I recessed the passenger side firewall to sit the engine back further... the down side is access to the dizzy clamp bolt... just made a special tool to nip it up.
go for as much space as you can for fan clearance to radiator... I ran an engine fan, as I wanted to keep cool in Sydney peak hour during summer, in addition to twin thermos on a thermo switch.
here is a setup shot you can see the distance between the rad and engine.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/Ed74mnd/FE%20Holden/ab032597.jpg)
an even older shot, showing the firewall recess..
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/Ed74mnd/FE%20Holden/fwall1.jpg)
a shot showing some perspective of how it was sat.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/Ed74mnd/FE%20Holden/DSCF0004.jpg)
keep in mind the engine mount plates were redrilled to allow the engine to sit lower than a std CRS setup.... alot of other V8 conversions sit up really tall.. taller than this.
Cheers
Ed