Engine mounting - need some ideas

[attitudor]

Hi!

I put Cadillac 346 Flathead engine into my ´27 T-Tudor (it really accommodated at last, but without the firewall).

Now I need some inspiration for those engine mounting blocks. I have original blocks in their place and under those blocks there are industrial-used vibration absorber blocks which I bought yesterday. There are A-rails with 2,5" Z in front of my unknown-origin frame.

I should fill that 6-inches empty space between horizontal rails and horizontal rubber blocks. It should be something old-style but also Bad-Ass! Exhaust is not a problem ´cause pipes go upward. Drilled or what? Pictures? Anything? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Hotroddder]

This is what I did to put my 500 caddy into my 56 chev P/U........

[squirrel]

I think I understand what you're asking...but I don't have any good ideas, not knowing what kind of scrap metal you have laying around.

But from an engineering point of view, you might want to run a crossmember under the engine there to keep the frame rails from twisting. Even if they're boxed already. That's a heavy engine!

maybe you could have some fun and build a crossmember out of 1.5" galvanized water pipe and 45 fittings? it would look good and hokey.

[57JoeFoMoPar]

When I put the 383 Mopar in my '57 Ford, I fabricated a set of front motor plates and used '55-'57 Chevy motor mounts to cushion it where it bolts to the frame. The motor plates look cool and I painted mine and welded maltese crosses to em for extra eye appeal. They work great, only thing is you'll have to space your crank pulley out the thickness of the motor plate, in my case it was a 1/4 inch.

-'57 Joe

[38Chevy454]

I suggest you make the motor mounts triangulated with a piece running at a 45 degree angle, or gusseted with vertical pieces on either side. A six inch span is quite a bit and you need to support them properly. A crossmember under the engine and the mounts attached to that would be an easy solution.

[attitudor]

The wise man who said that a picture could tell more than a thousand words, will be my hero for sure! Nice ideas you have! Engineering won´t be a problem. This is The Thing:

[attitudor]

Thanks! The easiest solution won´t be that which matters, the main thing is it should be stable and of course: good looking! Here you can see present full wiew.

[attitudor]

OK, something for Tech Week. I did it little different than I thought, I will add the crossmember as you recommended. I think it´s quite cool now.

[briggs&strattonChev]

that looks neat and different

thats cool where the mounting is on the block and also how you can mount to the top of the rails