engine mounts??

aerodynamic · Post by **aerodynamic** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:46 am

Ok, I've gotten what appear to be the incorrect motor mounts twice now. The brackets look too short and have 4 holes. The brackets on my engine are longer and have only three mounting holes (plus the engine has only three ears each side). Are the parts stores smoking crack or does my engine have the wrong mounts? I'm pretty sure they're original to my 400.

Smellslike1974 · Post by **Smellslike1974** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:58 am

You know what,maybe it has small block mounts on it,cuz someone probably tried putting the big block in a car using the small block mounts,figurd it would work but it didnt so they ditched the whole idea.i thought about doing that with my big block,but they arent the same.

take a picture of the mounts on you engine.we shall compare

aerodynamic · Post by **aerodynamic** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:10 am

My car's an original big block though. The parts that are welded to the frame are slotted. You just slide the long bolt through the bottom of the mount, leave it loose, then drop the engine down and the bolts fit right into the slots. I feel like I'm going crazy! The parts guys are telling me it takes a square mount. Grrrrr

Smellslike1974 · Post by **Smellslike1974** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:48 am

Im aware of that,so is mine.but if you have the wrong mounts,it wont happen

aerodynamic · Post by **aerodynamic** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:53 am

I'll get some pix as soon as the parts store sends 'em back.

72RoadRunnerGTX · Post by **72RoadRunnerGTX** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:45 am

Sounds like you have the correct spool mounts for 73' and up. I believe 72â€™ was last year for the block type mounts in the b-bodyâ€™s
Here is a good source of more info;

http://www.440source.com/enginesupportbrackets.htm

aerodynamic · Post by **aerodynamic** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:17 pm

72RR, you're the man. Even YearOne doesn't have a pic of this. Here's what I got, and the parts stores have no idea what I'm talking about. Taken from the site you just provided:

Smellslike1974 · Post by **Smellslike1974** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:46 pm

Hmmm.That looks like a cross between the ones on my 318 and the mounts from my 400.

here two pics of what i took off the 400

and a pic of the 318 engine mount

moparmarks · Post by **moparmarks** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:06 pm

You have the 73 and later spool mounts but sounds like you have small block one.

moparmodeler · Post by **moparmodeler** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:03 am

www.engine-swaps.

These guys are the only way to go. My friend Dean has a 73 SSP with a smallblock K-member. He used schumacher motor mounts to install a 440, and they worked great!

Smellslike1974 · Post by **Smellslike1974** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:25 am

thats what im getting

landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:18 pm

that's cool...i've been contemplating getting a dart or a duster and throwin a 440 in it

pretty cheap way to get the mounts done AND be able to use power steering