New Motormount design ... NOT 56k friendly

[operdot]

Hey everyone in 2007 I made this mount and never posted about it. Its built from ground up with a 1/4 inch plate on the bottom and 3/16th in. sidewalls welded with a mig machine. I completely redesigned the mount and basically flipped ford's design inside out. Before the mount worked by stretching the rubber, now its compressing it. Let me know what you think.

 

[Vnuk1]

Very interesting definitely an A for ingenuity!

 

[LJRuddy]

Looks good. One thing I would like to note is the center mounting strip. I see a ton of weld points and with every joint that is welded, it adds another stress point that could possibly break. From how I see this mount, if that strip of angle breaks/snaps/etc. the entire mount would become 2 pieces without some sort of limiting bar such as what is seen on a stock mount.

I would have also welded the nut onto the strip of all-thread after the top half of the mount was installed. I can speak on personal experience that thread-loc and lock washers will not hold motor mount nuts/bolts no matter what.

Looks great though. Good job planning this out! I don't have enough patience for something like this.

 

[SuperHO]

can i have it? please?

 

[operdot]

Looks good. One thing I would like to note is the center mounting strip. I see a ton of weld points and with every joint that is welded, it adds another stress point that could possibly break. From how I see this mount, if that strip of angle breaks/snaps/etc. the entire mount would become 2 pieces without some sort of limiting bar such as what is seen on a stock mount.

I would have also welded the nut onto the strip of all-thread after the top half of the mount was installed. I can speak on personal experience that thread-loc and lock washers will not hold motor mount nuts/bolts no matter what.

Looks great though. Good job planning this out! I don't have enough patience for something like this.

To address the middle part:
It is make out of reinforced 1/4 in angle and in comparison the stock mount is made of 3/16th plate that is stamped which creates sections in the mount that are 1/8th in in thickness. After you count in rust you might as well say that 1/8th thick mount is holding 75% of the sho motors out there. Simply put the middle bar will not brake.

The bolts that hold it are 12.5 hardness, when I was choosing the bolts I ran a failure analysis to make sure they can hold what the engine can apply to them. If you notice the nuts are stamped in 3 places which makes it a locknut, on top of that I'm using a lockwasher, and of course red locktite. When I was choosing the bolts I ran a failure analysis to make sure they can hold what the engine can apply to them.

By the way the mount has 20,000 miles on it already and its looking and working great.

I do see the concern that there is no emergency backup stop of some sort. Next time I'll have the mount out I'll design in a safety feature.

can i have it? please?

NO :asskick: get YOUR OWN.... hehe j/k,

but uh no you may not have it

 

[SuperHO]

how much to make me one? and perhaps design and build a rear mount as well?

 

[operdot]

how much to make me one? and perhaps design and build a rear mount as well?

It took me about 20 hours to make this mount. If you use a good housing/cup then its much easier, can be done in a couple hours.

To answer your question though, I'm not a fabricator, I am a year away from becoming a Mechanical Engineer.

 

[platoribs]

It took me about 20 hours to make this mount. If you use a good housing/cup then its much easier, can be done in a couple hours.

To answer your question though, I'm not a fabricator, I am a year away from getting a Mechanical Engineering degree.

Fixed!

Becoming a Mechanoical Engineer takes more than a degree...

I know you know this, just being the devil's advocate. Nice design concept on the MM.

Plat0

 

[operdot]

Fixed!

Becoming a Mechanoical Engineer takes more than a degree...

I know you know this, just being the devil's advocate. Nice design concept on the MM.

Plat0

Thanks for the correction Chris :wave:

Even though I feel like I was born to be a mechanical engineer I realise it will take 5+ years of experience after graduation to truly become one.

 

[38SHO]

anyone who is worth their weight in gold on the job has years of experience/knowledge in any field you goto...

you'll probably look back in 10 years at the stuff you design now and think how horrible it was.... not to bash you, cause it looks pretty nice to me.... just saying

good luck with the career