It's been a while since I have had time to work on this project. Life keeps getting in the way. Here is the progress I have made this past week.

I made an engine leveling plate that attaches to the front of the motor put of some scrap steel I had lying around the shop, and I used simple chains for the back side of the motor. Once I had the motor centered between the frame rails, leveled left to right and tilted enough to clear the bellhousing, all that was left was to make the motor mounts. I know Tuff Mounts makes Mustang Barra motor mounts, but I have a welder, CNC plasma table and way more spare time than I have spare money, so I made them myself. I am also one of only a small handful of Barra importers in the country right now, so offering my own motor mounts is just good business.

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Follow along with the motor mounts as I make them.


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The "Final Product" the quotation marks are because these are only used to make a jig. The final product will all be TIG welded and and much prettier, so don't judge these welds too harshly.

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The motor is in position supported only by the motor mounts.

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Unfortunately I had to notch the oil pan to clear the k-member.
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The motor clears the sock hood BARELY. I had to notch the oil pan and space the k-member down 1 inch to make it fit under the stock hood, but it was worth it.
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Closing up the large leak in the oil pan.

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nice! I think we all can vouch about life taking over build progress

 

Wow! Nice mm fab!

 

Thanks! For almost a year, the only time I touched the car was to move it from one side spot in my yard to another so I could mow. It feels amazing to actually be working on it again.

Thanks! I just finished the jig last night. Between the jig and the CAD fine I have been making every step of the way building these mounts, I can fire off a set of mounts in about 30-45 min. Even faster if I cut a large batch at once and weld them together as needed.