I wish to stiffen up how my engine and gear box are mounted in the car. My current mounts are the standard ones for both box and engine ie rubber! Actually soft jelly might be more accurate!
The problem I get is that suffered by many with solid link gearchange systems in that at high rpm shifting the gear gate pattern is not where it was when you checked it at tick over or with the engine off. The torque of the engine moves it about as one end of the gear shift system is chassis mounted and the other on the gear box itself.
My concern with the Renault UN1 transaxle and a Ford 302 combination is that if I solidly mount them in the chassis it will solve the gear shift problem but eventually crack either the block or gearbox casing.
I could easily keep the rubber mounts (put new stiffer ones in perhaps) and then use heim jointed (rose jointed) links in to connect both gearbox and engine to the chassis. Like guy ropes on a tent?
The question I guess is how far can you go in moving towards a solidly mounted engine and box package before you get issues? Any ideas?
The problem I get is that suffered by many with solid link gearchange systems in that at high rpm shifting the gear gate pattern is not where it was when you checked it at tick over or with the engine off. The torque of the engine moves it about as one end of the gear shift system is chassis mounted and the other on the gear box itself.
My concern with the Renault UN1 transaxle and a Ford 302 combination is that if I solidly mount them in the chassis it will solve the gear shift problem but eventually crack either the block or gearbox casing.
I could easily keep the rubber mounts (put new stiffer ones in perhaps) and then use heim jointed (rose jointed) links in to connect both gearbox and engine to the chassis. Like guy ropes on a tent?
The question I guess is how far can you go in moving towards a solidly mounted engine and box package before you get issues? Any ideas?