Anyone do a 1" engine setback

drudis · 11-14-2001, 02:01 PM

Looking to move the motor back on my 1989 Mustang with Griggs. Anyone do this, have photos...?

Skankin · 11-15-2001, 01:37 PM

Wow, you just don't stop! With your wheels 2" forward, it's like you've already moved the engine 4" back!

I hope to do it with a k-member swap over the winter.

I just got a new tranny mount from RCO enterprises here in London. It was around $90 Canadian, has smaller bushings & thicker tubes (where the bushings go). It's unfinished & needs welded. I offset it so I'll have that extra inch.

The bushing tubes on my stock crossmember were rusted out (no winters either). You could cut them out and fab something yourself... I just wanted to get it back on the road.

I've heard there's enough room for the driveshape yoke... but it's certainly something to check...

drudis · 11-16-2001, 08:42 PM

No I never stop. Thats half the fun, ALWAYS find something to work on the car!

On my TKO trans, the crossmember was already moved back as far as it can go. I need another inch (or 2"), and it wont go anymore. So I will have to add some metal to the "plate" of it, and extend some slots even further back.

My goal is to get closer than the 57/43 front/rear ratio I have right now. The BIG help will be the aluminum heads I hope to install this winter.

11-14-2001, 02:01 PM	#1
drudis Moderator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Livonia, MI, USA Posts: 1,194	Anyone do a 1" engine setback Looking to move the motor back on my 1989 Mustang with Griggs. Anyone do this, have photos...? __________________ Darius Rudis, Moderator Corner Carvers Delight 1989 Mustang LX - Open Track Car http://www.dariusrudis.com

11-15-2001, 01:37 PM	#2
Skankin Registered Member Join Date: Dec 1998 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,349	Wow, you just don't stop! With your wheels 2" forward, it's like you've already moved the engine 4" back! I hope to do it with a k-member swap over the winter. I just got a new tranny mount from RCO enterprises here in London. It was around $90 Canadian, has smaller bushings & thicker tubes (where the bushings go). It's unfinished & needs welded. I offset it so I'll have that extra inch. The bushing tubes on my stock crossmember were rusted out (no winters either). You could cut them out and fab something yourself... I just wanted to get it back on the road. I've heard there's enough room for the driveshape yoke... but it's certainly something to check... __________________ '89.5 5L LX, hatch, Medium Canyon Red, 155K Km (No winters), 5sp, 3.08, GT interior, a/c, Alpine CD, K/N, Crane PS91, Walbro 190 LPH, March Pulleys, Mr. Gasket 180 therm (HP balanced), 3 core rad, MarkVIII fan, Variflow controller, Polygraphite front bushings, FMS-5300B springs, 6 KYB's, 73mm Calipers, Maximum Motorsport 4pt chassis brace, Western Motorsport Racing's Sub-frame connectors. Re-ringed bottom end, conv. motor mounts, melling oil pump, FMS-C50 waterpump, GT40P heads (blended, pollished, 3ang valve, milled .03", 10:1), ARP head studs, Explorer intake (pollished & port matched), Manley Race Flow Valves, Catco Hi-flow H-pipe, FMS ceramic headers (Accel P526S plug for #8 cyl.), Taylor 90* wires with sleeves, Trick flow 1pc chro-mo pushrods, Crane 1.7rr, 2031 cam (214/220,112lsa,.513/.529) and fuel pressure regulator (46PSI), Al driveshaft, relocated battery, PermaCool dual filter relocation, oil cooler, PS cooler, fabricated ram air and strut mounts. http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/ViewIt.cgi?http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/moi-display.cgi*960 http://phystutor.tripod.com/stang/index.html

11-16-2001, 08:42 PM	#3
drudis Moderator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Livonia, MI, USA Posts: 1,194	No I never stop. Thats half the fun, ALWAYS find something to work on the car! On my TKO trans, the crossmember was already moved back as far as it can go. I need another inch (or 2"), and it wont go anymore. So I will have to add some metal to the "plate" of it, and extend some slots even further back. My goal is to get closer than the 57/43 front/rear ratio I have right now. The BIG help will be the aluminum heads I hope to install this winter. __________________ Darius Rudis, Moderator Corner Carvers Delight 1989 Mustang LX - Open Track Car http://www.dariusrudis.com

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