Agreed. The spacers are there for hood clearance as well as to keep everything level. Time will tell if they will effect the control arms.

@@Bye401K the predrilled holes also put the control arm forward of center tower. I put had to make a new hole to get it centered. In any case it can only be so perfect

Thanks man !

For the coolant ports off the back of the water pump they are actually machined through. Meaning you can cap off whatever one you'd like. I forget to mention that. As far as the oil relocation kit, Ive been doing. a lotta research on this. You'll have to stay tuned!

I don believe so. I think there there to level out the engine as well as to account for the hood closing.

I have the S3 and it sits a little more forward in the bay than I'd like. Strange thing is though its fits pretty where it should in the trans tunnel. Although both the Xcessive K member as well as the trans mount did not work together. I had to modify both quite a bit so they would work together. Frustrating to say the least.

Not at all.

Thanks I have the same set up for my 73 celica. My 80 celica beams swap I used the Crossmember off an AE86 and had to cut.

Almost!. lol.

39:00 It looks like you have about a half inch of rearward adjustment in the aluminum mounts? If you want to move the engine back, it looks like your best bet would be modifying the mounts for the engine mounts on the cross member to allow the engine to sit further back. The engine sitting that far forward would annoy me too, and if it's over the centerline of the front wheels, could affect the F-R weight bias some.

​@@elgenerz Speed Academy was using Xcessive's older parts. Most are revised by now. Not that that means much. I also just hate when the mounts aren't perfectly in line. It bothers me and looks off. The trans mount was maxed out also. I did end up moving the engine back another 1.5in or so though. I re-drilled and slotted the K-member / trans mount. It was a lotta work to mod the trans mount. Its better than nothing I guess. I thought about re-welding the K-member but its all powder coated and nice nice, and all in all I would only really gain another inch. Not worth all the fuss. Time will tell once all the suspension is in. 110% go with JSP if your doing it. Leave the Xcessive stuff alone. IMO

@@Bye401K agreed Have you seen JSP’s low profile oil pan for the BEAMS that they’re prototyping?

Nm, I just saw your comment in John R’s video :-D

@@elgenerz Just watched it tonight. John is the man. Attention to detail 100%

Had no problems with the AW11 man. I talked to them on the phone and they knew exactly what I needed for the build.

@@Bye401K​​⁠​⁠It IS an AW11 steering rack, but the tie rod ends are different for the AE86. I think the confusion comes from how they have them listed on their site vs what they communicated to you over the phone. The “AE86 Steering Rack” as they have it listed is just an AW11 rack with AE86 inner tie rod ends. I should have just called them like you did instead of ordering off their site. Did you have any issues with the passenger side bushing going over the taper on the steering rack? I just got my crossmember from excessive and the mounts for the steering rack are about half an inch too close together. Half the bushing fits on the narrow section of the rack and half goes up into the wider part. I waited four weeks for this thing and might have to send it back 😞

@@Bye401KAlso, I’m not blaming you for my mistake man, sorry if it came across that way. Really appreciate the videos, they’ve been immensely helpful!