Thread: solid motor mounts

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I had solid mounts on the 454 in the panel truck (600 H.P.). Not only solid but on stilts as you can see in the pic. Wanted to get a little exra weight transfer. Donno' if i did it right but I used a standard issue GM trans mount. Thinking it would absorb any frame flex so the tailshaft housing wouldn't break. I drove it like this for quite a few years / thousands of miles with no failure. Pulled a camper to many events / local and national, Went to the track a few times. And since I was in my early 20's at the time, ....... more times than not it was @ full throttle at every opporunity. It shook the truck a little, bit that's the way I liked it. Even more would have been better.
That being said, I problee' wouldn't build one like that again. (Going motor/mid plate with the one I'm building now).