kevino

I am in the process of installing a rebuilt engine and I am wondering if it is supposed to be perfectly straight in the engine bay or is it offset slightly to the right (looking from front of car). I have the engine tighted flush against the bell housing, so I know the engine is in the tranny straight, it is just crooked in the bay. thanks for the help

-kev

mazdaspeed7

Its liek that to make room for the turbo and stuff on the TII models, and it just carries over to the n/a's.

Barwick

that doesn't sound right to me, but then again, I'm not 100% sure, when I did my install it looked straight, but I didn't look THAT close to it.

hypntyz7

they are most definitely offset to the drivers side. if you notice, on a turbo II, the IC scoop is offset to the drivers side as further evidence.

kevino

thanks a lot for the reassurance. I was just spooked that I would tear apart my drive shaft the day I get it running.

thanks again
-kev