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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: 427HISS on April 16, 2020, 07:25:05 PM
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Are these cheaply made or good as good as others ?
$20.00 ?
https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Ford-FE-Series-Big-Block-V8-Rubber-Motor-Mounts,61974.html
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Those look like the stock motor mounts for my 59 Ford car.
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I bought those mounts from Speedway to put an FE into my '65 Cyclone. I haven't run the car yet, but a filled fe block and cast iron heads have been sitting on them for a while.
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Unfortunately, at this time anyway, I don't think a "good" set of motor mounts exists in stock form. NOBODY is investing any money, tech, or anything in this old style, rarely used mount.
This means, to me anyway, regardless of the name on the box they are all made as cheaply as possible...and probably by CH-iNA incorporated.
Hopefully they at least fit right out of the box...so many aftermarket parts don't even do that these days.
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Unfortunately, at this time anyway, I don't think a "good" set of motor mounts exists in stock form. NOBODY is investing any money, tech, or anything in this old style, rarely used mount.
This means, to me anyway, regardless of the name on the box they are all made as cheaply as possible...and probably by CH-iNA incorporated.
Hopefully they at least fit right out of the box...so many aftermarket parts don't even do that these days.
Actually, my new motor mounts in my 59 are "Anchor" brand,and say made in India. They seem to be either a bit shorter, or the stud or mounting holes are out of spec, as the stud bottomed out in the crossmember slot before the actual mount body contacted the frame pad. I could have cut the slot about 1/2" longer, but instead elected to put a couple of large flat washers between the crossmember surface and the mount itself, as having the engine sit lower would have made the FPA headers fit closer to the upper control arm mounting flange than I would like. By the way TommyT, the way you have your mounts is backwards from stock, on my 59, the open section of the "C" faces the firewall, yours are opposite , although since your mount brackets are custom made, likely not an issue.