Gareth. J. Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) I may as well post my results here too. I made my own captive mounts around a year ago. I used a spare set of the 'ears that mount to the block, then I used the circular end of a spare moustache bar, welded these together using a template I made of stock mounts ( for correct height/angle). I then bent up some 3mm steel for the crossmember end of the mounts. I run poly moustache bar mounts, it causes a little shimmy when idling at the lights. Can't post a link but here is a vid on you tube http://youtu.be/JFVTr9a6wkk Idling at 900 with a 76deg high lift cam. I didn't use those bolts, they were the only ones I had big enough on first trial fit. Edited December 12, 2013 by Gareth. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duragg Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Mine is a track only thing so rough is good. TJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 That moustache bar setup looks like Monzster's L24 setup... I have photos of it somewhere. It was a nice solution especially when you have tubing or broken moustache bars laying around to use the bushing set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duragg Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 That moustache bar setup looks like Monzster's L24 setup... I have photos of it somewhere. It was a nice solution especially when you have tubing or broken moustache bars laying around to use the bushing set! ... .... ... but you like mine too right Tony?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth. J. Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Yeah I copied Monzsters setup from the pictures posted, His is very neat but mine is a little more 'backyard'. Lol. Sorry for the hijak I like yours duragg, it looks very OEM! How hard was it to get the height correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duragg Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Height? Well those jeep mounts are almost identical size. Should be close to same I will double check pinions when it all goes back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The Jeep mounts look good too, it's like the Chevy Mount on the differential... I'm not particular where I get my parts from if it works better / cheaper / etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duragg Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Got the motor in last night on the Jeep mounts. Way stiffer, Probably need to research a similar tranny (rear engine) mount since the energy will likely be moving somewhere (weaker link). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duragg Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Watch your headers with the Jeep mounts. They were about 2" away from my headers but 20 minutes into a race I got "Meatballed" for an engine fire. The mount had liquified, caught fire and boiled. No damage, but the mount was toast. Some heat shielding fixed it over night an no problem in the next days race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth. J. Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Was it still holding together and if it melted totally is there anything else to hold the mount together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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