O.K. guys, i need a little help here. I'm not sure how to explain this. I've got a '71 Short fleet that had a small block and 3 speed in it. I took it out and i'm putting in a 402 and 700r4. The po had welded newer style motor mounts to the frame to install the small block. It fit fine and was running when i got ahold of it. The big block will not fit in the small block location now. I think the po had welded the mounts back to far. The mounts needed to come forward about 3 inches or so. I cant get the 402 back further towards the firewall and its not even close to resting on the mounts. Do i need to cut off the po's mounts? I see some people are using tubular mounts that look pretty cool, but where are they getting them from? I would like the original ones, but the po welded up the holes for the mounting, and i can't see spending alot of $$ for factory style mounts. I wish i'd took a pic to explain this a little better, but didn't have my camera. Here's a pic of them before i tried to put the motor in so you can see what they look like. Thanks for any help!!
09-13-2008, 09:31 PM
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