I'd drill new holes in the rails if they go back far enough and move the CM back. Run a bolt all the way through the floor. Can't see it under the carpet anyway. I've done that on older cars with a channel or angle iron CM. On May 9, 2005 Armand Eshleman wrote: > The transmission crossmember on Javelins is mounted on the bottom side of > the > "frame rails". The 70 Ambo for sure uses the exact same crossmember as I > salvaged one > from a 70 360 Ambo and it matches the Javelin crossmeber 100%. There are two > different > positions in the front to rear plane that the crossmember can be mounted to. > These two postions > are relatively close to each other and offer no help for my situation. I > assume the dual position is > for automatics or manual transmission differences. I looked again tonite and > saw that there is really > only about one inch difference in the elevation between the T5 mount and the > cross member, and > two inches horizontally. It is so close. I began working on other things to > let myself ponder on this > for a bit and also hope some one would tell me how they solved the problem > on their T5 swap into > a Javelin. > Armand > > > > > Armand, how and where is the crossmember mounted? I don;t recall off-hand > how the small car tranny crossmember goes in. On the big cars it fits > between the rails. It might be easier/better to move the entire crossmember, > even if it means a little welding is involved. > > > On May 7, 2005 Armand Eshleman wrote: > > > I'm still hoping some one can come up with a great idea on how to make a > > flexible transmission mount. The original transmission crossmember is > about > > 2 inches below the T5 mount boss and about 4 inches behind it. I bought a > > Mustang transmission mount hoping it would work but so far it doesn't look > > good, unless I fabricate a bracket to weld to the AMC crossmember then I > > could bolt the Mustang mount right up, but that may make the cross member > > hang too low also. > > > > > > > > . > RSET ============================================================= Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist