Ok before I discovered and this site confirmed that my pontiac 350 in my 69 coupe was designed to be a little off center.

Now I have another issue that I could use a little help on. I was checking my steering linkage for header clearance and the idler arm knockle near the pitman arm rubs on my header. The headers are Dougs and from what I have read this hasn't been a problem in the past when the pitman arm is curve like mine is. The arm will go past the header when turned hard but is rubs and needs to be addressed. it looks like if the engine was 1/2 inch further back that the linkage would clear

What I would like to get is a dimension to confirm that my engine is sitting correctly front to back. The motor is a 1970, I have new motor mounts (the single bolt from the bottom type, not the long pin stylw) a 200r4 trans and an after market 200r4 crossmember that I bought used.

Can anyone show me how to confirm that my engine is not too far forward.

You're fine!

Something to keep in mind: Most of your vehicle, along with most GMs, was designed with failsafe assembly. That nmeans that if it's the wrong part, upside down, bassakwards, it will not bolt up.

Mopars are the car that you can bolt anything onto anything, destroying all kinds of crap in the process.

Thanks for the feed back, I found a few pictures that show that I should be good.

is it your idler arm joint at the end where it bolts to the frame? I have hooker super comps and put a slight dent in the primary where mine was rubbing.

My issue is the idler arm joint near the pitman arm. I would be very interested in what you used. A picture or product data would really help.

I made a mistake I thought you had a different ball joint set up. I might put a dent in mine to clear but I have ceramic coated headers and really are hesitant to start smacking a dent in it.

It should sit in the motor bracket and the rubber should be up against the stop it's a little flange or is the 69 different than a 67?

It's actually a little tab and the rubber should be up against it

I checked it out and there might be an issue with my motor mounts. All the catalogs indicated the motor mounts are the same for both sides but when I look at it closer they don't sit on the frame mounts the same way. One looks a little forward and one a little back. I ordered two new mounts and will look at them when they come in.