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Could someone post pic of engine mount that fit 1979 Pontiac Trans Am with 400
I think that I may have the wrong engine mounts and it is giving me problems with installing headers on my 1979 Pontiac TA/SE 4speed car with 400 Pontiac.
Could someone post a couple pics of the correct engine mounts for one? |
Sometimes the headers are the problem. I have an ever so small interference with the clutch linkage on my 79 4speed that has hooker competition headers. I also had header interference with a shift linkage in a 79 403 auto car I used to own...needed to bend the primary tubes on that one.
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Had problems when removing a '70 400 to install a later 455 on Father-In-Law's '77 TA. The '70 block had those aftermarket adapter brackets for early blocks in later chassis. The 455 came from some full-size station wagon. We could shove the cross-bolt through either one of the clamshell cushions, but not both bolts.
Discovered that the F-body uses shorter brackets than the full-size cars from the block to the "clamshell" rubber cushion. Bought proper F-body block-to-cushion brackets, and all was well. |
I had real problems installing my last engine to the frame mounts. The 6 inch bolts would never go all the way though. I struggled for 2 days, then I loosened the mounts on the engine so there was some "play" and solved the problem.
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The engine actually going into the car is a 1975 Pontiac 455.
I finally got them in and this is how I did it. I took the 3 bolts out of the engine block mount and then put the long bolt into the mount...and then lined up the other 3 bolts by moving the engine as needed as I did not have the trans mount crossmember bolted up yet. Thanks for the input guys! I now have to see if I can bolt up the Dougs headers while the engine mount bolts are in place. |
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