Moparmat2000
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Heres a neat tool i made for mopars. However it may give some of you ideas for different tools. Unlike GM cars, mopars of the 60s had specific engine crossmembers or K frames for each engine family. They do not interchange. Unfortunately most mopar A body cars came with the slant 6. Think grannys dodge dart grocery getter. Now its a great reliable engine but "not a real barn burner" in the performance department.
When i got the 69 barracuda for my son and i to redo, the seller had sold the V8 K frame out of it. But let me keep it in the car in order to move the car to its current location since the suspension attaches to it as well. Once i got the car to its location i had to drop the V8 K frame out and return it. However before i did that, i promptly made a jig off of it to locate a V8 passenger side mount. The drivers side mount is the same from 6 to V8. I also made templates to fabricate a new mount, then returned the V8 K frame to the seller of the car, so he could give it to the guy who bought it. The jig also uses the corrext K frame shoulder type locating bolts to mount it making sure the mount is in the right spot.
I was able to trade some parts for a slant 6 k frame, and used the jig, or "spider" to install a new passenger side V8 mount in the correct location. Lucked out and found a rotted to **** V8 K frame and grabbed the right mount and updated idler arm bracket so i will be using already fabbed parts instead of making my own. Mount swap and weld up took me all of about 1&1/2 hours to do. Without further introduction, heres "the spider"
When i got the 69 barracuda for my son and i to redo, the seller had sold the V8 K frame out of it. But let me keep it in the car in order to move the car to its current location since the suspension attaches to it as well. Once i got the car to its location i had to drop the V8 K frame out and return it. However before i did that, i promptly made a jig off of it to locate a V8 passenger side mount. The drivers side mount is the same from 6 to V8. I also made templates to fabricate a new mount, then returned the V8 K frame to the seller of the car, so he could give it to the guy who bought it. The jig also uses the corrext K frame shoulder type locating bolts to mount it making sure the mount is in the right spot.
I was able to trade some parts for a slant 6 k frame, and used the jig, or "spider" to install a new passenger side V8 mount in the correct location. Lucked out and found a rotted to **** V8 K frame and grabbed the right mount and updated idler arm bracket so i will be using already fabbed parts instead of making my own. Mount swap and weld up took me all of about 1&1/2 hours to do. Without further introduction, heres "the spider"
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