motor mounts

[franksandbeans]

i am putting a 350 in my 83 4 cyl s15. im using the tc mount kit from summit. since it is an old 4 cyl, the crossmember is not tapped for the 6 cyl motor mounts. can somebody please give me measurents of a picture or some way to figure out where to drill the holes? thanksundefined

[ZZ4Blazer]

Wouldn\'t it be better to use different mounts?

[4more]

the correct holes should be there i belive none were tapped they used nuts from the bottom i just used a little bit larger bolt and ran them in (self-tapping) and welding around the mount to the frame for extra strength

[newsomemichael]

mine had a four cyl,i bolted the six cyl mounts in the same place as the four cyl.

[my454s10]

my 1992 4-banger had the same problem ..this is how i fixed it....i bolted the converson mounts to the block and stabed the motor and lelved the motor and made sure that is where i wanted it and than i tacked welded the pads ..not the mounts but the pads to the frame and i pulled the motor back out and welded around the whole pad ...this is a lot eaiser if you take about 20 minutes and remove the front clip to get more room to work with ..the 4 cyclinder frame is a tad different than a v6 frame...but now its a nice ride

[franksandbeans]

>newsomemichael

>mine had a four cyl,i bolted the six cyl >mounts in the same place as the four cyl.



did you have any clearance problems? are the 6cyl holes in front of or behind the 4 cyl holes?



>whitethunder1300

> my 1992 4-banger had the same problem >..this is how i fixed it..



doesnt the rubber part of the 6 cyl mount bolt to the frame? is there a seperate pad? if no, what are you gonna do if the rubber dry rots or cracks, or just tears?

[bohn333]

Mine had a four cylinder also, the holes for the six cylinder are there, they were just under all the grease and crap built up on the frame. I used a hole saw and cut a 2\" hole in the front side of the crossmember on the passenger side and a 2\" hole on the back side of the drivers side crossmember, and attached the mounts that way. i don\'t think they were ever threaded from the factory. Just put a nut on the back side. real easy with the holes i made there.

[4more]

we did the same thing on the first conv. i did made holes so you could get the nut easier then we filled the holes with silicone so you couldn\'t tell

[monster]

was there a v6 available in 83?

[PursuitS10]

Yeah the 2.8 was available from the beginning.

I\'m lucky enough to have one in my \'82 Tahoe



BTW My V8 truck originaly had a 1.9 4 cyl in it and the 2.9 mount holes were there so I just bought some new 2.8 mounts and bolted them to the frame.





\'82 S10 1.9->305->388ci

\'82 S10 Tahoe 2.8 5 speed

[monster]

yeah lol i think i no what ya mean though. changing mounts suck, anyways my brother just bought a brand new 2.8 cost around $2400 he traded it to me for my 2000 ford f-150 pluss he had to pick up payments. any who tha trans just went out thats bout pain in butt.

[Jperu]

franksandbeans...



I my 96 s10 had the 4cyl also... I used 2.8L frame mounts in the stock v6 locations. I posted a few pics in the underconstruction gallery. All I did was tap the v6 holes.



jp

[eurekarobert]

My 83 has a 2.8.