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Old 03-17-2009, 04:38 PM
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my mid plate is bolted in holes through the bar.
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i have an aluminum midplate and motor plate. so i guess i could do the tube thing and hang an aluminum plate just as easy as the steal one.

also my experience with running a front plate and no mid has not been very good, what do you guys think of not running a midplate on a 600 horse bracket car? keep in mind this thing gets a whole lot of passes on it as we run
points at at least two different tracks every year.
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i'd put it in for sure.... its just a little time to install it and it supports the rear of the motor and tranny
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OK dumb question, so sorry in advance...

I have heard of guys putting additional bars in to stop front to back movement when putting in motor plate/midplates over conventional motor mounts. So the question is would it be a bad idea to have that front/back support going to part of the cage?

For example in the style like Ty and Steve, can you put a bar from the top center of their midplate mount to the dash bar of your cage?
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just put a limiter on it that bolts to where the factory motor mounts go and have a rod end on it... might get in the way of headers though...
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Originally Posted by ty_ty13
just put a limiter on it that bolts to where the factory motor mounts go and have a rod end on it... might get in the way of headers though...
That's why I was thinking of connecting it to the cage, no clearance issue with trying to squeze headers into these tight engine bays, but I wasn't sure if attaching the midplate mount to the cage would be a good idea or not. In theory it is all welded in anyway so there shouldn't be a difference, but I wasn't sure...
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What about running a midplate with solid motor mounts, instead of a motorplate?



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