Wouldn't lowering the trans move the cover even closer to the firewall? The one time I took the cover off a 6 cylinder Pacer it was actually easier than the in the GHSCE cars. Ken Ames Quoting Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>: > On Sun, 29 May 2005, Jim Blair wrote: > > > A: Silly thought, but what about lowering the trans crossbar to get the > > cover out? > > aargh, that silly idea might have saved me a lot of swearing. > I'll have to check what the next interference is -- sway bar, etc. > > It would bug me if I couldn't pull the valve cover off 'on the > side of the road'. It would make a repairable problem into a tow > job. This sort of thing is what makes non-standard car projects > contain so much hidden work! (I seem to selectively forget this > little detail by the time I start a new project...) > > > but the car motor mount pads are same style as the AMC > > Eagle, right? If so, then those are also the same for CJ and Full Size > > Jeeps, so you can get Energy Suspension CJ poly mounts (they vibrate a bit > > at first, but this is a strength thing) and use the universal trans mount > > with a bit of work. The alignment pin holes may need redrilling, but I > just > > cheated and tightened mine down because it's a truck and I was in a hurry. > > It's a really simple three-point mount. On the front X-member are > two angled pads, one per side, about 4" x 4", with a single hole > in the middle. Lots of room to shift forward here. > > THe rear x-member is a saddle; the mount bolts to the horizontal > saddle and has a vertical (manual) pair of ears or a horizontal > (auto) pair of ears with holes. You could add simple flat metal to > extend/shorten or redrill. An easy inch here. > > The Hornet's have relatively long engine compartments, I think 73+ > even longer (that damned wiper motor housing). My fan is on a 1" > extention to put it a decent inch from the tubes. If I needed to > (I don't) I could space the radiator forward two inches if > necessary. > > I'd hate to shift weight forward even just for a street car. A 1" > vertical slice of the engine probably weighgs 20 - 40 lbs; + that > on the front and - that behind the from x-member. > > > ate stock motor mounts and destroyed 2 > > hard to find FSJ fan shrouds before I found these ES poly mounts. > > I'll watch for this! I stayed with rubber insulators on purpose > for noise and vibration (AMCs are noisy enough) but poly beats > > broken! > > > >