offset v8 ?

deadkelly · 10-06-2008, 01:18 AM

i put a 383 into my aussie 69 vf ute ( basically a dart pick up ) i never noticed till after the engine was in , but my sump and carb are not in the middle it's off to right side of the car that would be your passenger side or our driver's side . i was told that was to miss your steering box & valiant never changed it although our steering box is on the opposite side ?
so are you engine's off to the passenger side ? thanks

challenger · 10-06-2008, 03:13 PM

Hey DK every bb you look at is off some what to the right , my guess is that you are right about the steering box so does that mean that yours should be off to the left alittle ? if not how close is it to hitting , cant say that i have even ever seen a right sided steering wheel

67 GTX · 10-06-2008, 04:20 PM

ya, my engine is off to the passengers side, the right side, because of the sterring linkage

deadkelly · 10-09-2008, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by challenger

Hey DK every bb you look at is off some what to the right , my guess is that you are right about the steering box so does that mean that yours should be off to the left a little ? if not how close is it to hitting , cant say that i have even ever seen a right sided steering wheel

well i bought engine mounts to suit mopar big blocks to our valiants with std v8 k frame . everything bolted in std bolt holes . BUT bell housing was touching gearbox tunnel ( we chopped that ) engine was tilting forward & to right ( your passenger side ) that was because of high volume oil pump so we notched the the k frame tower . then we noticed the engine was off to your passenger side i almost lost it , we rang a mopar dude and he told about steering box ect ect and said even yours are off . all so my right ride extractors are touching the fender wall oh well i 'll sort that out when we yank out the 383 for the 440 crank . yeah our extractors have to fit between the steering collumn , steering box , block , pan , chassis and that fat 727 . the spark plugs & leads are another topic hahaha ah mopar or no car . cya guys

challenger · 10-17-2008, 01:36 PM

guess thats the down side of having a monster of an engine in such a small car

it takes me about an hour and half just to change my spark plugs i also had to rerout two tubes on my headers to get my 440 to fit just right but if you ever look at a big block in a mopar 99.9% of the time the engine is to the right and the tail shaft of the trans is somewhat to the left, guess the engineneers know what they are doing right hehehe

10-06-2008, 01:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
deadkelly Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: queensland Australia Posts: 55	offset v8 ? i put a 383 into my aussie 69 vf ute ( basically a dart pick up ) i never noticed till after the engine was in , but my sump and carb are not in the middle it's off to right side of the car that would be your passenger side or our driver's side . i was told that was to miss your steering box & valiant never changed it although our steering box is on the opposite side ? so are you engine's off to the passenger side ? thanks

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10-06-2008, 03:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
challenger Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: MICHIGAN Posts: 427	Hey DK every bb you look at is off some what to the right , my guess is that you are right about the steering box so does that mean that yours should be off to the left alittle ? if not how close is it to hitting , cant say that i have even ever seen a right sided steering wheel

10-06-2008, 04:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
67 GTX Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 328	ya, my engine is off to the passengers side, the right side, because of the sterring linkage

10-17-2008, 01:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
challenger Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: MICHIGAN Posts: 427	guess thats the down side of having a monster of an engine in such a small car it takes me about an hour and half just to change my spark plugs i also had to rerout two tubes on my headers to get my 440 to fit just right but if you ever look at a big block in a mopar 99.9% of the time the engine is to the right and the tail shaft of the trans is somewhat to the left, guess the engineneers know what they are doing right hehehe