Guest Anonymous Posted December 19, 2000 Share Posted December 19, 2000 has anyone made a motor plate yet for Ford V*s in the Z..... does anyone know of a place to talk to people in AZ about Ford V8 in a Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted December 23, 2000 Share Posted December 23, 2000 I currently support the engine in my Z with 2 engine plates I made out of 1/4" aluminum plate. I do not have any templates, but if this is the way you want to go, and you have the engine out to where you can get easy access to the front of it, I could talk you through making at least the front plate. I don't think you will need a rear plate unless you are going to do some heavy duty driving (drag racing, etc). Terry Oxandale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 23, 2000 Share Posted December 23, 2000 Terry, Is there enough room, using either a front motor plate or Ford mounts on a crossmember farther back to use the shorty late model mustang headers from your estimation? I'm seriously considering a Ford conversion for numerous reasons and was just wondering. They appear to be similarly shaped to the old stock windsor manifolds which I've seen fit on another Ford Z on the net. Any idea? Another question, your using a hydraulic throwout bearing right? How do you bleed that thing once its all installed inside the bellhousing? I'm thinking of using a hydraulic T.O. bearing and either a Wilwood composite or Howe master cylinder with a 3/4" bore (I have to buy one anyway as I'm converting from a automatic car). Wilwood also makes a pull slave cylinder thats fairly small, but I'm wondering if theres enough tunnel room to use it? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted December 24, 2000 Share Posted December 24, 2000 Lone, the Hydraulic Throw Out bearings have two hoses that come out of the bellhousing - 1 is for the fluid pressure to push the bearing against the clutch hat, and the other is for bleeding. The latter hose has a bleeder fitting in it. ------------------ Pete Paraska - 73 540Z - Marathon Z Project pparaska@home.com Pete's V8 Datsun 240Z Pages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 24, 2000 Share Posted December 24, 2000 Ahh, cool. Thanks Pete, that explains it, silly me. Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted December 24, 2000 Share Posted December 24, 2000 Like Pete said, 2 hoses exit the T/O bearing. They are about 10" long. I drilled 2 holes in the bellhousing to exit these hoses. I also used a Girling 3/4" master cylinder which has about 1.125" of travel, which works out great. As far as the plate is concerned. If you only use one plate (front one obviously) it can ride right on top of the OEM Z rubber mounts on the pedestals with the use of simple "L" brackets. This will locate the motor about 1" forward of the firewall, and give you plenty of room for certain types of exhaust. In fact, depending on which side you mount the "L" bracket on the plate you could have several inches of room to play with on the longitudinal spacing of the engine. I believe the shorties will cause some problems with interference with the firewall unless you immediately bend the exhaust downward at the joint, to run under the firewall where your dead pedal is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 24, 2000 Share Posted December 24, 2000 Great, thanks for the info, that simplifies the mounting scheme I was considering. Might just go with blockhuggers then, not sure I want to cut and reweld headers, may as well build a long set from scratch if I were doing that. Appreciated, Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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