thinking of welding frame boxing plate to the motor mount brackets

[down4thakrown]

im thinkin bout welding the boxing plate to the motor mount brakets. not the motor mount it self but the triangler box boltd to the frame. would this be a bad idea. im goin to try to avoid welding to the ord crossmember tho. so i can swap it out for a big block one if i decide to go that route in the future.

 

[76zimmer]

why? boxing around the area where the mounts bolt to the frame would be a good idea I think, but the mounts themselves have strength in their design by having a couple reinforcement bends in them.

 

[down4thakrown]

well i thought since thers a gap between the boxin plate and the bracket it would be prone to crack right there?

 

[76zimmer]

hmmm, this is how I did mine:

Seems like boxing those mounts would make them difficult to bolt on?



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[ashman]

hey zim, off topic question. what color are you painting your frame parts? I'm looking for something lighter (so I can tell when there is oil or dirt on it), but not something obnoxious. I like that color in your pic.

 

[down4thakrown]

wow that is clean! how did you run your brake hardlines? im just cuting around them and making access holes

 

[76zimmer]

hey zim, off topic question. what color are you painting your frame parts? I'm looking for something lighter (so I can tell when there is oil or dirt on it), but not something obnoxious. I like that color in your pic.

The color of the frame is a single stage Nason Urethane...a custom color mix I picked off a chart, somewhere between Olive drab, and desert tan.

wow that is clean! how did you run your brake hardlines? im just cuting around them and making access holes

I made custom lines out of stainless, but it has a tendency to leak at the flares, was a real pain to get them to stop leaking..

 

[down4thakrown]

wow that is pretty! ya im not a fan if flaring lines. i never had one not leak. idk if it was the tool i rented from autozone or what.

 

[ryoken]

stainless makes it 100x harder.. I wouldn't do ss without my Mastercool tool...

i'd be leary of welding it...

 

[down4thakrown]

leary of welding what? i couldnt event get the factory lines to seal

 

[ryoken]

your original question...

 

[down4thakrown]

why is that? because there wont be much welded to them?

 

[ryoken]

i'd be concerned about stress riser cracks on one of the pieces due to putting heat to that small area with 2 large pieces on either side that may have a tendency to flex a bit with a small union...

moreso than the frame cracking due to a noncontinuous reinforcement, or gap... but hey, wouldn't be the end of the world, burn it in and keep us updated...

 

[down4thakrown]

ya that is a good point. well i guess we will see what happens and how it pans out. im goin to try to get as much welded to the brakets as possible. i mite even try to get a bracket from 81 and up(the frame on mine is a 79btw) chevy that mounts the hard line thru the frame on the outside and i wonteven have to worry bout makein a access spot to get to it. unless theres another reason i can do it that im not thinkin of right now. since i cant go in the garage and look cuz my k5 is 90 miles away in my girlfreinds parents garage.