Thanks for the info Jim
I thought it might be close, I have a david kee top
loader and have a mindset to use 1350's. I remember thinking that boy it is
going to be close but I will have to fit it as needed, seems like it will be
close, and I am all about bringing out the hammer where needed. I'm hoping the
billet yoke on the trans site is more compact then the iron equiv and maybe
gain some back. I'm under the car tomorrow and will have to take some real
measures and see how bad it is. Yet another idea that cost time to make work
;-) I was looking at a 3" drive shaft, better check all that mess out too.
The trick is shaft rockers ;-) I have some of the cast valve covers but they
were the gt350 style but with extra height for roller rockers. I think the
stock size would fit with minimal work (Some out here runs them I think with
the same T&D shaft rockers as I have). I almost could get them under a set of
stamped steel ones except the ends of the valve covers are very close to the
end of the rocker assembly. With an extra gasket I think it would work.
Thanks again for the heads up.
Sandy
----- Original Message ----
From:
Jim <jim@island.net>
To: Sandy Ganz <sganz@pacbell.net>
Sent: Saturday, March
28, 2009 10:36:34 PM
Subject: RE: [Tigers] U-Joints
Hi Sandy
When I did my
T-5 this winter, I knew that the driveshaft was going to be
too short so I
bought an extra long spline 1330 yoke and 1330 x 1310 u-joint
to attach to the
stock driveshaft. I believe that the 1330 and 1350 are both
3.625 across but
the 1330 has 1.06 diameter cups ( same as 1310 ). That yoke
had the spline all
the way to the end ( about 7" ) vs the Tiger one which is
as long but only has
splines starting halfway down the tube. I thought the
driveshaft would be
about 1/2" short after the swap but it turned out to be
over an inch short so
I ended up deciding to have a new 2 1/2" driveshaft (
1 1/4" longer ) built
instead and used the stock yoke.
Anyway... my point is that I'm glad I didn't
use the 1330 yoke as there
would be almost NO clearance in the tunnel for it
.There's maybe 1/2" total
clearance now on the sides and the 1350/30 is .406"
wider ! Of course a ball
pein hammer would solve it... lol
Speaking of
which... that 302 I put in a couple years ago had roller rockers
and as my
'Tiger' valve covers were on back order from S.S. , I used some
'Ford racing'
ones that just barely fit the tunnel. I had the engine out
this winter and
recently attempted to install it with the 'Tiger' covers on.
They wouldn't fit
without spacers so I bought a set of 1 1/4" ones, split
them and milled them
down to 9/16" tall . They ended up exactly the same
height as the old ' Ford
racing ' ones but because of the shape, they made
the engine about 3/8"
wider... I had to 'hammer' the sides of the tunnel for
clearance and still
only have about 1/8" on the back corners of the
covers...
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Sandy Ganz
Sent: March 28,
2009 6:29 PM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] U-Joints
Anyone
running 1350's U-Joints/yokes? (stock is 1310's I think). I have a
set
of
1350 yokes and wonder if anyone has gone to the trouble?
Sandy
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