3800 OH the possibilities!

[Last Indian]

As I said before I’m old, I.E. muscle car era through & through! So nothing screams muscle car/ground pounder better than a power plant that at least looks the part. You might also notice that the upper engine architecture as well as the wiring configuration is completely changed as well. Upper plenum cover is functional with the hood! The hood rams fresh cooler air into the plenum cover, through it & is extracted out the back vents of the hood. It actually drops plenum temperature more than 15 degrees when moving.

 

3.3 L LG7 V6  Tach install 3300 LG7

[ThatSlow.W204]

wow, absolutely wow!, very nice engine bay and love the attention to detail!, love the strut brace and new dogbones. thats actually a really impressive setup.

 

[RebelRacer99]

As I said before I’m old, I.E. muscle car era through & through! So nothing screams muscle car/ground pounder better than a power plant that at least looks the part. You might also notice that the upper engine architecture as well as the wiring configuration is completely changed as well. Upper plenum cover is functional with the hood! The hood rams fresh cooler air into the plenum cover, through it & is extracted out the back vents of the hood. It actually drops plenum temperature more than 15 degrees when moving.

That engine bay look awesome

 

[Last Indian]

wow, absolutely wow!, very nice engine bay and love the attention to detail!, love the strut brace and new dogbones. thats actually a really impressive setup.

Thanks! The top engine mounts were one of the first on my list of had to be done. Not sure how many here know, but the factory mounts have been a problem with any kind of real power. Whether that was through increased engine power, better tranny lockup or polyurethane bushing adds to get more power to the ground. Lot of guys break the engine side brackets. There is a simple answer as to why that is! The mounts are not on the rotational axis of the engine. Instead they are on the weak side of what would be the lever fulcrum. I engineered a new set of brackets & dog bones that place the brackets on the rotational axis. They are attached at the cylinder heads! Which by no coincidence there are threaded holes for just such a function.
Additionally on the right hand side, where the coil packs are, that design of that mount allowed me to move the whole coil pack assembly out away from the cylinder head. The factory setup places the coil pack assembly right up against the head where excessive heat can cause issues with those coil packs. Moving them away actually lowered coil pack temps 30 degree.
If anyone has an interest I have the prints for these in pdf form.

 

[RebelRacer99]

Thanks! The top engine mounts were one of the first on my list of had to be done. Not sure how many here know, but the factory mounts have been a problem with any kind of real power. Whether that was through increased engine power, better tranny lockup or polyurethane bushing adds to get more power to the ground. Lot of guys break the engine side brackets. There is a simple answer as to why that is! The mounts are not on the rotational axis of the engine. Instead they are on the weak side of what would be the lever fulcrum. I engineered a new set of brackets & dog bones that place the brackets on the rotational axis. They are attached at the cylinder heads! Which by no coincidence there are threaded holes for just such a function.
Additionally on the right hand side, where the coil packs are, that design of that mount allowed me to move the whole coil pack assembly out away from the cylinder head. The factory setup places the coil pack assembly right up against the head where excessive heat can cause issues with those coil packs. Moving them away actually lowered coil pack temps 30 degree.
If anyone has an interest I have the prints for these in pdf form.

That's the kinda stuff that could be really useful for future references.

 

[ThatSlow.W204]

Thanks! The top engine mounts were one of the first on my list of had to be done. Not sure how many here know, but the factory mounts have been a problem with any kind of real power. Whether that was through increased engine power, better tranny lockup or polyurethane bushing adds to get more power to the ground. Lot of guys break the engine side brackets. There is a simple answer as to why that is! The mounts are not on the rotational axis of the engine. Instead they are on the weak side of what would be the lever fulcrum. I engineered a new set of brackets & dog bones that place the brackets on the rotational axis. They are attached at the cylinder heads! Which by no coincidence there are threaded holes for just such a function.
Additionally on the right hand side, where the coil packs are, that design of that mount allowed me to move the whole coil pack assembly out away from the cylinder head. The factory setup places the coil pack assembly right up against the head where excessive heat can cause issues with those coil packs. Moving them away actually lowered coil pack temps 30 degree.
If anyone has an interest I have the prints for these in pdf form.

This project is genuinely incredible and I’m super happy your here on the forums to show it, every time you post something it’s great and I love it! Keep it going ahhaha

 

[Last Indian]

Thought I would post these up as well go those that might wish to try a change over my upper mounts. These pieces are the most difficult from an engineering standpoint. So they should be helpful. Unfortunately I never made prints of the arms themselves, but if you can make or get these made you should be able to work through what those would need to be. This last view might help with that.