It was a longer than expected process... We lifted the rear of the car so we could have a much better angle at slowing getting everything in.
The first problem was the exhaust manifolds were barely too wide to let the motor slip in, so I removed the passenger side to get the motor past the chassis tubing. As you'll see in a moment we could've saved a little time if we removed the driver side and left it off..
After moving those 6 inches the driver manifold had to be removed because it wouldn't get by the steering shaft.
After a few more inches and putting the manifolds back on we were close. From there it was just moving it around to find the motor mounts. We installed the transmission mount as well with the adapters provided. Its difficult to see in my pictures but there's about 1.5 inches between the ABS module and pulleys.
There's about an inch between each head and the footwells.
And the manifold is just below the steering shaft.
We put the shifter on and made sure it worked.
I still honestly can't believe it fit. We took a lot of measurements before putting it in and it didn't seem like it would make it. Some people had to use shims though I can't quite see why. I trusted FFR, and it worked!
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