I just swapped an LS motor into my EF hatch and for some reason the engine looks like its sitting too high. This was my first swap and I had no professional help but I am pretty sure I installed it correctly.. I was wondering if I need a new hood.. I havn't put on my old hood yet cuz i still have some wiring work to do but ya.. any1 else face this problem before?

 

your hood should fit without modifications, if not then you did something wrong.

 

which mount kit did you use?? if you tried to use factory mounts or bought a cheap kit off ebay or something then it might have a problem.

 

How high is it sitting?

Pics?

 

I used some old mounts from back in the day and my hood barely rubbed! Then I changed to HAsports...no problems now!

Dutch

 

I have the Hasport b16 kit, and my b16 rubbed just a little. I had to cut the webbing with my b81c, but I'm still using the b16 mounts.

 

for some ungodly reason it varries, I can't say anything else.

My b16 fit fine
my gsr no prob
my lsvtec... rubs.

all same mount kit.

 

most likely and optical illusion if you havent installed your hood yet. You won't be able to tell until you put it on.

 

Another option to gain clearance is to actually shim the engine down, rather than shim the hood up. This can be done by putting washers between the mount and the engine/tranny. However, header/oil pan clearance may be an issue depending on how low your car is. That is why I cut out the hood webbing. An SI-R style hood will solve this problem

 

yeah my motor sat to low so I had to shim up my motor works fine though and trust me u would rather want to shim up hood or rise it instead of being to low im 2 in off the ground and scrap every [freak]in thing. and ding the f out of my oil pan and header also if your motor goes to low your pully will rub on the bar below it trust me it sucks *****. well hope u figure it out.

 

I put the hood on, and it fits fine. Just needed to adjust the spring on the locking mechanism to make the hood sit a bit higher.