Re: Two inline six engine brackets

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I have the "engine forward" brackets on my car. They came with the engine I got from Jeff Reeves for the crankshaft -- a 74 Hornet 258. My guess is the engine forward brackets appeared with the 1/4" higher deck height engines (71+). Could be the TF trans though (72+). Isn't your car a 1970? There are fewer 70s than other years, might be why no one else has noticed the difference.

I tend to packrat brackets (the key to parts-swap success!) so I
have no idea where they came from. I bet you're right, they make
the long/tall motor fit the (now early) chassis.

I can picture AMC factory mocking up the drivetrain and saying "oh
crap" and conjuring up this fix.

With a stock valve cover, the forward brackets would make the tall
head fit; but the cast-aluminum cover still needed notching.  It
looks fine (if odd) since I repainted the notched part wrinkle
black. Without the notch, there would be a few tenths clearance to
the wiper box.


> On June 6, 2005 Tom Jennings wrote:
>
> > OK, I finally took photos of the two kinds of inline engine
> > brackets I know of.
> >
> > Unfortunately the engine-forward brackets are installed, and
> > therefore hard to measure.
> >
> > I photo'd the drivers-side only.
> >
> > It's easier to visualize the difference if you follow the relative
> > position of the center/top of the three holes where it bolts to
> > the block, vs. the center line of the two insulator bolt holes.
> >
> > I held a little square up to the top/center hole in both photos.
> >
> > *** The engine-centered bracket, the top/center hole is in the
> >      middle of the two insulator holes.
> >
> > *** The engine-forward brackets, the top/center hole is much
> >      closer to the front insulator bolt hole.
> >
> > http://www.wps.com/AMC/Inline-engine-brackets/engine-centered-bracket-left.jpg
> > http://www.wps.com/AMC/Inline-engine-brackets/push-engine-forward-bracket-left.jpg
> >
> > The on-car photo is the 63 rambler; it's yellow so it photo'd
> > well.  Funny, as I needed the "other" brackets for this install,
> > but didn't have them (or know about them) at the time.
> >
> > And when I recently moved the 258 in the 70 Hornet a few days ago,
> > I could have installed these brackets, but it was a lot easier to
> > simply redrill the pads on-car.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > .
>
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