Trans mount opinion needed

Here's the deal. I have a '52 Cranbrook and I'm putting in a T-5 and not sure about rear mounts. It has the stock front mount on the enging and 2 mounts on the factory bellhousing. The stock trans just hung out in the air but the t5 is a bit heavier and longer and has a 5/8" adapter plate between the trans and housing. Would the T-5 cause too much downward stress for the apadter or is the adapter plate stout enough to support the trans hanging out there? I can also run a tubular cross member but the problem there is how do I support the trans and not put stress on it when I install it?? I don't think taking out the stock rear mounts would be a good idea because they offer the support for the twisting from engine torque. Also the mount for the T5 is much smaller in comparison to the stock pieces.

Any ideas or thoughts out there??
I'll post any pics when I can, still at work at the moment.

 

it should be fine! it's mounted at 3 points which is plenty. post some pic's of your project it sounds cool.

 

You might get by without a trans mount...is the adapter steel or alum? If alum you should be concerned about depth of bolt engagement....don't want to pull out threads...so why not just put in a trans mount? Would be cheap insurance.

 

73RR the adapter is aluminum. I wouldn't mind putting in a tranny mount but I'm concerned about supporting the transmission and not putting uneeded stress on the adapter. When I get more of it figured out I'll do my best to give the tech and info I can to share for anyone else. Heres a pic of how the tranny fit when I did a dry run to see how the shifter fit with the seat.

 

If the T5 is heavier, it's probably not by that much compared to what you took out and should be fine on the stock mounts. I say this without knowing any particulars about how bell-adaptor-transmission are bolted together, more info would be helpful for more definitive suggestions, but we're only dealing with the weight of the transmission here and you aren't really going to be speed shifting the T5 THAT hard, are you?

 

I would not worry about it. The T5 originally supported it's own weight plus a considerable portion of the engine's weight.