Another question about mounting 318 in my '55 c-3

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Posted by Dave Pratt on Tuesday, January 30, 2001 at 8:01PM :

I just picked up a bellhousing to mate the 318 to a NV4500 tranny. It bolts right up to the enigine and the tranny. Problem is there is no place for motor mounts on the bellhousing. All other applications I have dealt with the rear engine mount came off the bellhousing. This bellhousing is aluminum. What supports the rear of the motor? There is a solid boss on the back of the tranny to mount it but surely this doesn't support the weight of the engine and the tranny. Some other options would be to weld mounts onto the bellhousing or to come off of the same bolts that mount the tranny to the bellhousing. I was so concerned with the overall length of this setup that I really didn't do much planning on the mounts themselves. This can't be as difficult as it seems. I could email pictures of the setup if it would help. By the way, I am taking good notes in case someone else wants to do this swap in the future.

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Re: Another question about mounting 318 in my '55 c-3 - daves440 9:43PM 01/30/2001

Re: Another question about mounting 318 in my '55 c-3 - David 9:36PM 01/30/2001

I have talked to agree that Ray at Helitool is very helpful... - Dave Pratt 9:55PM 01/30/2001

Sorry. I accidentally hit Enter. Anyway... - Dave Pratt 9:59PM 01/30/2001

Re: NV4500 conversion - Ray@Helitool 0:59AM 01/31/2001

Re: Another question about mounting 318 in my '55 c-3 - R Davis 9:15PM 01/30/2001

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