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Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: seadog on June 22, 2005, 09:42:31 PM

Title: Motor Mounts, Again, Help
Post by: seadog on June 22, 2005, 09:42:31 PM
Ok, a while back I posted a question about what year bare block I needed to get to use in mocking up a change in the motor mounts on my Deuce 5 window project.  I now have an empty 350 block and have cut out the old motor mounts which didn't allow enough clearance between the oil pan and the pavement.  There was only about 2 inches clearance and since this car is going to be driven a lot I didn't feel that was adequate.

I'm ready to fabricate new mounts to raise the motor 2 inches.  Can somebody give me a quick crash course on how to make sure I get the mounts aligned in the frame so that the pinion angle won't be a problem.  I appears that the motor will have to be sitting at an angle with the tranny lower than the front of the motor, with the car at ride height.  How do you set this up so that it all lines up correctly?
Title: Motor Mounts, Again, Help
Post by: Ralph on June 22, 2005, 11:12:29 PM
Ooooh! An easy one! Just follow this link, and all will become clear.
http://jniolon.clubfte.com/drivelinephasing/drivelinephasing.html
I got this from the HAMB. It came from here. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59878

Ralph
Title: Motor Mounts, Again, Help
Post by: Fat Cat on June 22, 2005, 11:41:32 PM
Quote from: "Ralph"Ooooh! An easy one! Just follow this link, and all will become clear.
http://jniolon.clubfte.com/drivelinephasing/drivelinephasing.html
I got this from the HAMB. It came from here. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59878

Ralph

We have some of that same info available right here at the RRT site in the Tech Section. Which is more often than not overlooked.

http://www.roddingroundtable.com/tech/articles/driveline.html
Title: Motor Mounts, Again, Help
Post by: sirstude on June 23, 2005, 01:00:56 PM
Set the carburetor mounting surface level with the chassis at ride hight and angle, then match the pinion angle to the engine.  That is the way I have always done it.

Doug
Title: Motor Mounts, Again, Help
Post by: Ralph on June 23, 2005, 02:50:24 PM
You're right FatCat, I'd forgotten Peter's article was there. I long ago saved some of the other articles to my hard drive, like block sanding and the benchtop wheel article. I had just read the one I posted, so it was easy to find!

Ralph
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