Clocked the blower, still won't clear the hood. Pasia's pissed.

[my92gt]

I'm dead serious when I say I'm ready to light this f***er on fire and let it burn into a smoldering heap.  Ralph, wanna come out and have a car-b-q?   

So Tevan was kind enough to come over and work on this stupid thing today while I was at work. 

This is how it looked when we first put it on:



Tevan got the blower clocked and he also replaced the motor mounts in the car, and it STILL will not clear the hood.    Good news is that my drivers side header clears the steering shaft with no problem now. 





It's better than it was, but I still can't get the hood on.  And yes, I know the FMU is going to have to be moved.

And I'm not 100% sure that the oil supply line to the blower will clear the hood either. 

Anybody have any suggestions on what to try next? 

[Gravel]

exactly where are your clearance issues?

[Ralph]

Lift kit.  Or k-member drop kit is what you need.  Basically you space between the K member and the subframe rail, 'lifting' the body or dropping the motor whatever amount.  Compensate with springs.

[my92gt]

exactly where are your clearance issues?

I don't know how to edit the pic to draw a circle on it, but it's where the elbow that comes off the back of the blower and connects to the tube that goes into the throttle body.  It's less than an inch too high.  I don't think the oil feed line to the blower is going to clear, either.

Lift kit.  Or k-member drop kit is what you need.  Basically you space between the K member and the subframe rail, 'lifting' the body or dropping the motor whatever amount.  Compensate with springs.

I have never heard of that. 

[Ralph]

It's pretty common among the big block guys.

It's actually easier than modifying brackets and such.

[my92gt]

Link to such a product so I can see WTF you're talking about?  Pretty please. 

[my92gt]

OK.  With the help of my nation-wide tech support, I think we may have figured this out. 

You can kinda see in this pic the triangular-ish shaped washers.  I think if we rotate that last one around so the more rounded part is pointing downward, that we can re-clock it and move it enough to get just enough clearance.  I hope.

[Mr. Black]

Cut out the section of hood structure that is hitting the blower.  I did not have this problem as I gutted the whole underside of my hood.  All it had was the perimeter frame and the skin.

I would def recommend to do whatever you have to do to get rid of that FMU. They are the devils handywork.

I would put a bypass valve on there as soon as possible.

All of these things will affect driveability.  No one likes a car that drives like crap.

[my92gt]

LOL - the underside of my hood is unfinished fiberglass.  How much do you think I could hollow it out with a Dremel tool before I hit paint??   

Thanks for the advice on the rest of it, too. 

[Bwhitty799]

Damn, that sucks. I hope I do not run into problems when I install.

[Mr. Black]

Not so good then.

Are the engine mounts stock?

aftermarket chopper gun hoods are stupid think. 

All I can tell you is that I had that same blower for  while and had both a stock hood and aftermaket hood on the same setup.

Somehow it should be made to work without drastic changes.

[speedfreak87]

Try convertable motor mounts.. should lower it just enough to get the tube to clear.

[MdniteDrftr]

Just slam the hood shut. Problem solved!

[my92gt]

Not so good then.

Are the engine mounts stock?

aftermarket chopper gun hoods are stupid think. 

All I can tell you is that I had that same blower for  while and had both a stock hood and aftermaket hood on the same setup.

Somehow it should be made to work without drastic changes.

Yes, they're stock motor mounts.  And I completely agree, it should not be so difficult to get it to fit under a stock hood, because I KNOW that it can be done.  I can't imagine that everyone who's ever installed one with a stock hood has had this many problems getting it to fit.

[floydwall888]

Try convertable motor mounts.. should lower it just enough to get the tube to clear.

I got in a huge argument with a friend of mine over this. I was under the impression that you could not run a blower with a stock hood, unless these motor mounts were used. Of coarse, I was very wrong. It does seem though that there the choice to go with to avoid clearance issues like this, or adding a spacer to the intake.

[hpfiend]

Ok buddy I just went through this on my novi 1000 install,

It will fit with a stock hood with the stock sound insulation- The problem from your picture is that the oil feed fitting is oriented to the right towards your battery.  This fitting needs to be turned either 90 degrees counterclockwise so that it points towards your windshield and follows the rake of the hood or turned 270 degrees around clockwise so that it points the same way- be careful I don't know how tight you already have it and you don't want to strip it....

Also- you are definitely on to something by turning the bottom banana clip retainer 90 degrees so that you can clock just a little more without interfering with your oil drain fitting, this is necessary and should ALSO be in the instruction manual

Good luck and LMK how it turns out.

Also- while you are at it make sure that you see if you need to space your cooling fan out as mine was hitting the supercharger tensioner bolt when it flexed.  I used three washers under each bolt. AND One of the bolts that holds the alternator on the main bracket needs have a half nut installed and the bolt/nut ground down to clear your serpentine belt when you get that far or it will shred the belt... AND make sure the bracket which holds your alternator from the smog pump or smog pump delete is formed properly... ours was not and everything needed respaced with washers and the holes opened up on the improperly formed bracket... I was pissed to say the least after all of these problems including the hood clearance problem- Paxton is well aware of these issues and I am very pleased with their response