Thread: And more questions: Front suspension & clearance

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Don


Right about now Faith is saying "where the h*** did my thread go?"

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

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Don
Right about now Faith is saying "where the h*** did my thread go?"

Well you know how it is in these forums, the threads are like driving a car, if you just sit back and relax to much the car starts to drift from side to side......... IIIII Same with the threads, this ones starting to drift quite nicely untill a) either the driver takes back control with a start or
b) A cop pulls her over for inattention

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

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Don


Right about now Faith is saying "where the h*** did my thread go?"

HIJACKERS! HIJACKERS!

Actually I don't mind the hijacking at all, it is the 'bickering' that is upsetting to me... For a moment there I thought I was going to have a bloody war on this thread Oh nooooo I really don't want this forum, which is SOOOO COOOOOOL to turn into another hotrodders.com cause I ran out of there as fast as I could, bullets were flying everywhere, heavy artillery blasting, everyone seemed to hate everyone and I think I had a target pratice sheet stappled to my forehead because many strangers were taking cheap shots at me, left and right... I sustained so many bullet holes, when I drink now, I turn into a sprinkler system

Clubhotrod.com has been so refreshing and such a wonderful departure from the horrible experience I had on the 'other forum' ... I simply LOVE IT here.

So far noone here has EVER said anything that has offended me in any way.
SO I BEG YOU, PLEASE DON'T FIGHT.... be nice to one another, yes we are all different, but somehow we are also all the same: hotrod lovers at the core...

Updates on engine height.

Hiboy was on the rack again yesterday. It gave me a chance to really look at my suspension, clearance etc... I aso looked under the belly of several other hiboys friday night at Bob's Big boy cruise night. People must have wondered why I was spending more time lying down on the ground with my head under the cars than standing upright hehe... Anywhoo, I found that my engine is sitting lower than anything else I saw that day. Consequently when you look inside my car I do not have a transmission buldge between driver and passenger size which results in lots of leg/feet space. In short my transmission is mostly under the car compartment. I noticed I have only currently about 1/4 inch space clearance between firewall and transmission. I also noticed the bushing on engine mounts are tired. Jeff (my significant other - who is a certified Chevy tech) mentioned we could get new bushings, which will bring engine up a hair, but the transmission doesn't have alot of room to go up. I know we are looking at a triangle, so if engine goes up 1/2 inch for ex transmission will go up less, maybe I can get away with a little raise of engine this way... New bushing cant hurt anyways, right? Worth a try since Jeff can do the work himself (saves me $$).

As far as leaf springs, I thank you all for yoru warning, I do cherish both my arms and I think I'll let the rod shop battle with the springs on their own.

As far as Panhard bars, all the roadsters here have them and I can tell you from experience that not having one is making my hiboy handle very poorly when we hit potholes, especially on the freeway... The car will suddenly jump sideways, by a good few feet!! Pretty scary. Me no likey.

It sounds like you're running the 48 Ford rubber biscuit style mount.

They do tend to give up the ghost - some of them are made of overly soft rubber.

Take a look at the white motor mount biscuits on my 31.
They're cut from UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight) plastic.
Similar appearing to Teflon, but 70% stronger from what I understand.

Hard as a cotton-pickin' rock too, but they do damp vibrations and after installing a pair of them in my 32 that uses the same style mount, the car seems smoother than it did with rubber biscuits.

UHMW is available at industrial rubber stores - places that cater to farms and oil field - in sheets of varying thicknesses.

Cut em out with a hole saw, clean up, drill for motor mount bolt size and you're in business.

If you buy some small UHMW sheet pieces from the remnants pile, it's usually pretty cheap.
UHWM costs about 1/3 of what Teflon costs fwiw.

Maybe $3.00 invested in both sets of motor mounts on my two cars - four biscuits.

Here's a slightly thicker pair on my 32.

I failed to mention that there is a small UHMW biscuit on the underside of the frame motor mount bracket.

The whole design is pretty much the same as the 48 - & earlier - flathead Ford motor mounts.

Thickness doesn't seem to matter much as far as vibrational harmonics go.

UHMW cuts easily with a regular saw if you need a square or rectangular shape.

You don't need the aluminum load spreader plates as seen on my cars.
I have a lathe and make lots of little goodies for the hot rods....