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Fabricating and Welding Front Engine Mounts

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Vintage NASCAR Monte Carlo Build: Dodge R5P7 Engine Install with Doug Richert! (Part 1)

What happens here

The presenter fabricates new front engine mounts from aluminum, designed to adapt the Dodge engine to the Chevy chassis. He then tack welds these mounts to the chassis.

Goal: Create custom front engine mounts to securely fasten the Dodge engine to the Chevy chassis.

Tools and materials

  • Aluminum Plate N/A — Fabricating new engine mounts
  • C-Clamps — Holding components in place for tack welding
  • TIG Welder Fronius Magic Wave — Tack welding engine mounts
  • Welding Helmet — Eye and face protection during welding

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what I've been working on so I have these tacked up the front pieces I'll doing the back ones I got them made out of the aluminum here boled to the ears on the bell housing I cut off the old mounts I'm going to reuse them after a little bit of modification but just getting them set up to where I can get them clamped on to here to hold them where they're going to be on the frame and then tack them up pull the whole thing out so that's what was on there cleaned it up a little bit I had cut this gusset off they had these gussets on them which are now at the wrong angle cuz it's not at the same place on the frame anymore like there and then I'm just going to use some channel on clamps here to clamp it to this and use that to tag it to the frame on both sides and it'll be great

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