Some of us have a combination of mods. with the Vortech that have made it imposable to use our strut brace.
I have a Vortech, with Crawford plenum, I could not get my stock brace or the Crawford, or any other one to clear Vortech cog pulley or hood.
I got a set of solid motor mounts from SVRT. These dropped motor some and took out the tortional flex of the motor. Now the Crawford brace fits and clears the Vortech cog, not by much but it sure doesn't touch anything! I like
the solid mounts, and the way the car feels with the brace back in.
Thanks SVRT!
Kevin

 

I want them but idk how to put them in!

 

Dare I speak of 5/16" motordyne spacer in the F/I forum?

In any case, I envy you that you got solid motor mounts... that's one mod that I've been dreaming about for quite some time now...

 

does the stock brace by chance fit? I'm thinking if it does, it barely would.

 

The point of this thread: crawford plenum requires a crawford strut bar. The stock one won't fit with the crawford plenum.
The OP is saying that the crawford strut bar does not fit with the vortech kit.

 

I know all that

I have solid motor mounts on my car with the SSV plenum and have thought since the motor is now 1/4 inch lower, maybe the stock strut bar would clear a taller plenum like the crawford. I like the stock bar much more than the crawford as far as stiffness

 

Interesting, I plan on going vortech, and as you can see I have a crawford plenum. Good info.

 

I see, my bad.

 

What is required to install the motor mounts?

 

pulling the engine

 

Not true. You can just lift one side at a time and replace them from under the car with a floor jack supporting the engine. I have them on my car and love them as well. JWT TT with Motordyne 5/16" and Crawford STB with room to spare.

They also help a little with handling by moving the weight of the motor closer to the ground creating a lower center of gravity. The same reason lowering your car improves handling. Though the minimal drop of the solid motor mounts wont dramatically improve handling, it does help a little.

 

This may be a retarded question, but what effect does lowering the motor have on the transmission, propeller shaft, diff, etc. Since they're all basically connected, does lowering one part put stress on the other parts?

If not, why not?

Thanks.

 

to my knowledge it just changes the angle of the driveshaft which is fine

 

^^^Yep.

 

So the transmission has the capability to pivot down a couple of degrees? (I didn't really ever think about this)

 

Both the transmission mounts and OEM motor mounts are designed to move and twist with the torque of the engine so yes, it is capable of moving down a couple of degrees.

 

yeah the transmission mount will allow the tranny to bend, and then the part that connects the driveshaft to the transmission is able to bend

This can be illustrated on lifted jeeps where the body is lifted but the wheels stay put, so the driveshafts (jeeps have 2) angle upward much more severely

 

I think the stock brace might clear, when I look at it it would be close.
Ya, like 350ZNV said, you can install the solid mounts with the motor in. The worst part is working the stock mounts out, Chinese puzzle!
Creates much more of rigid feel to the handling, a bit more motor noise in the cabin also. Still well worth that. No motor tortion at all!
Kevin

 

Don't need too many tools, floor jack, jack stands, box open set, socket set, with some extentions. Good to go. Might laughbut, this took me 3 hrs. from start to finish.
The worst part was I had to drill out my upper motor mount to get the bolt from SVRT to fit, that was kind of a issue, you need a drill bit 11mm dia. about 12" long. You have to drill the mount whall it's still on the car from the bottom up.
I told Scott from SVRT about this, so maby he changed it for his next sets?
Kevin