First build, looking for insight

[CR55]

I would plan on utilizing isolators......

What he said!!!! The vibration on a street driven rod will shake most of your teeth loose!..Chassis Engineering sells a round rubber mount to place on your type of mount. I've had them for the last 20 years.... Also, I think you did great on the price of your rod....[cl...Good luck with the build...CR

 

[jfg455]

you have solid front motor mounts that require a pad to be fabricated and welded to the frame. with this style of mount you may also wish to use a soild mount on the transmission as well to prevent cracking the case. they either both need to flex or both need to be solid.

I would recomend NOT running a solid trans mount. With the amount of flex there is in the chassis you want something to give when it flexes. I see alot of people with solid motor and trans mounts snap the tail shaft housing off when the chassis flexes. I have always run solid motor mounts with poly tns mounts and never had an issue. just my $.02

 

[wnaplay]

Anyone have any pics of similar setups as mine?

 

[adamsoil43]

you have solid front motor mounts that require a pad to be fabricated and welded to the frame. with this style of mount you may also wish to use a soild mount on the transmission as well to prevent cracking the case. they either both need to flex or both need to be solid.

I would recomend NOT running a solid trans mount. With the amount of flex there is in the chassis you want something to give when it flexes. I see alot of people with solid motor and trans mounts snap the tail shaft housing off when the chassis flexes. I have always run solid motor mounts with poly tns mounts and never had an issue. just my $.02

That could be, you have been around these before and I am new to them, they have different chracteristics than roundy rounds I would quess.

 

[wnaplay]

Here is what I have. Doesnt this just bolt to the block and then bolt to the bracket welded to my frame/ Should there be anything else?

 

[adamsoil43]

Here is what I have. Doesnt this just bolt to the block and then bolt to the bracket welded to my frame/ Should there be anything else?

that is correct, unless you decide to run some sort of isolator as some have suggested. I would use loctite on the bolts and check them once in awhile, the ones that go to the frame used to loosen in racecars, but there was a lot of cornering forces on those.

 

[wnaplay]

Made some more progress over the past few days. I picked up a sb350 and
th350 tranny for a few bucks. Its from an old truck and the price was right. They cleaned up a bit and now I will hopefully be testing them to see what kind of condition they are in soon. I was hoping the powertrain when set on the frame would really pull my front end down but it only dropped 2". Now I need to figure out how to get it lower, and I am at a loss. I picked up (2) '34 radiators for a song and I am hoping to be able to get one to work. My driveshaft appears to be to long for the tranny I have so now I need to figure that one out. I am suppose to be hooking up with a local guy who may have some more parts and ideas this weekend(fingers crossed). I was hoping to go kinda low with the stance, but I just cant figure out how to go about it. I have finally hit my first bump where I questioned the point of the whole project. Now I need to focus some more and try to go ahead.

 

[Sam_Fear]

For the front, you'll need to move your spring perch up. For the back, you're probably looking at Z'ing the frame, or at least a C-notch.

 

[Shea Laking]

Made some more progress over the past few days. I picked up a sb350 and
th350 tranny for a few bucks. Its from an old truck and the price was right. They cleaned up a bit and now I will hopefully be testing them to see what kind of condition they are in soon. I was hoping the powertrain when set on the frame would really pull my front end down but it only dropped 2". Now I need to figure out how to get it lower, and I am at a loss. I picked up (2) '34 radiators for a song and I am hoping to be able to get one to work. My driveshaft appears to be to long for the tranny I have so now I need to figure that one out. I am suppose to be hooking up with a local guy who may have some more parts and ideas this weekend(fingers crossed). I was hoping to go kinda low with the stance, but I just cant figure out how to go about it. I have finally hit my first bump where I questioned the point of the whole project. Now I need to focus some more and try to go ahead.

If the engine/trans came out of a TRUCK, in all likelyhood you have a LONG tailshaft transmission...Your car was likely set up for a SHORT tailshaft tranny out of a passenger car. I believe the tailshaft and housing are interchangeable, but am not 100% sure. Hopefully someone here more "transmission savvy" than me will chime in.

Get her running and driving and don't worry about "lower" right now. You can always tinker later...

Regards,
Shea

 

[deerchooper]

I believe the tailshaft and housing are interchangeable, but am not 100% sure. Hopefully someone here more "transmission savvy" than me will chime in.

Regards,
Shea

they are but you have to tear the tranny apart to change the tail shaft.