're turning into a freaking zoo!
Pond now has, 1 Snake, 2 Koi, 1 Carp, 1 gold fish, and Neo our Catfish.
It came out super easy and ran into no troubles.
A nice and empty engine bay.
The old 1500 out of it's old home..and I'm sure it will be donating life to another Cortina sometine in the near furute.
So after looking at the 4AG, I figured out that I needed to make some clearance for the distributor to clear the fire wall....oh how I didn't realize how much...
The next thing I noticed that wouldn't clear was the water pipe I fitted to the back of the head.
With the heater box removed, and with the heater box bulge cut out, I thought I might be ok...oh how I was wrong!
A little bit of cutting happened next...basically the center of the firewall needed to be cut out to clear the dizzy and the water pipe. I cut out more that I wanted to...but I guess it's what's needed for the 4AG to fit. Also, I've noticed the that 4AG is a few inches taller than the original 1500, so the motor needed to be set down a little. The hole will be boxed back in, hopefully done clean so it won't look too butchered. I guess I won't be running a heater in this sucker!
So, next I had to rework the orginal motor mounts on the front subframe. They were a few inches too long, so these were cut down about 3 or so inches and using steel plates, I made caps for the cut down mounts and re-welded them shut.
Passenger side mount cut down, welded and painted.
Drivers side cut down, welded and painted. Next is to make the mounts for the engine side. Suprisingly, no work needed to be done on the trans tunnel. I guess the car originally being an automatic, the trans tunnel was bigger than the manual trans cars, so it basically slipped right in, almost lining up with the original trans mounts.
On a side note, over the weekend, I was out cleaning the filter by the pool/pond and noticed a noice by the filters...and I caught this sucker moving towards the filter. Got the ole pool net, and caught him! After looking on the net, I think it's a Cali King Snake, but I may be wrong. He's about 2ft right now, so we now have another addition to the family. We're turning into a freaking zoo!
Pond now has, 1 Snake, 2 Koi, 1 Carp, 1 gold fish, and Neo our Catfish.
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