How much space have people got between the top of their (side-flow) carbs and the bonnet?
In other words, how much is my crossflow likely to move on its mounts?
Cheers,
Andy
depends on the mounts you have used, but i would allow 20mm either way as an extreme on mine. There will be very little up down movement, mine seems
to just rock left and right.
can't tell you how far it moves, but moves a fair bit while cranking, then settles down when engine is running
my V6 moved a bit more than I wanted, so I got a tie bar made up - bit like the ones minis used to use (except this one is about 400mm long - mini is
short). One end is on the chassis, other to a braket on top of bell housing. Its rubber bushed, so no loss of vibration insulation. The engine is VERY
steady now.
Older BL / Rover cars (summat like allegro) with the A series had longer tie bars that might be useable.
atb
steve
[Edited on 6/8/04 by stephen_gusterson]
I'm using Landrover mounts and have less that 10mm total movement
I think the prob on mine was the angle of the mounts.
The granada ones are donut type. like the LR, with a stud each side. On the ford, they seemd to b emounted at a tiny angle, inwards, towards the
engine. I think this kinda make the engine settle into a shallow 'v' for stability.
(too techie for ya? 
)
I mounted em flat.
wobbled a fair bit.
not with the stabiliser tho!
atb
steve
I made my motor mounts like end of the "a" arms the mount comes down to a welded cross tube with two bushes at each end(rubber suspension
bushes from a full size crownvic axle) and a bold goes through them to u bracket welded to the chassis. On cranking I dont see more than a 1/4 inch of
movement at most.
Dale
Dale,
I`m sure i`ve seen something like that, but i can no longer go back to the page. (Saved as a favorite on different `pooter)
Do you have any pics?
Thanks in advance
Hope this helps. The U bracket on the bottom is just temperary untill as a much tighter fit will be required but it does the job for right
now.
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I have less clearance than 10mm in a number of places and nowt has touched yet, but using h/d mounts
quote:
Originally posted by Dale
Hope this helps. The U bracket on the bottom is just temperary untill as a much tighter fit will be required but it does the job for right now.
nomaly the engines rock left-right when not in gear but when you are actually accelerating the engine moves forwards and backwards. I noticed this
when the car was on the dyno with the hood off, shoving 160hp through the live axle. no noticable sideways movenment as seen only lengthways
grtz Thomas
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
Older BL / Rover cars (summat like allegro) with the A series had longer tie bars that might be useable.
Hi have a look at my photo archives under engine stabailisar