transmission shield required is stock

[Michael Beard]

I have the full carbon fiber CSR shield on the Volare. The transmission tunnel is tight, and it barely fits, but it fits. We use the star head pattern bolts (fir head?) that use a 3/8" 12-point socket, a good swivel, a 3' extension, and as SS3011 said, the trick is to let the engine and trans down as far as it will go to give yourself enough clearance to have a prayer of getting to the bolts. I remove the trans mount, pop the distributor cap off and lower the engine and trans down as far as they will go -- the engine lays back very close to the firewall. With the right tools and a lot of practice (which I have gotten over the years, unfortunately), it's not as much of a completely god-awful job as it used to be.

And yes, it required taking a couple of ears off the trans to make the shield fit.