Marcos Maniacs

Doing final fitting of body on chassis before paint and brackets welding.

Questions; Recommendation on ride height, chassis rail to ground (at present, 7 inches is this too high?).

Engine oil pan, transmission and bell housing to ground? At least 2 inches? This is critical as Car

has Ford 2.8 V6. Not much carburetor to hood clearance.

What size and type of sheet metal screws or? To use body to chassis?

Thank you in advance, this is of great help.

Steve V. Marcos in Arizona

Morning, Steve,
I generally set the frame to ground height at 6.5”. That is on the VOLVO powered cars and the oil pan is not a problem, however the clutch slave cylinder is about 3.5”.
I recommend #14 truss head Stainless steel SMS’s.
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Larry


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Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Chassis questions again

  
Doing final fitting of body on chassis before paint and brackets welding.
Questions;  Recommendation on ride height, chassis rail to ground (at present, 7 inches is this too high?).
                   Engine oil pan, transmission and bell housing to ground?  At least 2 inches?  This is critical as Car 
                   has Ford 2.8 V6.  Not much carburetor to hood clearance.
                   What size and type of sheet metal screws or?  To use body to chassis?
Thank you in advance, this is of great help.
Steve V.  Marcos in Arizona