solid motor mounts

94opalgt

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all i can find are ones for the fox car's, do they work on our's? i would assume they do, but i want to make sure. i just did a fox TB swap and installed energy suspension motor mounts and now my hood won't close. it hits the air tube on top of the TB, so i got to drop the motor a bit and i don't want to put stock mount's back in it.

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95Vert383AOD

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Yep they work. 351/302 use the same motor mounts all years i believe.

 

94gsl5.0

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I am running some HPM solid drop mounts. Fit ok with a stock oil pan. If your running an aftermarket pan, you will have to space the mounts to stock height.

 

95Vert383AOD

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I use solid steel lowering mounts from ebay. and a 7qt Canton pan. It just barely clears. Beauty of the solid mount is that you can run very close to the steering rack because the motor wont rock in the k member like with rubber mounts.

 

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95Vert383AOD said:

I use solid steel lowering mounts from ebay. and a 7qt Canton pan. It just barely clears. Beauty of the solid mount is that you can run very close to the steering rack because the motor wont rock in the k member like with rubber mounts.

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How much of a drop did you get with the Ebay mounts? Are you running a stock K-frame?

 

95cbr331

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I used maximum motorsports solid motor mounts. Good product and they've held up well to the 525ft/lbs of torque as well helped with many many clearance issues.

 

ProKiller

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how much vibration do you get with the solid mounts? i've thought about doing this numerous times but am always afraid to pull the trigger cause of the vibrations.

 

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ProKiller said:

how much vibration do you get with the solid mounts? i've thought about doing this numerous times but am always afraid to pull the trigger cause of the vibrations.

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I actually did not really notice a difference in vibrations between the two mounts. But then again my new motor is balanced alot better than my old 5.0 and i never had the solid mounts on my 5.0 so the comparison between the two is kinda apples to oranges.

 

94opalgt

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thanks guys

 

95Vert383AOD

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Personally vibration with solids aren't that bad. I have a stock K member with a wider 351 pan. Pan almost hits power steering line on the rack. With a 302 block you should have more clearance. My pan is about a little more than 1/4" away from my rack. I think i enjoy the vibration. But its not so bad as long as you use a rubber/ urethane mount for the trans. I hear solid trans mounts have alot of vibration.

 

95cbr331

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I agree the vibrations felt through my car were minimal, I only have 100 miles on the car since most the mods but i drove most those on I-5 and the ride was fine. Also
I felt more vibrations with brand new energy suspension poly mounts...im using a rubber tranny mount now though.

 

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seems the most common thing is to keep a rubber tranny mount and whatever you want for the motor mounts.