Reply to "3785 Gets a 400 swap, fabbed 180's and fabbed mufflers"

Blazing along at a snails pace I finished the water bottle relocation project.

This is not necessary for the swap. I wanted my bottles moved to give me more room for the headers and clean up the compartment a little.

You do however, need to raise the bottle as the thermostat mounting boss on the 400 is higher and this will make the tube higher than the swirl tank.

I made the bracket out of 1 inch angle steel and a piece of 1/8 thick 3/4 wide flat steel.

I made the round cutouts in the angle steel and then welded the flat steel in half circles to it.The bottles are retained with T clamps.
I will add some rubber or another material for insulation later.