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Im planning to use Holden engine mounts adapted to the original x-member in my DJ - V8 conversion.
with you guys that run Chevs, what style o=f mounts did u use?
original jeep with engine adaptors?
I'm tearing the guts out of the jeep this weekend.... I need another boat anchor!
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Hi AussieCJ7 thanks for the tip.
Advance from my research only do Chev mounts, and Marks suggested I make my own.
The easiest option I have found so far is to use a hot rod style engine tube.
My biggest hurdle is to get the angles of the engine mounts correct so the weight is not distributed on the bolts, but rather the mounts.
I will try your other suggestions
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Hey you'll really be able to deliver the mail in record time then! ;) Growing up in the Rockies in the US I always wondered why the mail man drove a 2WD Jeep! AT least it was a Jeep!
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i have done 2 so far and they wont be the last(v-8 clevo's into jeeps),,,what i did was to put the motor in the chasis where i want it to sit,,i use a engine hoist to move it around and hold it up,,once i have it right i tack weld a piece of RHS to the harmonic balancer pulleys so as it sits across the chasis,,then i am able to remove the hoist(normally have my rear x member done by this),,both times i have used the original ford mounts,,just makes it easier when i need to replace them later,,the first time i used plate to make up the chasis mounts and the last time i used RHS,,as in the piccy below,,if u need more help just yell out....
paz [img]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0LgB0cPoOA0v!ToGmT*vOdzudWOYM26Kr!JP3dfr4OVc4WQSaP CxaOfn3O2F6xsrgBdr4AIr8r1g/Apr20_01.jpg[/img]
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BTW,,,more pics here ...
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I have not done this so I can not talk from experience but from the research I have done so far you can buy the engine mounts for most common engines from the likes of Advance adapters and Marks adapters etc
If you talk to Tony from USA 4x4 in Melb and Wayne from Waynes world of conversions in QLD they have both done it more than once and know the tricks you may be able to buy engine mounts from them
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Thanks Paz!
That was exactly the info I was after. By looking at your pics, it looks like a complete weld in job?
I will try to modify the existing x-member and use RHS like u have (i had not thought of using RHS). Great idea takcing to the harmonic balancer too to get the position right..
I will just have to mock up its final position in order to get the angles right etc.
I will probably put anti crush tubes through the RHS as well, just for safety.
Looks like a nice jeep, not knowing anything about Jeeps, I would have thought the chassis on these things would have been boxed from the factory?
once again thanks
Ed
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