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WOW! Is it just me and the way I perceive that picture, or does the engine mount actually surround the oil pump? Seems a little unusual.
Yep, the original engine mount goes around the oil pump. I'll get a better pic of it. I think I can use the factory piece and "massage" it a little bit
Originally Posted by drptop70ss
Looks cool! That engine looks like it weighs 1000 pounds, that is real iron there.
I think the engine weighs in about 750lbs or so....LOL
Finally a little bit of progress
I now have engine mounts....well, mostly.
I still need to weld the brackets to the frame but everything is fabbed and ready to go. The driver's side was straight forward as I just had to bolt a flat plate to the engine and use a couple of pieces of tubing. I'm using the standard biscuit type mounts so nothing is very complicated.
The passenger side was a bit more involved due to the oil pump sticking out of the block where the engine mount bolts up. So, I used the original Packard engine mount bracket and fabbed up a tower to hold the biscuit. I only had to fab it 3 times...lol.
The first time I made it I didn't take in account the lower part of the biscuit mount and the 2" tubing I used was too small for it to fit. So, I built again from some 2.5" tubing. I cut the tubing, notched it to fit against the frame and then cut down to size. But, I made the cut perpendicular to the tubing and not parallel to the frame so my angle was way off....DOH! The third time I managed to make the measurements, make the cuts, notch for the frame, cut out the recess for the lower part of the mount, etc. and this time it all came together.
I've been using my porta-band for the cuts. I have it bolted to my table with the trigger zip tied on so that I can feed the material into it.
Now all I have to do is clean both sides up a bit and weld the brackets to the frame......hopefully by this weekend.
Looking good. What does the head say? Thunder-something. What a beast. Should put a wheel under the pan so when you hit a bump, the frame doesn't fold in half
Dawg, towards the front of the engine the head has Packard cast into and the engine size; 327. Towards the rear "Thunderbolt" is cast into it. I plan on painting the engine the original early Packard dark green. I think I'll paint the Packard and Thunderbolt yellow to highlight them. That and replacing the head nuts with chrome acorn type nuts should spruce the beast up a bit.
When it comes down to spine wrenching torque you can't beat an inline engine with a long stroke. I love what you're doing with this Packard engine. and you're doing it so well too. I missed out on my chance to work on a 14 cylinder in-line engine - maybe in my next life.
A 14 cylinder inline engine? Wow!
What was that in? A marine application or what? I'll bet it was a monster.
Thanks for the kind words
Bobby
Yes. A marine application. It's in the Emma Maersk. I'm a Chief Engineer but I'd need a few more certs before I could even work on her as an assistant. In the video, each of the round covers marked ABB are turbochargers.
Bob thanks for the picture. EMD motor generators are the best. They were the only units certified by the AEC/DOE for use as backup units at nuclear power plants. I always enjoyed the weekly startup and run of each unit. Terrific sound.
Bob,
Wow, Thanks for sharing that. That is truly impressive. I have an old book that was printed in the 30's, its titled "Modern Diesel Engine Practices" and goes over starting and stopping procedures for some very huge inline marine engines. Very interesting.
Thanks everyone for the comments. Its nice to finally make some progress.
03-16-2018, 10:21 PM
