Mounting engine in chassis

It aint my thread,but thanks for the pics and discussion.I am at this point in my build on my Falcon and this thread has answered some questions.The pics have given me some good ideas too.Feel free to post as many pics as you want LOL.---RED

Mine is hacked real bad on the pass side too. Not sure why but it wouldn't be necessary if more thought was put into them...

Looks like once I find another place to wrench on my car I'll add a Wilwood pedal/MC assembly to it and ditch the factory pedal box and support. If I can open up that area under the dash I can easily support the midplate and tie it into the dash bar and front running "strut" bars...

richter69 wrote:my frame connectors are 2" x 2" .250" wall, lots of extra bars in the cage.........all mild steel...........these old cars aint build like them pop can fox body cars lol

IDT-572 wrote:

richter69 wrote:my frame connectors are 2" x 2" .250" wall, lots of extra bars in the cage.........all mild steel...........these old cars aint build like them pop can fox body cars lol

I did something a little different on my fox deal. I made a pipe truss from 1 inch schedule 40 tubing. I bent it so it was parallel with the top of the bell housing and made two bends on each side down to make it sit on top of the frame rail.

It has two 3/8s by one inch straps welded through the tubes down to the top bell housing bolts. Kind of like a bridge truss, then I have a front plate and a trans cross member with a piece of nylon between it and the trans. I have studs and lock nuts on it with them run down till they touch the flat washers I have on it. You can still move the flat washers with your fingers.

I have ran this set up for 5-6 years with no trouble. I will try to put some pictures up tonight.

jbozzelle wrote:Dave, that's the type of plate I have. I'll have to see what I can do to get some bars in there like Fabio has. I looked at it before and in order for it to be "clean" the factory pedal box has to go. You know how it is. One step forward, two back...

thats the kind i have too but my rails are close together tho,not a problem so far but mounting to the dash /windshield bar would be a good idea.

Here is a picture of my mid mount................. No header clearance problems with this mount, so far so good.

Same idea that we had on ours, only concealed behind the firewall.