TR6 Engine Mounting Question

[SherpaPilot]

This is probably a really dumb question but I'll ask anyway.. Is the TR6 engine designed to sit in the engine bay on factory mounts in a slightly nose up attitude? During all the years I have owned this car, I never paid much attention to it. Recently I had the engine rebuilt and during the past month reinstalled it into the car now in the final completion stages. Within a few days, I will be remounting the hood which made me look at the clearance between it and the forward CD175 carb. I'll get a photo and post it in a followup post. Thanks for any input... yes, these are new factory correct mounts.

 

[charlie74]

It does sit nose up a bit. If you look at the shelf behind the heater valve (partially obscured by the towel) and consider that to be level then compare it to the rocker cover you’ll see that it’s nose-up although the camera angle might exaggerate it a bit. My mounts are new as well.

 

[SherpaPilot]

Charlie74, Thanks for your reply. Your photo showing the angle is identical to my engine fit. Things were going so well, I just figured I must have done something wrong. Now I can sleep at night.

 

[Popeye]

Sleep is good!!