1973 Midget build by ianjoub

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More work done, though the going is slow at this point. I'll make a part, then change my mind and start over...

Ok, the motor is in! There are 2 motor mounts on the cylinder head on either side. The 1" square tubing goes from strut tower to strut tower and tabs are welded on to bolt up to both mounts in the head. The 1" tubing bolts to the strut tower so it can be removed to ease ingress and egress of the motor:



I had to trim the top of the footwell for header clearance. The steering column will work as is with just a bit of trimming on the mounting flange:



The header in place... the turbo will bolt on to the flange and sit in there nicely. I originally thought the header and turbo would have to go up:

^^^^^^^^^^^^ Looking at that last pic. Man my right foot is going to be hot unless I come up with some crafty heat shielding :lol:

The clutch is housed in that gold cover. Apparently, I will have to pull the motor to do clutch changes:



I lost about 1.5" of the passenger footwell. That isn't too bad in my opinion. The long bolt with the chain on it is another motor mounting point. I will fab up this mount after my driveshaft is made and in place. I don't want to have interference issues:



The intercooler will sit in front of the steering rack. The radiator and oil cooler will sit between the intercooler and the motor mount bracket: