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Bob Childress · 05-03-06, 01:59 PM

And now back to the thr.ead which is alr.eady in progress…..

In this case, being a bit ob.sessive and compulsive had it up side. I built half a dozen mock-ups out of cardboard and carried them around with me on a week long business trip. Only one mock-up survived the trip and did not get crushed in my suitcase so I considered that equivalent to Darwinian selection and scientifically decided to use that design.

The final prototype design is shown here. A U-shaped bracket with a flat bottom bolts to the sides of the transmission case. The 1 inch square tube across the bottom of the stock CAV frame was reinforced with a vertical member that included a drop center horizontal shelf. The flat bottom of the U-bracket sits flat in the shelf. Strips of dense neoprene rubber are sandwiched between the shelf and the U-bracket and above the U-bracket with a length of metal angle on top to cap it off. The entire sandwich is then bolted together. This allows the movement of the transmission to be damped in all directions.

05-03-06, 01:59 PM	#11 (permalink)
Bob Childress bchildress Gold Supporter Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: U.S.A. GT40: CAV w/Roush 342 Posts: 291 Rep Power: 8	CAV - Getting The Horsepower To The Ground - Part VI And now back to the thr.ead which is alr.eady in progress….. In this case, being a bit ob.sessive and compulsive had it up side. I built half a dozen mock-ups out of cardboard and carried them around with me on a week long business trip. Only one mock-up survived the trip and did not get crushed in my suitcase so I considered that equivalent to Darwinian selection and scientifically decided to use that design. The final prototype design is shown here. A U-shaped bracket with a flat bottom bolts to the sides of the transmission case. The 1 inch square tube across the bottom of the stock CAV frame was reinforced with a vertical member that included a drop center horizontal shelf. The flat bottom of the U-bracket sits flat in the shelf. Strips of dense neoprene rubber are sandwiched between the shelf and the U-bracket and above the U-bracket with a length of metal angle on top to cap it off. The entire sandwich is then bolted together. This allows the movement of the transmission to be damped in all directions. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by bchildress; 05-03-06 at 02:09 PM.