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Install Engine, Transmission, and Drivetrain

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1972 Charger Richard Petty Tribute Stock Car Gets a Fresh Engine! (Make It Race Again!)

What happens here

With the engine and transmission on a hoist, attach the bellhousing and then the transmission to the engine block. This assembly is then carefully lowered into the car's engine bay. Ensure proper alignment and secure the motor mounts. During the installation, verify that the quick-change differential's gear ratios are correct for the intended use and address any driveshaft compatibility issues, making sure the yoke fits the transmission and the shaft is the correct length.

Goal: Properly install the engine, transmission, and ensure driveshaft compatibility.

Tools and materials

  • Bellhousing — Connecting the engine to the transmission
  • Driveshaft — Transferring power from the transmission to the differential
  • Engine — Powering the race car
  • Engine Hoist — Lifting and lowering the engine and transmission assembly
  • Motor Mounts — Securing the engine to the chassis
  • Transmission Saginaw — Providing gear ratios for power delivery
  • U-Joints — Allowing the driveshaft to flex and connect different angles
  • Wrench Set Various — Attaching the bellhousing, transmission, and motor mounts

What they say

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there's like a bunch of dogs in here who's this guy he's the winner he seems nice dog that's odis's girlfriend she's camera shy he wants the camera we have to find aaron figure out which engine we're going to put in this thing oh you ready to pick an engine yeah he doesn't want to pick any of them there's the bell housing for that motor so we don't have a flywheel for this engine but we have everything else we're missing one key ingredient we have everything else everything else yeah i used to have something just like this in the monte carlo i sold it to buy turbos for the escalade damn priorities not having money sucks sometimes i wish i kept that thing but we don't have anything laying around here nobody around here like next door anything has the right flywheel we had to order one right now i'm just figuring out driveshaft length just to make sure that we're not gonna need to get a different drive shaft if we do then we can get it on the way so we don't waste another day uh one thing i can see right off the bat is uh the t10 has a bigger output than this i think it's a saginaw i don't know i know we're gonna have to find a different yoke for this driveshaft if we're gonna use this driveshaft he said he's a certified forklift operator but i don't know we'll find out all right stop stop stop you're on the shelf now go down a little bit all right you're good i'm just gonna throw this bell housing on here toss the transmission on it so we can set it in there for mock-up check the drive shaft all that stuff and also make sure that this oil pan clears you know just making sure we don't need anything else uh i did not put the motor mounts in between there right so that's gonna that's gonna that's gonna push it back a little bit yeah about a quarter inch we could either throw it on there or just take that into consideration when we mock it up yeah does that gear material look to be the same as the distributor that came out of that engine i would just like to go on the record that if it eats the cam yeah it looks right i brought out the question yeah it looks like a steel gear okay not a bronzer what is it like steel bronze or some composite material that's supposed to work with everything steel or bronze as far as enough huh yeah putting distributors in and making the engine actually run correctly was always a challenge for me in the olden days i mean like six years ago when i started working on cars good thing we didn't throw that in the garbage like aaron…

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