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Originally Posted by 1795
The tail of the transmission and the differential can be off a few degrees left to right, what is more important is that they are in the same plane up and down.
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Jim, when you say in the same plane up and down, don't many vehicles especially higher clearance vehicles like trucks have a downward sloping rear drive shaft from transmission to rear diff? Is the same plane ideal but often not achieved?
Also, if I am using the tranny mount from CR, and a Ford 8.8 rear which is commonly used in these cars, and have 3.75" difference (tranny at 15.25", diff at 11.5") wouldnt mosts car builds end up in a similar predicament? I dont see any way to close that gap? Lowering the engine any more would have the bellhousing with limited ground clearance. Its at 8 inches now. So I could lower the engine 2, maybe 3", bellhousing would be at 5" ground clearance, and I would have to make some spacer bushings that drop the tranny mount the same amount. Have others done this? If I go much lower, my engine mounts and bolts would be down inside the frame rails. Dont have headers yet to see how they would be impacted.
Here is a sketch of where I am at currently: