Thread: Project "Left Overs" is back alive !

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Good to hear your doing good old chap, To cheer you up heres a pic of a nice workshop

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Ok, where to start? First off, I would like to apologize to Jerry and everyone who was just trying to help with their suggestions and comments. You did nothing I haven't done a thousand times on here, so I should have taken it as just being helpful.

I guess what caught me the wrong way was that we had put in two 12 hour days figuring out the mount and then the subject of needing a center support wouldn't go away. I think I was tired, and also a bit childish.... ok, VERY childish....taking my ball and going home.

I actually had it in the back of my mind about that setup putting a lot of stress on the aluminum bellhousing area, because I remember reading about that years ago when Hurst mounts were being used alot. Something about them being ok with cast iron bellhousings but not aluminum. But I wanted to get further into the build before I thought about that aspect........I could always add the support at a later time.

I called Bob Bendtsen today, who makes the adapter I am using and he said some people don't use any support there, but it is highly recommended. He said some people modify the stock bellhousing mounts to work, and others fab up something off of the 3/4 inch thick adapter plate he includes with his kit.

I think what we will do is maybe weld some wings onto that plate and run some rubber bisquits, one per side, to support the back of the motor there. I looked at it last night, when I put the motor and transmission back into the car, and there is plenty of room to do that.

My Son Don said he saw my last post and said that sometimes written words come out different than what we intended on saying, and he is right. Again, I apologize to all the people who were just trying to be good friends, but who caught me on an off day. Please accept my apologies.

Don

I'm glad you guys are a forgiving lot. Thanks for that.

Steve, you have GOT to start paying your shop help more money. The poor girl can't even afford a proper uniform, and has to ride a bike to work ! Uh, second thought, start paying her less !

Last night Dan and I went to the shop and looked over the center mount situation. After bolting everything up we found two tapped holes that Bendtsens put in the plate that must be there for the express purpose of bolting on some mounts there. We can find no other reason for them. That is good, so all we have to do is fab up two small Hurst type side mounts that bolt on there and extend out to the frame rails on either side. We can use a second set of earlly Ford bisquit mounts, and in essence the motor will be hung in a cradle of sorts, and the transmission center mount will be just icing on the cake and there to support only the transmission.

What we will end up with will be kinda like a front engine and mid engine plate setup, except it will have rubber bisquits on all four corners. Dan doesn't like just those two holes in the adapter plate holding all the stress, so he is convinced we need to tap one more hole into the plate where I have the little red dot in the picture below. I think two holes are plenty, but overkill never hurts.

We put the torque convertor on last night and bolted the transmission back on to make sure any mount we make won't interfere with anything, but there is plenty of clearance at those two spots. That will be our project Friday, and maybe making the tranny crossmember too. What is not shown in the picture below is the cast aluminum starter switchover housing that bolts up tight there and encloses everything. It also gives some strength to the bottom of the adapter. The original one was cast iron, but I have an aluminum aftermarket one that moves the starter to the right side for steering box clearance.

Don

Originally Posted by roadster32

Good to hear your doing good old chap, To cheer you up heres a pic of a nice workshop

I had to go back and look at this again, to see what Don was talking about her? shop uniform. I didn't notice the lass in the pic, I guess I was too busy looking at that nice wide bike tire..................

Originally Posted by dlotraf33

I had to go back and look at this again, to see what Don was talking about her? shop uniform. I didn't notice the lass in the pic, I guess I was too busy looking at that nice wide bike tire..................

I had to go back a second time to look at the car in the pic,,the third time to check out how clean the floor was,,the fourth time to ..ahh,forget it...

What car?? Floor???

Yep, the ladies are right.........we are a bunch of pigs, aren't we? Post up a pretty girl half clothed and we all start oinking.

I took a couple of pictures tonight of the area where we are going to put the center mounts. Lots of room there, and it will be hidden when the body is on.

Ya know, I'm a little disappointed in you guys. I thought you would have mentioned to me the need to add some center support to this setup. Instead I had to think it up all on my own ! (I better quit while I'm ahead. )

Don