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I decided to make my own mounts. The store bought ones looked clunky to me. I searched around and found some spring bushings that fit inside the 1.75" OD tubing I had. I made a plate to fit the block bolt pattern and added some tabs. I cut the bushing to fit and machined down a grade 8 bolt to fit the center of the grommet:
Nice
and tight fit. Too tight. I forgot to allow for the sleeve over the bushing. I
had to cut off the tabs and re-do them. I then fabbed up the piece to attach to
the frame: When I put everything together the headers would not clear the a-arms.
Soooooo....try three. This time I placed the engine in the EXACT position I
wanted it to be and blocked it up in place. Then I cut a slat of wood and
made pattern:
and fitted in place:
I used a stack of washers to simulate the rubber bushing for the fit-ups and
ground the bases to fit:
Here they are tacked in place: The motor
was coming along beautifully. I was going to use these beauties: So
I cleaned them up: Looking
GOOD! Until I tried to bolt them down. One cover has offset holes, the
other does not. If you look REALLY closely you can see that they are NOT a pair
and there are some very subtle differences. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Somedays
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