I am starting a 4.9 swap this week. So far I have the cradle dropped from my 87 GT and I have pulled the eng/trans from the donor car (I believe it is a 91 Seville). I plan to use the stock 5spd and am going to try to keep this swap as simple (cheap) as possible. I hope to have this done by the end of the summer. Is there any source for mounts for this swap? I tried doing a search for some but couldn't find much to go off of. Hopefully one of the gurus will chime in on this one
I'll be pulling my 4.9 in the next few days to replace the engine (over reved it). I can take pictures of my mounts as a reference for you. I did use West Coast Fiero's trans mounts but built my own for the engine.
Joe Sokol
------------------ 85 SE Daily driver with a 3.4 DOHC OBD II 88 Formula/GT 4.9 Allante Intake (My Baby) www.fieroking.com
That would be great. I don't mean to be greedy, but can you get rough dimensions while you are at it? Like maybe just hold a ruler up to it while you are taking pictures?
Neil, thanks for the link to your build. This may be a dumb question, but do the 88s have have an actual mount on the front side instead of the torque strut? How do the folks with earlier cradles deal with the front mount?
Neil, thanks for the link to your build. This may be a dumb question, but do the 88s have have an actual mount on the front side instead of the torque strut? How do the folks with earlier cradles deal with the front mount?
No, I believe they are all very similar (but I've only actually worked on an 88 so I could be wrong). I removed the single center mount plate to make room for the exhaust. The front mount is the simplest of the two since there is lots of room and nothing that interferes with it. With the engine blocked up into position, you can build a mount in place quite easily. The back one is a little tougher since you have to make sure you don't interfere with the axle.
