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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 06:41 PM
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i have a fox body mustang, its a drag car and i am in the process of putting a ls1 in the car, i need a motor plate. has anyone done a similar conversion? i have seen some at thunder racing but all i could find are plates to convert into a f body, i think they will be a little too narrow. thanks for any help. -jacob
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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hey man, stupid question while this is up, what is a motor plate?
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 07:53 PM
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its a flat sheet of aluminum 1/4"-3/8" thick that bolts to the front of the block and mounts to the frame rails/cage and eliminates the use of stock location motor mounts. works really good on a drag car.
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this question was just asked here. unfortunately, the last time i looked at the thread nobody knew of anyone that currently makes one. you can always have one made though.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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this question was just asked here. unfortunately, the last time i looked at the thread nobody knew of anyone that currently makes one. you can always have one made though.
I have had one made by a local machine shop.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 04:36 PM
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Madman makes a universal plate,I just pm` him about one last week.
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right, but universal means it has all the appropriate holes & openings for your accessories, but you'll still have to modify it to fit your frame rails of course, but it's a good start.
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i just used the fbody on. it hanges over the frame rail bout 1 in on each side.
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