spent the weekend working on motor mounts, mockups....etc. Frankly, i worked all weekend and didn't get too much accomplished other than acquiring a lot more questions for myself. I will have to spend this week doing more research on how high in the frame, how far back to go, and then figuring out how i am going to get this thing in there straight. slightly frustrating, however, I'd rather spend the time learning how to do it right than rework down the road.
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I had a couple realizations:
1) the transmission crossmember i have isnt going to work, i will need one with a longer drop. I'd love to just build one, but i really don't have the materials or experience to do that. So i ordered a different one that should be here Friday.
2) after taking 1000 measurements, i just couldn't seem to get things how i wanted them. My idea now is to build some sort of jig for myself to ensure i get things lined up properly. But, i really am going to search other peoples builds and see how they did it to get some more ideas.
3) oh, and ya......my steering linkage definitely wont clear the way i had it