Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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i have Comp Engineering motor plates, they fit well but if i had more HP i'd probably look for thicker ones. I like CE's plates as they allow plenty of room top mount things like Alternators, vac pumps, coils & relays.
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Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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I never liked the ears... they would always come loose being that they moved being 2 separate plates.. they hinged on the bolts
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Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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I never liked the ears... they would always come loose being that they moved being 2 separate plates.. they hinged on the bolts Totally agree!
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Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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I never liked the ears... they would always come loose being that they moved being 2 separate plates.. they hinged on the bolts Totally agree! I don't know about your racecar maintenance but we do regular "spanner checks", & constantly check things for tightness. maybe it's your plate design, but mine fit in between the chassis rails. once they've been installed & tightened, there's nowhere for them to go anywhere even if they did somehow get loose.
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Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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I never liked the ears... they would always come loose being that they moved being 2 separate plates.. they hinged on the bolts I agree Mr. P.
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Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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I never liked the ears... they would always come loose being that they moved being 2 separate plates.. they hinged on the bolts Over the years i have heard that same complaint from other people, had one fellow tell me that once he added engine limiters for the fore and aft movement and that helped the problem alot.
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Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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Anybody know of a supplier for old school bb/hemi a body two piece elephant ears? Ive been digging online and can come up with much. I see some from comp engineering, not sure how well they work. Not interested in a big motor plate. Sent you a PM for what you are looking for
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Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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01/01/16 02:51 PM
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I had a friend that was breaking tailshaft's because the 'ears' were allowing movement so he switched to a full motor plate. The ears that Rebel uses look like they have enough mounting points to do a better job for sure, I actually like that idea for my car as it would eliminate the thickness of the plate which puts the water pump snout only 2.75 inches from my radiator, it's just a street car anyways. I do love my AR-Engineering plate though, it works good and looks really nice.
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Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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01/01/16 02:53 PM
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After looking at it more, I might be wrong. Rebel, do your ears go between the block and water pump? Hard to see on my phone.
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Re: Elephant Ears...where to buy?
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Two piece mounts will NEVER be as rigid and solid as a one piece plate................doesn't matter if you tighten the bolts after every run
A BBM does not have bolt holes in the bottom of the block to help hold the plate in place, like Chevy motors do, so clamped behind the water pump mounts is it, that's all you got. Gives a scissor effect as MrP says and it always will. The holes are never precision, so they come off and put them back on, they may or may not be in the same place. If you ever need a screwdriver to line them up with chassis.........SOMETHING moved. May not be big deal for many, but the two piece ones do move around
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