motor mount/plate issue
motor mount/plate issue I have tried three different motor mounts including the energy suspension mounts and all three have a ridge on the back of them that prevents them from laying flat against my conversion motor plate that I bought off of ebay, but is the same as the one on here that others used the template to make.
Is there a way to get around this other than cut out a notch or put washers behind the motor mount like I have done so far?
Is there a way to get around this other than cut out a notch or put washers behind the motor mount like I have done so far?
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,043
Likes: 0
From: Texas and Qatar
Yep, just grind that bump off. Some of the non-ebay type plate mounts are slotted nowadays for the bump. I think on my Energy Suspension mounts that "bump" was just poly, so it bolted down just fine to my flat trans-dapt plates.
Bill, gouge out the adapter plate on your grinder, you can afford to lose surface area there, more than you can afford to grind the motor mount. Some of the plates I have seen, have the reflief cut out for the mount. You don't have to go all the way through, shouldn't hurt a thing.....
T,
T,
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,043
Likes: 0
From: Texas and Qatar
Yep grinding the plate is an option as Tom stated. One other thing, many companies do not intend for you to use the Energy Suspension load plate, they want you to bolt the mount up directly without the included spacer. That might help, although I found that mine was harder to line up to the motor mount towers than I expected - it did line up once I had the engine at the exact right position with a prybar...
Trending Topics
Yep grinding the plate is an option as Tom stated. One other thing, many companies do not intend for you to use the Energy Suspension load plate, they want you to bolt the mount up directly without the included spacer. That might help, although I found that mine was harder to line up to the motor mount towers than I expected - it did line up once I had the engine at the exact right position with a prybar...
On with the fight
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine
Verdad Gallardo
7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin
Verdad Gallardo
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Energy Mount are designed to use the load plate when used with SBC or BBC engines and should be used with them.
But when used with plate adpaters on a Gen III/IV engine, you can do away with the load plate if you want to because the Adapter Plate will act as the Load plate.
IMO .. I would recommend putting a slot into the plate for the poly to be recessed into. (Got to figure that ES designed them that way for a reason
).
But when used with plate adpaters on a Gen III/IV engine, you can do away with the load plate if you want to because the Adapter Plate will act as the Load plate.
IMO .. I would recommend putting a slot into the plate for the poly to be recessed into. (Got to figure that ES designed them that way for a reason
). I might cheat and have the frame stands loosely bolted down with the motor mounds attached and try and line up the motor adapter plates to the motor mounts when dropping the motor in. We will see how that turns out
