The following pictures were taken by Tina Knox when Kevin and I installed the race engine and transmission and front drive unit in the main chassis frame.
Note that the frame joins with the three bolts at the firewall and swings up to the machined locator's at the front and then the air rams are connected. We begin by placing the power train frame on the floor and hoisting the chassis to clear the engine. Then lower the chassis onto the landing gear and roll it into position . Then we lift the engine and power frame up to connect the three machined bolts.
When the quick connections, and hoses are all completed the engines may be swapped by a full crew in a short time.The operation takes only about 45/60 minutes for two persons and that is using the basic shop hoist, it goes much quicker with an overhead crane like at AGGRESSIVE TUBE BENDING.
(Remember to click on the pictures to enlarge them.)
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