Originally Posted by FETorino (Post 674611)

Ron

For the engine mounting it’s obvious you are using a front motor plate but what about out back?
Good question. You need to be careful with how you mount engines & transmissions ... or stuff breaks. When I see people who go by the rule of "when it doubt ... make it stout" on race cars ... that often doesn't work out. Mounting the engine & transmission is a good example of that. If we mount the front of the block with a motor plate, the back with a mid plate & the transmission with a solid or rigid mount ... the chassis flex will break the transmission case.

What I have found works well is mounting the front of the block with a motor plate ... hanging 1 or 2 straps from the firewall cage bar to "help support" the back of the engine/front of trans with no added rigidity ... and supporting the back of the trans with a poly mount. That is what will be done here. With LS, we use one steel strap at the mid point. One end bolts to the top bellhousing bolt& the other end bolts to a bracket welded onto the firewall bar. See illustration below.


Are you going to run a mid plate and suspend that unobtanium sequential or is that the start of a rear rubber insulator mounting point the transmission tail is resting on?

How much longer till the wings arrives? I want to see the wing.
Wing arrives next week. But I'm not posting photos of it just yet.
Well ... I could be bribed. If you buy the beer next time we're at Thunderhill. :cheers:


Thankfully I will get to see this standing still because it seems obvious I won’t get close enough to see it on track. :waveflag:

Originally Posted by Ron Sutton (Post 674615)

Hey One Eyed Rob !



LOL. It is going to be bad fast, compared to most. The cool thing is it will be confidence inspiring & comfortable to drive with all the tire, downforce & overall grip.

Give Greg a few weekends of track time to get used to it & he'll be damn fast.

Originally Posted by FETorino (Post 674617)

Hey. I’m probably closer to One .75 Eyed Rob and climbing right now Ron:catfight::lmao:

Thanks for the insight on the mounting. If you run a Front and mid plate on the motor what would you do with the transmission?

Ok. I’ll look for the wing pictures in my e-mail. You know I’ll buy you a Racer5 at the traditional Willow watering hole.

Greg is pretty good in the small tire yellow car so I’d bet you’re right, he should run well in TTU.

Originally Posted by Ron Sutton (Post 674615)

Give Greg a few weekends of track time to get used to it & he'll be damn fast.

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Originally Posted by Ron Sutton (Post 674623)

Originally Posted by Ron Sutton (Post 673919)

Pull up a chair & grab some popcorn, because this is going to be a cool build in an amazing short time. :popcorn2:

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