Devilman said:
SyTy Speed Shop said:
Ok, still looking for some mounts for Thai boat. There are 4 feet mounted to the stringers that I'm hoping I can reuse, I've been searching eBay and came across a couple I think will work, but wanted to get some opinions.
The first one is a an Edelbrock rear motor plate, says it needs a spacer that covers the flywheel to work and fit properly.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/152372188759
The other one is a Berkeley bellhousing for a three point style mount and it look like the same style of rear mount my other boat with the 455 olds had but polished.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/291982697876
I'm not sure if one really works any better that the other, and still not sure how to mount the front.
I may have missed it... is the issue that the motor plates you have in mind, are too narrow to work with the mounting feet you have?
I have no idea if they will fit or not, i don't have any front or rear mount plates for the BBC, and the mounting feet mounted on my stringers now are bolted in for a ford engine, but im thinking they should be pretty close length wise. I measured between my stringers and if i remember right it was around 25-26" i think.
I was looking at some of the newer style rail mount kits and i like the way they look and the cost doesn't seem to bad for what your getting, but if i can find some vintage late 60's early 70's style mounts i think it will fit the boat much better, plus this was an original 4 point mount setup that i want to keep, so the Berkeley 3pt is out.
I was also thinking that i could use that edelbrock rear plate with an auto trans style flexplate, and PTO adapter for the crank and then the driveshaft to the pump and with just the auto trans flexplate i wont need the spacer that goes in there would I???
EDIT: I messaged the guy on ebay this morning asking if he had the spacer and front mount plate, he said he did have the spacer but hadn't seen a front plate for quit a while, but that they do pop up from time to time. Plate is 25 1/2 inches wide, so i going to go home at lunch and measure between my feet and see if it will work, if it will be will make a deal of 225 shipped for the rear plate and spacer.
Just wonder how hard the front matching plate would be to find?