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07-16-2006 07:15 PM #10
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In my last post, that got wiped out when the forum was down, I mentioned that the front perch we spent a day building ended up setting the car too low. That's rod building, clearances and things change as you go along, so you just have to salvage what you can and move on. So I ordered a front perch from Total Performance because I have one in the shop on a frame, and it looked perfect for what I needed. Plus, I really didn't feel like spending another day building a new one. (Sometimes easier and quicker to buy something off the rack that fits.)
The perch came in, and it is just what I need to get the front low, and yet still put the frame about 5 inches off the ground in the front. I am not going to weld it on until the motor and trans are hanging on mounts, because I want to see how far the frame settles before I commit.
So today I started on the engine mounts and transmission mount. I picked up a 1961 Chevy stick transmission mount at Advanced Auto Parts. They had one in stock (go figure) and it was like $ 4.50. It is exactly what I need for the '61 3 speed trans I am using, and I like to use off the shelf parts when I can, so if I break down 300 miles from home I can get parts easily.
For the transmission mount and also two other rear crossmembers, I am using 1 and 3/4 inch DOM tubing .125 wall. I have two that will reinforce the rear kickup, and one more under the rear of the transmission. I cut some flat plate to use as a perch to weld to the tube and this will be where the trans mount goes.
On the front, I cut 2 triangular shaped plates out of 1/4 inch flat stock, and drilled 3 holes in each of them to bolt to the block. I had a spare 350 empty block that I used to make the mock up. From that, I cut a section out of tubing that is 2 x 3 and will have this welded to the triangular plates. Then I will mount early Ford biscuit type rubber mounts to the ends of that and build a mount from the frame to join the two together. I ordered the rubber mounts from Speedway, and they will be here Tuesday. The engine mounts are nothing special, and have been used on thousands of cars. They are simple and easy to make.
All I have to do now is get Dan to weld the pieces onto the frame, and I can finally get the engine supported without all those concrete blocks and pieces of wood.
Here are some pictures of what I did today.
Don
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