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Originally Posted by Druk
Have you done a trial lock-to-lock with the steering? I ask because I'm in the throes of a similar conversion and at full lock the inner balljoints are very close to the sump edge both sides.
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Well looks like I'm going to be ok. Did a temp install of the subframe, installed the drag link and laid my original pan on the crossmember. With the steering at full lock I've got plenty of bottom clearance.
And side clearance is ok too. It's a bit close in this picture, but I've gone with the "smooth" pan and so have plenty of extra space over what this picture shows.
I had to add more urethane to the subframe mounts as I mis-calculated the amount it would take... it really takes quite a bit. Here is how the spacers work in the car, dropping the subframe about .6 inch. Bad news is that the mounting bolts aren't long enough, so I'll have to source longer bolts before actually doing a final mount of the subframe.
Started work on the radiator. Here it is mocked up in position so I can begin to fabricate the bottom mount. The top mount will be really simple as I can use the original clips from the 300D, just need to cut some slots for the clips.
Ran out of time for the other things I wanted to get done, but all for another day.