74_5.0L_Z Posted Monday at 08:30 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:30 PM It's hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like you could lower the engine quite a bit if you used a remote oil filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted 22 hours ago Author Share Posted 22 hours ago On 11/9/2025 at 11:10 AM, NewZed said: I'm sure that you've considered it and I don't know what you would do to cure it if it is a problem but those engine mounts are very long lever arms. What happens if you grab the top of the engine and pull it side to side? Probably best to test it now than to wait. Even the mass of the engine in a turn will place a lot of force on them. Just something that grabs the eye from the pictures. Unusual engine mounting. Edit - fore and aft also. Much lifting force on the rear mount under braking. Fatiguing of the front crossmember engine mounting points might be a problem. It wasn't designed for that type of twisting force. And you've moved the elastic portion up to the engine at the top of the lever arm. The attachment to the crossmember is all metal. Hate to be a Debby Downer but you have access now to work on it, rather than later. well, the factory motor mount for the L series six is a solid design with a rubber pad on the bottom. I have poly bushings where the engine mounts attach to the arms coming from the crossmember. The arms are made of 3/16" steel, very thick and heavy and professionally welded. In short they won't break, and they won't bend. Twisting forces, I guess that could be an issue down the road, but if it is present, then regardless of what style is used it would be present. the style used is one that is currently used by a ton of guys running LS powered cars. If you can grab this engine at the top and pull on it, and bend those 3/16" steel plates you have balls of cast iron. In fact I would be seriously willing to wager $1,000 that you could not do so. You could take these out, put one of them on its side and stand on it and it wouldn't bend. I will allow that something could go wrong.....I'll address it when it does. I appreciate the points to ponder though. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted 22 hours ago Author Share Posted 22 hours ago it is the angle of the pic. Look at the one right above this. It is clear of any obstruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago (edited) Did you grab the engine and see if it moves? That's all I was suggesting. Trust (your ideas). But verify (that they work). “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. ” ― Archimedes Edited 21 hours ago by NewZed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted 8 hours ago Author Share Posted 8 hours ago It is as firm as a rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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