Today we took the project Mustang apart. It was nice to be working on a new car, with no dirt or road stuff on it. It was really not a bad car to work on. My longtime friend Carl Baker was visiting from Ohio, and he started taking parts off before lunch. By 5 we had the engine out, which wasn't bad for us considering we knew nothing about new street cars.
Tomorrow we are going to install a dummy block and heads, with the trans and bellbousing. Motor mounts are an unknown at this point.
I have 7 pictures to post, but they will be one at a time. I have better luck this way. .... Kaase
Whoa now! Did you see that car? Nobody got their hands dirty!
It is great to watch this project as it happens, much better than seeing it in a magazine next year - and we will I would think...
Jon this one is used on 86/97 F250s with a spacer plate to bolt to the engine as the motor mount only has 2 holes.
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I have these mounts on my truck, as they "are" a truck mount... But I baked them until all the rubber was gone and made them solid... I think they'd work good for your app. as they're pretty low profile, and the double studs would make a better/stronger mount JMHO...
Jon
That mount looks a lot like a universal mount I bought for my 460 F-100 swap. I purchased them from Sacramento Vintage Ford. Iv seen them in mags from other company's as well..
This mount is a 390/428 mount with one added hole drilled to bolt directly to the 460. The rubber has been removed and steel added in it's place. The edges of the steel were chamfered and then the top and bottom plate were tig welded to it. Very strong in my opinion. The rubber ripped in half the first day out. Just an idea.
The trans is from D&D in Michigan. Viper input and I don't know what else. I didn't know what the lock out on the shifter area was.
I sure wish someone made motor mount adaptors for a 460 into a 2005-2008 Mustang. It's a lot tougher than you would think. It's at least 8" from the block bolt bosses to the mount area on the K-member, almost straight sideways. .... Kaase
I'd use the stock perches. My '95 BMW is the same way. I've been plotting and scheming a Ford V8 swap for that car too, and this project is giving me the itch even more. As it stands, money is still very tight so I'm not gonna fall into it being a trap of only being half finished when the money runs out. Anyways, I'd use a heavy flat plate with a hole drilled in one end to bolt onto the stud sticking up from the stock mustang crossmember mount. It'd probably be in the area of 3.5"x6" and 3/8 to 7/16" thick. Then make a rectangular plate to bolt directly to the block. Then use a piece of square tube stock to connect the two together. It'd be like a heavier duty steel version of the factory 4.6L aluminum mount that comes off the block.
Here's my awesom Foose quality rendition of what I'm (and what Willis is also) talkin' 'bout... the mount is in green. It looks like I've got the angle quite a bit off too. The bar with cross hatch green stripes would be much more horizontal. As such, I rectum that piece should be as tall (up and down thickness) as possible to best distribute the load and minimize tension/compression along the beam.
I don't know if it was mentioned (I didn't have time to read all the posts), but the motor mounts are in a different location in 05+ vs. 04 and older (Fox based). So, 460 mounts for a Fox may not fit well on a 05+. A little late I know...
This is us taking the project Mustang over to Chuck Lawrence's to have headers built. Also he is going to figure out a real gas pedal. The fuel system is a mystery at this point, we have to make it work with a carb, with at least 500 lbs/hr. I'll visit a few times and take pictures. At least it's moving forward. ....Kaase
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