Xflow engine mount

All feedback welcome....... before I make them permanent.

The ali insert will be replaced with a rubber bush.

The plate between G1 and F1 is temporary, I'm planning on using something slight larger.

better than mine, which never broke.

what wall thickness is the main part?

[Edited on 13/8/05 by JoelP]

the plate that the bottom bit is made of looks a bit thin to me. under heavy braking it will have high bending loads on the bracket bits.

Engine plate = 5mm
Arm = 38mm x 2mm wall thickness
Triangular Bracket sides 3mm
Chassis plate = 3mm

looks good to me. I think skippad has some of a similar design, check his archive.

Ned.

my only comment would be

"look fine too me"

looks like im the only pessimistc bastard ere then

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Originally posted by suparuss
looks like im the only pessimistc bastard ere then

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The plate between G1 and F1 is temporary, I'm planning on using something slight larger.

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I can just see it being very difficult to get the engine in and out. You will have to lift it over the ears of the brackets and then slide it down.

I made my brackets to have enough movement to almost change the clutch with out having to take out the engine and then stll keeping the engine on its mounts.

Look spot on in every way except what Kango mentioned, make sure you can get the engine in and out! (suppose you can undo the mount to block bolts but that's a pain in the a)

You could slot the holes to the top of the bracket and put some big washers under the bolt and nut. It looks like it might be a bit fiddly to line up and I doubt if the engine will jump upwards when the bolts are tight.

ahhh, guess i didnt read it fully. thats the bottom line of his post so i probably thought it was his sig.

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Originally posted by NS Dev
Look spot on in every way except what Kango mentioned, make sure you can get the engine in and out! (suppose you can undo the mount to block bolts but that's a pain in the a)

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I would weld the "U" bracket to a plate with 2 bolts either side and the mount the standard plate to the chassis. Slot this plate so you can drop the engine into the engine compartment and the move it into the correct position.
I don't know about you but I usually work alone and there fore every thing must be designed that way.