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Yea, I didn't want to modify anything. I had to cut a slight notch into the right side frame angle iron to clear the lower fan shroud, but that's it. I don't actually have the tube between the sides of my frame, the first gens are a bit flimsier it seems. Last night I came across the 204331A which is 7/8" wide and 44.53" long. I'm thinking that's going to be perfect. Today I was messing with the driveshaft in the 51 plymouth because I have a carshow tomorrow and of course it started vibrating and acting weird... I'll go play with a tape measure tomorrow and double check, but that belt should be just the thing.
Too bad it's such a pain in the rear to change the CVT belt on these...
My engine cradle even just dropped directly into the stock location.
In this picture it's just tack welded together without the holes drilled yet, but it fits like a glove. I'm pretty happy with how the swap came out. I've swapped engines on boats and it's the same game. Shove an engine that juuuuust barely fits into a location it wasn't designed for and make it work.
Too bad it's such a pain in the rear to change the CVT belt on these...
My engine cradle even just dropped directly into the stock location.
In this picture it's just tack welded together without the holes drilled yet, but it fits like a glove. I'm pretty happy with how the swap came out. I've swapped engines on boats and it's the same game. Shove an engine that juuuuust barely fits into a location it wasn't designed for and make it work.
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