lilredZ Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 These mounts are well placed but need to be beefed up. The Driver side pedestal weld broke at the seam with this motor in it. This SBF was running about 400 HP. My new block and internals will be pushing 600+...I don't think these components will handle it. Any takers on what is going to break next...? The C4 tranny? The R200 Diff? The Unibody Rails? I am going to beef up the mount pedestals by using a thicker gauge steel and adding some material structure. I will post it when it's done. I wonder what is going to give next. The Picture of the motor is the old one I just took out. I will post new pics of the Dart block once I get it back from the machine shop and put it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbk240z Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I would have to guess the C4 will be the next to go, with 600 hp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudypoochris Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Have you thought about running the Alsil mount? Honestly that setup doesn't look very strong. I would bet the rails if not the welds next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilredZ Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 I will look into the Alsil Mount. Does anyone know if the C6 will fit in or will I have to modify something...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHP Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Nice. What kind of headers are those that fit with no steering rod mods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilredZ Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 headman tri-y headers from e-bay but they are meak with 1.5 inch primaries. I am looking for something better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudypoochris Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Nice. What kind of headers are those that fit with no steering rod mods? At that position the summit (rebadged patriot) ford block hugger headers would probably fit no problem as well. Although those look easier to fit in regards to collector placement. The real issue with the steering shaft comes when you slam the engine way back and down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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