[Ron Sutton]

Hey One Eyed Rob !

Originally Posted by FETorino

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.


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

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.