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Lite-Weight -- 1983 Mustang Coupe (Notchback) Log
#002 February, 2003
Welcome
back. We have tackled the crossmember issue in a completely different way.
The Comp piece arrived and it would not work as we had hoped. I spotted an
old Crown Vic crossmember, which has it’s own double hump section, and
we were able to modify this piece instead. It pays to save old parts
sometimes. Other
Articles in Series
Customized
Crown Vic Crossmember. About 6 inches of this piece had to be cut off at each end to
make it fit between the frame rails. What we did was use the rearward
mounting position of the existing frame mounts, which became the forward
mounting hole, and we used an old bracket welded to the frame to form the
rear mounting position. This allowed all the clearance necessary with the
Tremec/Setback situation. A small spacer was fabricated out of an old flex
fan spacer to achieve an acceptable pinion angle at the tailshaft of the
transmission. The threaded holes in the Energy transmission mount were a
necessity since stock mounts use a small stud to secure it to the
crossmember, and the spacer was a full inch. We use these mounts on all of
our vehicles anyway.
Transmission
Mount and Spacer.
Full
Length Sub-Frame Connector Coming soon…Details, Details, Details if you know
what I mean.
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