[DeTomaso] Motor Mounts

MyCars MyCars at Comcast.net
Sat Aug 23 02:33:07 EDT 2008


Thanks to everyone for all of the answers.

I'll start with the mounts placed so that the motor is forward. If 
everything aligns when the engine is still on the hoist, I'll use that. 
Otherwise, pull everything out, switch the mounts, put the motor back in 
and see how that aligns.

Roydon
 

JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/22/08 10:21:58 PM, NSakulen writes:
>
>   
>> Moving the engine back also moves the Trans back.  What does that do to the 
>> axle shaft angle and does that matter?
>>
>>     
> Apparently not. In any case, the halfshafts aren't straight as-stock   but 
> run at a compound angle and go thru quite a bit of up & down movement over each 
> bump. Since I did this engine shift, the car's gotten close to 2000 miles on 
> it, including a pretty intense track day at 'Vegas in '07. No bad effects 
> yet.... With big-block engine installations that have made the drive to 'Vegas 
> several years, the whole powertrain goes back 4" and they have far more torque 
> than a 351C! I'd say you're safe with pretty much any amount of backward 
> movement, within reason. Cheers- J Deryke
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