Distributor distance

[The Bird Man]

Morning chaps, I decided to go down the 1.6 8v conversion route from the standard 1.0L. I'm nearly there but as my SJ is and early model before 1984 I am in the process of making a gearbox mount to lift it up as the distributor will touching the bulkhead otherwise. Now before I bolt everything together could anyone please tell me how much distance between the distributor and bulkhead there should be as I'm not sure if I have to higher it a tad more. Pictures would be appreciated. Many thanks, Eddie

[twiss]

not the best pic ever but mine is pretty close!!!

[The Bird Man]

Cheers Twiss. Would you say this is too close or should I have more clearance ? I can make more if needed just means more faffing around, ha ! As you can see it's ruined my lovely freshly sprayed bulkhead, going to have to patch it up now

[ScottieJ]

It does get quite close. you haven't mounted the engine slightly too high have you?

[The Bird Man]

Well at first I thought I had but the center of the oil filter does line up with the top of the chassis rail which I read somewhere, I think it was one of your threads Scottie. So far I have put a 5mm piece of steel under the gearbox mount to lift it and that picture is what is it like now. Will this be ok ? Also while I'm here, does anyone know the thread size of the nuts that hold the fan on by any chance

[twiss]

That looks alright... the engine shouldn't really move front to back anyway, only side to side a bit due to flex in the rubber engine mounts
Im using a heavy duty (aka massive) gearbox mount which lifts it up quite high anyway.

As for the fan, bin it and go electric!!!

[The Bird Man]

Sound ! In that case I shall leave it where it is Ha, I'm planning to in the future once it's on the road but I'm going to make do without for now just so I can get on the road