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Re: motor plate questions [Re: Quicktree] #242144 03/04/09 07:26 PM 03/04/09 07:26 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Clamps.... its a little different Tony, they flex big time and they are right up against the rearend via a coupling

Re: motor plate questions [Re: Quicktree] #242145 03/04/09 07:28 PM 03/04/09 07:28 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I use a set of old school elephant ears with a solid welded passenger side stock mount. The trans mount is poly. This set up is low buck,strong,and solved my external oil line clearance problem. I run 10.90-11.00 @ about 660 hp.

Re: motor plate questions [Re: MR_P_BODY] #242146 03/04/09 08:26 PM 03/04/09 08:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394 Q Quicktree I Win
Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	Quote: Clamps.... its a little different Tony, they flex big time and they are right up against the rearend via a coupling ok lets scale down to a super comp dragster, same deal. they are held on the front by 2 aircraft type water hose clamps and they are not held against the rear end. they do have a coupler but it's loose fit. and with all the flexing you say wouldn't that make it worse? my point is the heavy duty front motor plates are not needed imo.

Re: motor plate questions [Re: Quicktree] #242147 03/04/09 08:34 PM 03/04/09 08:34 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	ok lets scale down to a super comp dragster, same deal. they are held on the front by 2 aircraft type water hose clamps and they are not held against the rear end. they do have a coupler but it's loose fit. and with all the flexing you say wouldn't that make it worse? my point is the heavy duty front motor plates are not needed imo. If you wheel stand and run a 1/4" plate and come down hard.... it WILL buckle.... as me. I stepped up to a 3/8" plate with limiters

Re: motor plate questions [Re: MR_P_BODY] #242148 03/04/09 08:40 PM 03/04/09 08:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394 Q Quicktree I Win
Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	Quote: ok lets scale down to a super comp dragster, same deal. they are held on the front by 2 aircraft type water hose clamps and they are not held against the rear end. they do have a coupler but it's loose fit. and with all the flexing you say wouldn't that make it worse? my point is the heavy duty front motor plates are not needed imo. If you wheel stand and run a 1/4" plate and come down hard.... it WILL buckle.... as me. I stepped up to a 3/8" plate with limiters so will your oil pan and a whole bunch of other stuff

Re: motor plate questions [Re: Quicktree] #242149 03/04/09 08:49 PM 03/04/09 08:49 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	so will your oil pan and a whole bunch of other stuff Fortunately I didnt run a real deep pan back then and all it hurt was the plate. As soon as I unbolted the plate the chassis sprung back into place(thank goodness it was a moly chassis)

Re: motor plate questions [Re: MR_P_BODY] #242150 03/04/09 09:09 PM 03/04/09 09:09 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 951 Temperance, MI P prochargedhemi super stock
prochargedhemi super stock P Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 951 Temperance, MI	If you look closely down by the passenger side shoick tower you will see the limiter. just a mount with a heim on it that bolts to a tab off the bottom of the frame rail On my coronet i use the stock repop hemi mounts with a limiter that bolts to a mount that i welded up under the battery tray and to two bolt holes on the water pump housing (that go into the block), has heims on both ends (which helps when adjusting the valves to pull motor over to get the valve covers off)

Re: motor plate questions [Re: Quicktree] #242151 03/04/09 09:26 PM 03/04/09 09:26 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston S sixpackgut OP Drag Week Mod Champion
sixpackgut OP Drag Week Mod Champion S Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston	Quote: Quote: Clamps.... its a little different Tony, they flex big time and they are right up against the rearend via a coupling ok lets scale down to a super comp dragster, same deal. they are held on the front by 2 aircraft type water hose clamps and they are not held against the rear end. they do have a coupler but it's loose fit. and with all the flexing you say wouldn't that make it worse? my point is the heavy duty front motor plates are not needed imo. Tony, what exactly is your point? i like the heavier plate because of the 1.cutouts 2. they are made by a member here 3. they are sold by a sponsor here 4. i dont have any extra hose clamps to use as motor mounts Gen 3 power 6.22@110, 9.85@135 Follow @g3hemiswap on instagram performance only racing, CRT, ultimate converter, superior design concepts, ThumperCarbs

Re: motor plate questions [Re: sixpackgut] #242152 03/04/09 09:43 PM 03/04/09 09:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394 Q Quicktree I Win
Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	Quote: Quote: Quote: Clamps.... its a little different Tony, they flex big time and they are right up against the rearend via a coupling ok lets scale down to a super comp dragster, same deal. they are held on the front by 2 aircraft type water hose clamps and they are not held against the rear end. they do have a coupler but it's loose fit. and with all the flexing you say wouldn't that make it worse? my point is the heavy duty front motor plates are not needed imo. Tony, what exactly is your point? i like the heavier plate because of the 1.cutouts 2. they are made by a member here 3. they are sold by a sponsor here 4. i dont have any extra hose clamps to use as motor mounts nothing wrong with it, I don't like the triangle cut outs on that one but it's not going to hurt anything. go for it.

Re: motor plate questions [Re: Quicktree] #242153 03/04/09 10:51 PM 03/04/09 10:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,587 Great Neck,LI,new york hemi-itis I Live Here
hemi-itis I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,587 Great Neck,LI,new york	I don't care for the triangles.These go with my weld wheels.I bought mine from V & V machine in Wappingers Falls NY. 5071009-111-1140_IMG.JPG (97 downloads) HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!

Re: motor plate questions [Re: hemi-itis] #242154 03/04/09 10:52 PM 03/04/09 10:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394 Q Quicktree I Win
Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	Quote: I don't care for the triangles.These go with my weld wheels.I bought mine from V & V machine in Wappingers Falls NY. that looks much better to me, but thats just my opinion.

Re: motor plate questions [Re: Quicktree] #242155 03/05/09 12:02 AM 03/05/09 12:02 AM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 951 Temperance, MI P prochargedhemi super stock
prochargedhemi super stock P Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 951 Temperance, MI	last i heard from andy he was also offering the motor plates with NO holes so people could do whatever they wanted with them

Re: motor plate questions [Re: sixpackgut] #242156 03/05/09 10:12 AM 03/05/09 10:12 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,104 Wheels up, MO N nhramark master
nhramark master N Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,104 Wheels up, MO	Quote: i dont have any extra hose clamps to use as motor mounts Hey I didn't want to horn in, but Andy has not replied. I can make your motor plate and we will "customize" it for you.(holes, triangles, solid, we can even put a pentestar in it if you want) PM me if you are interested. [image]http://s1126.photobucket.com/user/nhramark1/library/Racing[/image] 9.100 @ 150 mph 5.780 @ 120 mph

Re: motor plate questions [Re: nhramark] #242157 03/05/09 12:32 PM 03/05/09 12:32 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,841 MI, usa dvw master
dvw master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,841 MI, usa	I was going to run my limiters from the rear of the trans case to the trans crossmember. I was planning on using the machined locating lugs on the rear sides of the case. It would be out of the way,easy to access. Doug

Re: motor plate questions [Re: nhramark] #242158 03/05/09 12:50 PM 03/05/09 12:50 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston S sixpackgut OP Drag Week Mod Champion
sixpackgut OP Drag Week Mod Champion S Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston	Quote: Quote: i dont have any extra hose clamps to use as motor mounts Hey I didn't want to horn in, but Andy has not replied. I can make your motor plate and we will "customize" it for you.(holes, triangles, solid, we can even put a pentestar in it if you want) PM me if you are interested. can you post pics of some plates? i would like to see some different ones Gen 3 power 6.22@110, 9.85@135 Follow @g3hemiswap on instagram performance only racing, CRT, ultimate converter, superior design concepts, ThumperCarbs

Re: motor plate questions [Re: sixpackgut] #242159 03/05/09 10:46 PM 03/05/09 10:46 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,104 Wheels up, MO N nhramark master
nhramark master N Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,104 Wheels up, MO	Here is a pic of our new 5.7 Hemi 3/8" motorplate. www.aeicnc.com Website will be updated soon, click the automotive tab. 5073282-5.7Hemi020.jpg (84 downloads) [image]http://s1126.photobucket.com/user/nhramark1/library/Racing[/image] 9.100 @ 150 mph 5.780 @ 120 mph

Re: motor plate questions [Re: nhramark] #242160 03/05/09 11:04 PM 03/05/09 11:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,104 Wheels up, MO N nhramark master
nhramark master N Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,104 Wheels up, MO	Here's a pic from the other side that I didn't botch while re-sizing. 5073329-5.7Hemi021.jpg (94 downloads) [image]http://s1126.photobucket.com/user/nhramark1/library/Racing[/image] 9.100 @ 150 mph 5.780 @ 120 mph

Re: motor plate questions [Re: nhramark] #242161 03/05/09 11:06 PM 03/05/09 11:06 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,618 long island NY A Ari440 master
Ari440 master A Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,618 long island NY	Quote: Here is a pic of our new 5.7 Hemi 3/8" motorplate. www.aeicnc.com Website will be updated soon, click the automotive tab. will you be able to make 1/4 to 3/8 valvecover spacers for bigblock mopars ? Last edited by Ari440; 03/05/09 11:09 PM. 1.39 9.85 - 137 mph

Re: motor plate questions [Re: Ari440] #242162 03/05/09 11:14 PM 03/05/09 11:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,104 Wheels up, MO N nhramark master
nhramark master N Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,104 Wheels up, MO	Quote: will you be able to make 1/4 to 3/8 valvecover spacers for bigblock mopars ? Sure. We could make those very quickly. [image]http://s1126.photobucket.com/user/nhramark1/library/Racing[/image] 9.100 @ 150 mph 5.780 @ 120 mph

Re: motor plate questions [Re: nhramark] #242163 03/05/09 11:15 PM 03/05/09 11:15 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,618 long island NY A Ari440 master
Ari440 master A Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,618 long island NY	Quote: Quote: will you be able to make 1/4 to 3/8 valvecover spacers for bigblock mopars ? Sure. We could make those very quickly. THAT WOULD BE NICE , THANK YOU !!! MARK Im using INDY heads if it makes a diffrence pm me when you do Last edited by Ari440; 03/05/09 11:19 PM.

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