Sport wrote:
Inc wrote:
The motor mounts taken off, cut and cleaned up so they look stock. There will also be additional cross member(s) added to the front to strengthen the now cut motor mounts. I am headed to the shop to check it out in person later today.
Sorry, what is that? Will that be the cross member? Are the motor mounts being welded to that?
Sick btw
The object in the picture is a mount for the engine, and was the top part of the cradle for the front suspension and steering. It bolts and unbolts from the front frame rails under the engine bay.
In this picture, they are the top parts of the massive cradle system that holds all those front end components.
So we plasma cut off the bottoms off of these mounts and will reuse them in the stock location to hold the engine. It the pic you asked about, you are looking at the bottom of the mounts.
From the factory, the engine mounts are tack welded in a few places and then stitch welded in a spot or two as well, but they are not welded all the way around. We welded the rest of the seams together for added strength and made the engine mounts a lot stronger than they were. It is a really easy and much cheaper way to go than buying custom replacements for those same parts. Just reuse the parts that are already there and work well, just make them stronger. We will be adding a custom side rail to side rail cross member to replace the side to side rigidity that was lost when the front IFS and steering cradle was cut away though. The metal for the belly skid and the frame stiffening will be here tomorrow I believe.