wahoooo i got my headers to fit. sweet!
 

it had me worried...i losened all the motor mount bolts on the engine plates/ L brackets and put a small bottle jack between the heads at the rear of the motor put a lil pressure on it and tighened all the bolts bought 3/16 if an inch there then had a machine shop mill 3/16 off headers at the flande. i now have about 3/16 clearance between em...a few more days i should be in the water. thx for everones help and advice here on oso. as a newbie to the offshore world you all have saved me from some pitfalls along the way with your savvy advice. peace out, ratman

Re: wahoooo i got my headers to fit. sweet!
 

Dude, you now have misaligned the engines in relation to the drives/gimbals. This is not good. You are going to have to re-align the engines to the gimbals and drives or you will chew up couplers, gimbal brgs, the whole nine yards. Sorry, better get someone to check it.

Re: wahoooo i got my headers to fit. sweet!
 

there was slop in the bolt holes i just rolled the engines away from each other a tad... nothing seems to be bnding and i don't think i'll have any problems. the motors moved 3/32 at most.

Re: wahoooo i got my headers to fit. sweet!
 

i don't have a coupler BTW, ssm#3a's bw trans and spline from outdrive slips into tail end of the trans.