Front Motor Mounts..Enough!
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:06 am
After screwing around with the front motor mounts on my SB stroker for 10 years, even having Jeff Hemperly make heavy SS items...I've had enough. No matter what I've done always problems after a while.
The original studs broke and bent twice and the aluminum brackets cracked. I replaced the studs with ALLEN bolts and the mounts with steel. After a while, the bolts loosened and the manifold leaked...three separate times. The setup is just plain stupid. Engine vibration just has to loosen them over time producing manifold leakage.
I'm getting rid of them now and having Jeff fabricate a mount for the right side to bolt the head directly to the frame.
The left side seems almost impossible because of the minuscule clearance there but Jeff and I agree that one side should be enough to stop the motor from twisting..
Any thoughts?
The original studs broke and bent twice and the aluminum brackets cracked. I replaced the studs with ALLEN bolts and the mounts with steel. After a while, the bolts loosened and the manifold leaked...three separate times. The setup is just plain stupid. Engine vibration just has to loosen them over time producing manifold leakage.
I'm getting rid of them now and having Jeff fabricate a mount for the right side to bolt the head directly to the frame.
The left side seems almost impossible because of the minuscule clearance there but Jeff and I agree that one side should be enough to stop the motor from twisting..
Any thoughts?