67 chevelle BB motor mount help!

[jasonL78]

Good Idea that may be next!

[a-body]

A pry bar might work good to get them in, but how are you going to remove them if you need to. I'm glad mine weren't put in that way.
A friend had the same problem with his Chevelle. When I stopped over to help, his looked just like your picture. It turned out he had the wrong motor mounts. They look similar, but BBC motor mounts are slightly different than SBC motor mounts. He swapped them out, and it went right in. Good Luck
Gary

[MotionPerformance67]

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A pry bar might work good to get them in, but how are you going to remove them if you need to. I'm glad mine weren't put in that way.
A friend had the same problem with his Chevelle. When I stopped over to help, his looked just like your picture. It turned out he had the wrong motor mounts. They look similar, but BBC motor mounts are slightly different than SBC motor mounts. He swapped them out, and it went right in. Good Luck
Gary

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I guess I must of did something wrong by slightly tweaking the stamped in China bigblock engine brackets , because the motor has been in and out of his car a few seasons now and the bolts seem to just slide right in. My guess is when the brackets were stamped as in most overseas cases, were a mile off. He ran the same style engine mounts as that are pictured but later switched to a Moroso solid style and guess what..they slid right in..

[jasonL78]

Success the motor and transmission are installed! I took Eric’s advice and made the lower hole on the passenger side frame about a ¼ of an inch lower so all three holes were slotted and the motor mount bolt’s went in with no problem. Thanks Eric.

Ok now onto the next problem I have. The stock cross member don’t line up with the turbo 400 transmission mount. I am sure someone put a turbo 400 in a 66-67 chevelle before? What my father and I are thinking of doing is moving the mounting tab for the transmission mount to the backside of the cross member. I will take some pictures when we finish it. Anyone one have any idea’s?

Second problem but I think I know the answer. My car was a power steering car and I thought I would be able to use a Saginaw pump set up but it hit’s the steering box. On 67 BB cars what does the power steering set up look like anyone have any pictures to share with me? Wasn’t the reservoir on the driver’s side inner fender?

Jason

[VintageMusclecar]

Jason;

You'll have to drill new holes in the frame rails for the TH400 location. Just center the crossmember up on the trans mount and side-to-side, mark the locations and drill 4 new 3/8" (actually, 13/32" is better so you have some wiggle room) and bolt it down.

Piece of cake.

Glad to hear the motor mount issue is resolved.

Eric

[jasonL78]

Eric that won't work, the mounting tab's on the frame for the cross member are to short. If they were 3 inches longer towards the rear of the car that would work. I will look a little closer tomorrow I ran out of time tonight! Someone mentioned on team chevellle an extension plate for the turbo 400 transmission anyone every hear of that? Was the 400 avaliable in 67?

Jason

[VintageMusclecar]

Convertible?

Yes, the TH400 was available from the factory in `67.

Eric