Re: Stock mounts/K vs engine plate... Which is lightest..??
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10/21/11 09:57 PM
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I have used elephant ears to install B,RB and 426 hemi in Dusters and Demons, I would bet money that you will save around 18 to 23 lbs by using them, especially if you cut all the stock mounts off of the K member I have two motor plates in the shop now on motors, I'll bet money there is not 3 lbs more weight in them than the eelepahnt ears They can be trimmed down a bunch also Now, Get after it
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: Stock mounts/K vs engine plate... Which is lightest..??
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10/22/11 10:06 AM
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Hmmmmmm......
A 'few pounds' to 23lbs... give or take. That sounds like a worthy endeavor.
I'm assuming the general simplicity ov the install and maintenance on the engine is a lot better with a plate or ears...???
Any downsides to doing this...???
I would go with the engine plate... so much easier to get headers in... use a engine limiter also
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Re: Stock mounts/K vs engine plate... Which is lightest..??
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I didn't notice any difference from solid motor mounts to a plate.
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Re: Stock mounts/K vs engine plate... Which is lightest..??
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10/22/11 10:00 PM
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I didn't notice any difference from solid motor mounts to a plate.
You wouldnt see any difference... both are solid
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Re: Stock mounts/K vs engine plate... Which is lightest..??
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10/23/11 10:02 AM
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A engine limiter stops or reduces the fore/aft movement of the engine.
If this was my car..I'd cut the mounts off of the stock 6 cyl K and use a plate.The plate makes engine removal/installation so much easier.
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Re: Stock mounts/K vs engine plate... Which is lightest..??
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10/23/11 10:20 PM
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Ya, like there's a line a mile long waiting for that 6 cylinder k member. off the mounts.
it's ok to butt heads, just don't do it with a butthead
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Re: Stock mounts/K vs engine plate... Which is lightest..??
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10/24/11 12:53 AM
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I'm not real happy with the aluminum plates in use. The danger is bending, and if 5/16" steel is enough, an aluminum plate has to be 15/16" for the same rigidity.
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Re: Stock mounts/K vs engine plate... Which is lightest..??
[Re: polyspheric]
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10/24/11 07:52 AM
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I'm not real happy with the aluminum plates in use. The danger is bending, and if 5/16" steel is enough, an aluminum plate has to be 15/16" for the same rigidity.
Thats the reason for the engine limiters... even a 1/4" alum plate will handle the vertical load but as you said the fore/aft the plate would bend thus the limiters come into play... some just use the trans mount to control the fore/aft movement but on a hard launching car it'll tear that mount apart... I prefer the limiters... I use 2(one on each side of the engine) others use just one... another reason I prefer the limiters is, with just the rubber trans mount and the engine moves back it can/will bottom out the drive shaft into the trans creating a bind and the possibility of breaking the tail shaft on the trans
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