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Howard Jones · 03-02-03, 01:14 AM

Jim just said it all. I have a GTD and I think I would bet money that a modular motor will not fit without a great deal of reengineering of pretty much the whole rearend of the car . The gearbox would turn into a project also! There is just no reason to do it other than if you really want to. IF you do then get a blown up one from the junkyard and see if you can make it fit. Try and keep the centerline of the crank as low or lower that the 5.0 motors. The GTD chassis mounts the motor fairly high as it is with a 302. Some of the really quick GTD's have done a lot of work to get the motor lower. You know these things cost a lot of money as they are without all the extra electronics, exaust system which itself would be a major project, chassis mods, gearbox fit,etc. One more thing, the height above the motor is very limmited also, Just enought for a Eldebrock RPM performer and a holly on a 302. With a very short airfilter I have about 3/8" between it and the rear windscreen.

03-02-03, 01:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Howard Jones 10 tenths Join Date: Jun 2002 GT40: San Francisco Bay Area California USA Posts: 1,921 Rep Power: 26	Re: use of cobra 4v mod motor in GTD? Jim just said it all. I have a GTD and I think I would bet money that a modular motor will not fit without a great deal of reengineering of pretty much the whole rearend of the car . The gearbox would turn into a project also! There is just no reason to do it other than if you really want to. IF you do then get a blown up one from the junkyard and see if you can make it fit. Try and keep the centerline of the crank as low or lower that the 5.0 motors. The GTD chassis mounts the motor fairly high as it is with a 302. Some of the really quick GTD's have done a lot of work to get the motor lower. You know these things cost a lot of money as they are without all the extra electronics, exaust system which itself would be a major project, chassis mods, gearbox fit,etc. One more thing, the height above the motor is very limmited also, Just enought for a Eldebrock RPM performer and a holly on a 302. With a very short airfilter I have about 3/8" between it and the rear windscreen.