Six more hours have passed and the motor has wires, 930 box, mounts etc. and is in the car. We pulled the mounts off the chassis from the Audi position, put them on the motor, set the motor in place, measured, measured, measured to make sure all was square, and marked the mounts. Out comes the whole thing, drill holes, bolt in motor assemble, and there we are - motor and transaxle in the car.
We got the motor really foward this time. The front crank pulley is only about 1" from the lower part of the chassis. Very square, and the motor is much lower than it was with the Audi transaxle, the pan sticks out of the bottom of the chassis about 1/4" and is about perfect as far as I can tell. Air cleaner nicely centered in the deck opening.
But.
It is too far forward. I thought to call Fran and tell him what a great job we did putting in the motor. I should have called about some guidelines on fitting the 930.
Have a look at that picture below. On the RCR cars the motor plate area for the starter should be flush with the BACK side of the chassis. Mine is front with the front side.
So, we get to do this all over again and push the motor back. If we don't a starter will not fit there and unfortunately I didn't have a starter to put on the motor or I might have seen that. Lesson learned - call someone who might know. Motor fitting shot down about 3 hours I suppose, but it'll be faster next time. Maybe the new position will line up with the Audi mount plate holes........
Ron