Posted By: mcat4321
how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant ears - 07/08/09 12:15 AM
i have a big block A body with elephant ears , no mid plate and a stock trans mount . what would be the best way to stop the motor from moving/? i have an alternater adjuster mounted to the frame and the alternater mounted to the head. i recently riped the mounting tab off the alt. so i know it is moving . i launch 3700 of a brake
Posted By: Dads426
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant ears - 07/08/09 12:36 AM
Competition Engineering and S&W race cars make fore-aft limiter kits. One is good, two is better. I mounted our's on the pan rail, but getting a straight shot to the K-member is not that important if running two bars (triangulated to frame) to the back or front of the block. The trans mount in our car was destroyed without a limiter.
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Posted By: rowin4
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant - 07/08/09 02:54 AM
He said big block , but i don't think he meant chevy.
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Posted By: Dodgeman67
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant - 07/08/09 03:53 AM
We have one on our car and it goes from the block at the midplate to the frame. You can take it from your elephant ears to your frame I imagine or even do it like mine.
I have some pictures somewhere.
Posted By: MR_P_BODY
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant - 07/08/09 11:30 AM
I use the motor mounts on the engine to the frame rail
1 on each side
Posted By: chryco
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant - 07/08/09 12:05 PM
I have 1/2" thick elephant ears on my elephant / A-Body car . Is fore and aft movement an absolute ? My car`s new in that I haven`t run the new engine combo under full power yet , and this thread`s got me thinkin'.
Chryco
Posted By: 65dragnet
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant ears - 07/08/09 12:52 PM
this is the limiter I made for mine, not real pretty but it's under the car out of sight and most important it works. Easy to make and install too
Posted By: mcat4321
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant ears - 07/08/09 01:32 PM
will the transmission ears work? say from the trans to the trans cross member , one on each side
Posted By: Sixgun
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant ears - 07/08/09 08:54 PM
As I recaal, I wheelhopped my ex-race Chall w/1/4"(?)3/8"? ears once and spit out the water pump hsg to block gaskets.
No fun losing your coolant away from home in a siamese bore block.
C
Posted By: MoparJoe
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant ears - 07/08/09 08:54 PM
I built one by making 2 steel tabs, bolt 1 to the ear for the motormount, the other to the bolts holding the ear to the chassis and weld a 1/2" rod to them, you only need 1 and can put it on either side, it also comes out with the motor so it's 1 less thing to remove when doing an R&R.
Posted By: chryco
Re: how do i hault fore and aft movement with elephant ears - 07/08/09 10:04 PM
Thanks ! I never thought of going from the trans (Glide) to the crossmember. Gotta get that fabbed right soon . I want to run the car for the first time in August !
Chryco
