Didn't see original question, but I6's didn't ALL have side mounts. Early
truck ONLY engines (like 49 & 50 for sure) had only front mounts (no bosses
on the sides of the engines at all for car mounting). Because of this, a
car engine could be put in a truck (by using a trucks front engine plate
with the mount holes), but a truck engine could NOT be put into a car.
Chevy later (at least by about 53) started putting bosses on the sides of
ALL I6's so that they could go in EITHER cars OR trucks & they could run one
standard engine casting design.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message -----
From: <GremlinGTs@aol.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] TF V8 conversion...6 had side-mount, v-8s front...
> ALL 6-cylinder engines had side mounts, AFAIK, back then. The V-8's had
all
> front mounts, and you used a different set of holes in the front frame
> crossmember to move the mounts for the 6 or 8. I used original v-8 FRONT
> engine mounts OUT OF A '57 CHEVY CAR to line up the motor for a side mount
> crossmember kit in my '55 TF Suburban V-8 swap, then removed them after
the
> side-mount kit was installed. The passenger car V-8 brackets that bolt to
the
> motor are the same ( or should be ) as on the trucks. The only thing that
> changed MAYBE was the actual bolt on rubber pads that mounted the pad to
the
> crossmember, and that could have been the same, too. I used the car
version,
> and it worked fine. Fit perfect, no alignment issues, etc. I wasn't happy
> with the tube-type "universal" REAR tranny mount ( out of J.C. Whitney
mag ),
> as it interferes with the emergency brake cable mounting bracket, and
> something else I've forgotten ( the truck is NOT yet on the road, so I may
> swap the rear tube support out for a Chevy flat-type mount later, which
moves
> it to a different spot on the frame and will clear all my OEM components
> then, having trial-fitted one I had laying around, but requires some
mods ).
> So, that was my experience with a 6-to-V8 conversion. The tube style
> "kit" comes with both front AND rear supports, you can't order them
separate,
> I don't think, and not being happy with the rear mount, that's an extra
cost.
> Not sure how others have done this, I have seen the flat early '70's Chevy
> trans mount used in TF truck conversions, and the tube type mount used up
> front like mine. Might be other kits out there that work better than JC
> Whitney's version.
> Well, that's all I can contribute, so have a fun time! AMC ya ( oh ,
> wrong list! LOL )
>
> Jerry Casper
> '55 Chevy TF Suburban
> 8 AMC Gremlins
> misc. other vehicles totaling 25+
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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