Manky's Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

Hoik it up & bung it in. Easy.
Took 4 of us, armed with an engine hoist, 2 trolley jacks, 4 axle stands & several crow bars, 3 hours to "bung it in". Heavy little buggers ain't they.

[panthershaun]

christ Manky you gonna need more ground clearance than that and why was Loony hiding in the kitchen/office???

[Manky Monkey]

  He was -supervising.
Should have over 9 inches of sump clearance when it's done -that's more than my Ford Fiesta. It's practically a gasser. We had to take off the exhaust manifolds & the engine & gearbox dipsticks but eventually, after much cursing, thumping & heaving, it plopped into place.
Loony's run out of welding gas so we couldn't weld the engine mounts in place. So for tonight we left the sump sat on the floor between the rails. Mounts are from Pop Browns in Essex & feature nylon bushes in place of the original Rover rubbers. The steel mounts need trimming to length.
The motor has to be lifted 9 1/2 inches for the mounts to line up with the chassis rails. We'll trim the bulkhead back to suit. It'll be fine. Trust me.  

[VALLEYSBOY]

top job you lot

[Mr_G]

Coming together nicely manky, loving the mahoosive mota you has squeezed in to it!

[Firery Fred]

Haven't read this thread for a while, not really into 4 wheelers, but this really has me interested.Mind you if it takes as long as the trike

[old harper]

tell u wot ,that pop looks the nutts .. love the idea with old skool front end etc...

[Manky Monkey]

Hello Old Harper & welcome to MankyWorld. 
Thanks for the positive input.  We've got a tough deadline on this one. We're going to register it as a new vehicle, through the Commercial SVA process. Unfortunately that all changes next April when the procedures are tightened up to bring them into line with Europe. So we're aiming to get this thing at least testable, if not fully finished, by Christmas. If you look at the roof you'll see Loony's chalking up the days -"130 days to go". Not long. Not long at all. Especially when I've got 2 trikes on a similar deadline!
Loony had a few errands to do today & I had to head home to Guildford, (an hour's commute from Loonyville), at tea time, so we only had time to trim back the bulkhead a little more & start blocking the motor up to the correct height. We plan to sit the engine mounts level with the chassis rails -so they run horizontally between the engine & the inside face of the chassis legs. That should mean the exhausts exit just above the chassis. Can't get the hoist in the right place to lift the motor cleanly so we're using a trolley jack at either end, lifting & adding blocks of wood till we reach the desired height.
Another 4 inches or so to go yet.

[Manky Monkey]

The auto gearbox doesn't take up half as much room inside the cab as I thought it would. I imagined the shifter being way back behind me somewhere with a huge tunnel between the seats. Actually. it looks like the shifter will be a stretch forward to reach & come up maybe 4 or 5 inches between the seats. Good job it's an auto though cos there's only room for two pedals in the footwell!

[Manky Monkey]

Lots of measuring & shifting the motor back & forth this afternoon until we were eventually satisfied it was sitting central & level in all directions -thank you Loony Senior for your assistance.
We're using 2 part, nylon bushed engine mounts from Pop Browns. When we originally worked out the dimensions for the box section chassis, we decided to drop the engine between the rails. I don't know if we're cleverer than we thought or whether it's pure luck, but it seems to have worked out pretty well. We shortened the mounts down a little then welded them to the inside face of the chassis rails.

[Manky Monkey]

Never leave a camera unattended in the workshop.

[Manky Monkey]

I think I know who the culprit was.

[Manky Monkey]

Engine bolted up & the Pop dragged out into the daylight. Woo hoo! it fits!

[Manky Monkey]

The SU carbs will be dumped in favour of a big shiny 4 barrel Holley.
Looks like the exhausts will need to curve out over the chassis & down. There's a curved bridging piece to go in under the bonnet sides, so not sure how the pipes will work around that yet -maybe straight out through it?

[Manky Monkey]

Plenty of ground clearance under the sump. Lowest part is the nose of the grille, which is bang on 4 inches off the deck, then the chassis rails under the cab, at about 6 inches.