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Buick 225/231 front axle clearance
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Chuck Pedretti
A question for those of you with factory and repower Buick V6's in your
CJ's. How much clearance do you have between the crank pulley and axle pumpkin. A picture of mine is at http:\\staff.magenic.com\chuckp\engine.htm at the bottom (note the custom oak tierod :) I am running a 2.5" lift and was suprised at how close to the axle the pully is. It probabally won't hit but I though I'd check to see what is normal. Got my 2nd hand AA engine mounts and they look great as long as the part which mounts to the frame is inverted. _________________________________ Chuck Pedretti MCSD, MCSE Consultant Magenic Technologies mailto:chuckp@... _________________________________ (46 CJ) _________________________________ |
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Bill Lagler
Chuck Pedretti wrote:
I'll try to get some measurements from both of mine tonight. Bill 47cj2a |
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Chuck Pedretti
I wish I'd measured mine while it was in. I stuck it in temporarily to get
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the motor mount locations marked, took some pictures but forgot to take out the tape measure. _________________________________ Chuck Pedretti MCSD, MCSE Consultant Magenic Technologies mailto:chuckp@... _________________________________ (46 CJ) _________________________________ -----Original Message----- |
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Bill Lagler
Chuck,
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Both my CJ2A and CJ5 have the V6 mounted in the same location relative to the front axle, both are using Jeep 225 oil filter mounts. I don't think there is any way the front axle could ever hit the oil filter, oil pump, pulley or any other part of the engine. On my CJ2A I did lower the front axle snubbers by 1" but this was to reduce tire/fender rubbing when crossed up not because of engine clearance. Engine location in the 2A is as follows: front to back, from the front face of the harmonic balancer (the surface the pulley bolt on to) to the rear surface of the front crossmember is 9". Up and down, if you lay a straight edge across the top of the fenders it will also rest on the top of the valve covers at the front of the engine. I forgot to check side to side (I can measure if you want) but it's not centered, offset to the drivers side for drive shaft clearance. Positioned like this the drivers side valve cover will be right against the corner of the firewall. I reshaped, (read hammer work), the firewall for clearance. This firewall mod is the same thing the factory did to the CJ5 when they put in the V6. Bill 47cj2a Chuck Pedretti wrote:
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Chuck Pedretti
Thanks for the info - I will need to check my front to back distance among
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other things. I have lots of valve cover clearance so I may need to move the trans crossmember back closer to the stock location. I'm hoping I don't have to uncenter my engine because this is the only way the stock steering box will fit. (Plan to go to saginaw at some point but I'd like to get it all together sometime this year). Another possibility may be switching pulleys, the stock 231 pulley has 3 belt grooves and is fairly long - if I can use a shorter one the problem will go partially away. (Only need one belt anyway) Thanks _________________________________ Chuck Pedretti MCSD, MCSE Consultant Magenic Technologies mailto:chuckp@... _________________________________ (46 CJ) _________________________________ -----Original Message----- |
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Bill Lagler
Chuck Pedretti wrote:
I ran mine with the stock steering for a few years before doing the Saginaw conversion. Everything fits, even with the engine offset to the drivers side. You just need to copy what the factory did when they put the V6 in the CJ5. Don't forget to check front driveshaft clearance. 2 grooves if you want power steering. Bill 47cj2a |
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