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Kmm, the driveline has to have the same angle on trans and pinion shafts =
in
degrees I believe. You DON'T want them to be straight in line. There is a
dimension that they have to be within but I'm not sure what it is. It's
better to have not straight so u-joints turn some and spread the force an=
d
grease around in them. Maybe if you go to tech articles on some of Hot Ro=
d
or Chevelle, Nova type sites you will get your answer. I had a book on sw=
aps
can't find that dealt with this. Try www.stovebolt.com forums and look
into engine and driveline forum to ask about this. Lots of fellas have do=
ne
this work on there trucks.=0D
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From: kmm 1024=0D
Date: Thursday, October 03, 2002 14:43:26=0D
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net=0D
Subject: [oletrucks] engine angle=0D
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I'm putting in a 350 in my '53 truck. What should the engine angle be? =0D
It's fuel injected (LT1) so there isn't the deal with the carb. sitting =0D
level with the slant on the intake. Right now I have it at about 5 degree=
s =0D
slanting down towards the rearend. I have a different rearend also, and i=
ts =0D
slanting up around 5 deg. also I think. But the engine looks like its =0D
slanting a little too much.=0D
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