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engine mounts??
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:46 am
by aerodynamic
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:58 am
by Smellslike1974
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
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:10 am
by aerodynamic
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
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:48 am
by Smellslike1974
Im aware of that,so is mine.but if you have the wrong mounts,it wont happen
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:53 am
by aerodynamic
I'll get some pix as soon as the parts store sends 'em back.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:45 am
by 72RoadRunnerGTX
Sounds like you have the correct spool mounts for 73' and up. I believe 72’ was last year for the block type mounts in the b-body’s
Here is a good source of more info;
http://www.440source.com/enginesupportbrackets.htm
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:17 pm
by aerodynamic
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:
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:46 pm
by Smellslike1974
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
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:06 pm
by moparmarks
You have the 73 and later spool mounts but sounds like you have small block one.
schumacher motor mounts
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:03 am
by moparmodeler
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!
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:25 am
by Smellslike1974
thats what im getting
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:18 pm
by landon1
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