My current project

[THEFERMANATOR]

Got the motor mounts done today, finished up my tranny crossmember and modified the oil pan. Got the engine sitting in there and with it's weight on the mounts.

Heres my finished motor mounts.


Passenger side installed in the truck.


Drivers side installed.


Before installing the mounts I had to take my BFH and flatten out part of the mount clamshell where the motor mount bolt was close and also added in some 1/4" plate to act as limiters to reduce engine movement. The red circle is where I had to flatten the edge off. The blue arrow shows where I added my limiters(theres one in the bottom as well).


Oil pan clearance with it all together.


No turning back now. You can see I had to take a good bit out of the passenger side of the lower pan to clear the diff mount.


And the finished pan after welding, grinding, pressure testing, and paint.

[bradford]

You are the man Ferm!!

[spareparts]

hey, what did you do with the gear venders OD?

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by spareparts

hey, what did you do with the gear venders OD?

Long since got rid of it. GEAR VENDORS took it back and refunded my money for it. Never could get it to work without driveline vibrations, and after 4 months of fighting it I returned it. Just something about the combo wouldn't work and made a HORRIBLE driveline resonance that would shake the rear view mirror off the windshield.

[spareparts]

have you seen the new 6 speed auto that TCI has? Its got me interested for the blue truck

[THEFERMANATOR]

The new TCI 6 speed is nothing more than the JET valve body that JET cchips used to sell. They discontinued it due to low sales, and TCI bought it. It simply engages the O/D unit in 1st and 2nd to give you 2 extra gears. O/D is still the same ratio, so it provides no reduction in RPM's on the highway. There are a few companies now working on adapting the new 6 speeds to the older engines. They bolt up and such, but the controllers for the transmission is part of the valve body which means you have to make a box to talk to it since you can't simply use a stand-alone TCM for it.

[cterrebonne]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

The new TCI 6 speed is nothing more than the JET valve body that JET cchips used to sell. They discontinued it due to low sales, and TCI bought it. It simply engages the O/D unit in 1st and 2nd to give you 2 extra gears. O/D is still the same ratio, so it provides no reduction in RPM's on the highway. There are a few companies now working on adapting the new 6 speeds to the older engines. They bolt up and such, but the controllers for the transmission is part of the valve body which means you have to make a box to talk to it since you can't simply use a stand-alone TCM for it.

that would be sweet a better trans on a 5.7