What do you HAMBers think about which style of motor mounts on an early 60 style hot rod. Any pros or cons on either type? Biscut style like 55-57 but on side of block. 58 and up standard side style. Thanks,Smokey
We are at the same spot with my wifes 32 truck. I think we have decided to go with the biscuit mounts. They are simple to install and look simple as well. I have been loking at them on Ch***is engineerings website. Who else sells a nice set?
In the beginning (Chevy V8's 1955 - 1957) Motors were mounted on the front of the block but the rear mounts were on the bell housing. This spread the weight very evenly front to back. When the motor mounts moved to the side of the block, the rear mounts were on the transmission tail-shaft making a three point mounting. Using front engine mounts and a rear tail-shaft mount just seems wrong to me so I switched to side mounts using a preformed piece from Summit. This gave me an additional cross member for stiffening my T-Bucket frame. This also opened up my access to mount a conventional fuel pump as well. That's just my .02 cent worth .
Along with that, the main reason to use side mounts on small blocks with a rear mount is that many feel if you use the front mounts and rear trans mount the trans case will flex enough to cause front sea/front pump damage if you run an aluminum case trans. It is easy to build and not that spendy to buy the mounts to use a biscuit and they look pretty clean. Here is a photo of one on a T that may be too simple as it doesn't have any gussets but I think it was made out of 1/2 in flat bar welded to the piece that bolts to the block Side view I've also seen plenty of clean installations with the factory style side mount if you use the smaller one or the poly type that is pretty simple. The key being little or no clutter.
Here is a link to a HAMB member that sells the biscut/donut type mounts. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=267714 Thanks for the info so far gang...Smokey
You can find the old style biscuit mounts at Ch***is Engineering. Go to their table of contents, and then to page 5. Part #SS-0011. Take care, David Sorry, forgot to put the URL: http://www.ch***isengineeringinc.com/index.html
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