Big blocks with motor plate & mid plates

[TONY GTS]

my car is a 1970 Dart & I'm planning on converting my car to a motor plate & mid plate set up with braced shock towers.

i need pics of bigblocks in a bodys with motor plate & midplate setups

I scored a free midplate that is 2 years old & never used... its the competition enginering one http://search.store.yahoo.net/cgi-b...tp://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/moplstmi.html

which motor plate from this page do i need? http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/moplstmi.html


the the strut bars im going with have a mounting tab for the motor plate http://magnumforceracing.com/store/...&BrandID=&Category=&SubCategory=&Search=&Page=

Now how is the best way to install the motor plate and midplate?

 

[HEMI G T S]

Here's mine

 

[TONY GTS]

Thanks so tell me more about it... am i going to need an aluminum water pump housing?

also how is the mid plate installed in your car? do you keep the stock trans mount?

thx

 

[TONY GTS]

im probly going to go with this motor plate http://search.store.yahoo.net/cgi-b...tp://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/moplstmi.html

nice car hemi GTS...i think i remember seeing that hemi dart gts at a car show, the owner was putting tennis balls in the pipes on the carb

 

[TONY GTS]

heres an old pic... where would the mid plate mount?

 

[Keith Mopar]

Thanks so tell me more about it... am i going to need an aluminum water pump housing?

also how is the mid plate installed in your car? do you keep the stock trans mount?
thx

Tony when I did my motor plate they told me not to use an aluminium water pump housing. This was because it now holds the weight of the engine. I used an old housing and machined 3/8 of an inch off of it to allow for the thickness of the motor plate. I do use an aluminium water pump for weight reasons.
Can't help on the mid plate as I don't use one.

 

[TONY GTS]

i just found the pics i need for the motor plate setup

my car is going to look like this (im going to use the same front shock tower bars and motor plate)

My car is going to look so cool!!!! :toothy10:

im going to go with this motor plate
http://www.magnumforce.com/store/de...BrandID=&Category=&SubCategory=&Search=&Page=

 

[TONY GTS]

now that i feel good about the motor plate set up, what should i do with the k-member?

should i got to an auto salvage & buy a k-member out of a slant 6 a body, lighten it, remove motor mount tabs on kmember & then install?

 

[Keith Mopar]

I just used my small block K, just ground the mounts off. My motor plate dosn't look that nice in that pic above.
I'll try and scan one of my old pics later for you to see what I did.

 

[TONY GTS]

thanks pics help!
i'll do what you did with the k member, in this pic they are using an aluminum water pump housing (they probably dont race it) but i'll stick with my cast iron unit

 

[TONY GTS]

b-block with motor plate & shock tower bars