Monroe Handler

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The radiator, fan and shroud showed up. The radiator has the inlet and outlet moved over 1" to the driver side to match the engine being moved.




The package ended up being thicker than planned so I figured I had better get it mocked up before I finished welded the engine frame mounts in. Some modifications were needed. I ended up completely removing the bottom of the radiator support and the upper mounting holes. I got some tubing and will build a new lower support.





With some careful trimming and tweaking, I was able to save the upper supper and bottom set of holes.






I ended up with enough clearance but will probably switch the water pump pulley bolts and the fan motor cover bolts to button head allen bolts just to make sure.






Headers - Still my Achilles heal. I'm not happy with my workmanship so I decided to hire these done from http://www.gpheaders.com/ (was http://www.stainlessheaders.com, the business split and the fabrication portion is now handled by GP Headers). You basically build a mock of the headers from the pieces they send you and PVC plumbing parts. You send them the mockup and they duplicate it in mild or stainless steel. I had planned on devoting the weekend to these but their stubbed mockup flanges are too long to fit, so I've got something in mind to take care of that. Had to order a little bit of stuff, more on these later.




Engine - Got the long block back from the machinist this weekend. Got it taped off, painted up and bagged until I need it.





Got the valve covers I am going to use with the coil brackets and misc hardware needed to put it all together:

The coil brackets wouldn't quite fit on the covers so I had to modify them slightly, relocating one mounting hole:







Chassis - Fitted and welded up the brackets to tie back the forward bars on the rollbar to the front subframe. I *think* have all of the roll bar welding done. Finshed the upper coil over mounts.









Have number of parts to be powder coated, for example:



Much more to come!