Re: Two inline six engine brackets

[farna@xxxxxxx]

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. 


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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