Managed to get the powertrain in it’s actual position this week. Finally starting to feel like a car now. Put the hood on to find that we actually have hood clearance which we were not really sure about it. Have around 15-20mm from the throttle body to the hood. Won’t need to modify the hood thankfully. Still detaing on whether to run a shaker. Kinda leaning towards not using it and keeping the stock hood. The engine ended up 4″ rearward of the front suspension in comparison to an SN95 Mustang.
Also got the 6-speed in. After struggling with getting it to work with the stock trans tunnel – it was clear that it was not going to fit. The plasma cutter made that go away quickly – A new custom tunnel will be made up. Otherwise, the shifter is in the perfect location and feels great going through the gears. The handle shown is just for mockup – I will likely modify a hurst shifter or something like that and then use a custom boot.
Now time to get the firewall finished up and get the floors and subframe connectors installed and welded up.
