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Morning all,
I've scoured the forum and internet and cannot find a reasonable answer to this question. I have a 429BB in my F100. I've read that this should have been a straightforward drop in with stock mounts/perches, but the previous owner made his own engine mounts, and bolted them to the cylinder heads! CRAZYNESS. There are some nice quality looking aftermarket engine mounts out there but they all require the crossmember to have a flat surface where the mount bolts to. On my crossmember, it looks like the previous owner welded a small (1"x4"?) plate right in the middle of where the aftermarket part would mount. This plate is not being used for anything, its just welded there.
Current mounts on the engine in red, and the plate mentioned above in green.
Any reason for this plate to be welded there, shown in red below? (pic for refence only, not my truck.)
Also, if you have some engine perches that would bolt onto the OEM locations, I'll buy them! thanks in advance.
Here is a link to engine perches. The correct ones for a 2wd 460 will be difficult to find. My truck had a 460 in it that the PO had installed he used the original FE perches and the single bolt mount rubbers. He had to weld the perches to the frame. I cut all that out and sold that boat anchor 460 and put in a 351C with the correct mounts. Comparison Photos of Engine Perches - FORDification.com
Here is a link to engine perches. The correct ones for a 2wd 460 will be difficult to find. My truck had a 460 in it that the PO had installed he used the original FE perches and the single bolt mount rubbers. He had to weld the perches to the frame. I cut all that out and sold that boat anchor 460 and put in a 351C with the correct mounts. Comparison Photos of Engine Perches - FORDification.com
Thank you for the link.
I'm looking at some aftermarket mounts that utilize the existing bolt holes, I think that's the cleanest path forward for my scenario and capabilities.
Even if the engine sits lower, I can manipulate the homemade trans mount to compensate the drop.
Engine Mount Question (Home made mess)
