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Post by johnnyv3x on Oct 2, 2018 9:08:06 GMT -5
i have a 99 durango 4wd and putting a 350 in it. how are you guys doing it without have a cradle to weld mounts too? pics would help alot thanks in advance
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Post by beefybuilt104 on Oct 2, 2018 9:26:55 GMT -5
Helped my buddy put a 350 in his. Took out the front dif and the stock Chevy lowers sit right on the pads in the engine compartment almost perfect. I know that’s not a real good description. But once you get the original engine out and look at it you will see what I mean. Looks like it was made to fit in there.
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Post by beefybuilt104 on Oct 2, 2018 9:37:10 GMT -5
 We welded flat plates onto these brackets and then the stock Chevy lowers will fit right on there |
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Post by johnnyv3x on Oct 2, 2018 13:09:22 GMT -5
Helped my buddy put a 350 in his. Took out the front dif and the stock Chevy lowers sit right on the pads in the engine compartment almost perfect. I know that’s not a real good description. But once you get the original engine out and look at it you will see what I mean. Looks like it was made to fit in there. so it sat in the stock mounts ? or you had to cut the mounts out for chevy ones ? |
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Post by beefybuilt104 on Oct 2, 2018 14:09:01 GMT -5
We welded probably 6x6” 1/4” tick plate over the area I circled in the picture and then sat the Chevy stock uppers and lowers onto that and welded the lowers to the 6x6 plate
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Post by klicky96 on Oct 2, 2018 22:04:03 GMT -5
First off, are we talking about a gearbox frame or rack and pinion frame? Because they are different and you need to mount the engine differently in each.
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Post by beefybuilt104 on Oct 2, 2018 23:02:23 GMT -5
I was under the impression all Durango’s were rack and pinion...
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Post by rhull1977 on Oct 3, 2018 9:23:12 GMT -5
I was under the impression all Durango’s were rack and pinion... Up to 2000 or 2001 can't remember they have a steering box. |
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Post by johnnyv3x on Oct 4, 2018 8:07:54 GMT -5
First off, are we talking about a gearbox frame or rack and pinion frame? Because they are different and you need to mount the engine differently in each. this is a gearbox frame |
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Post by klicky96 on Oct 4, 2018 13:33:40 GMT -5
If my memory serves me right. You can mount the engine farther back on the gearbox frame. Remove the front diff completely. Either pull the stub off the CV shaft and keep them in the hubs or just run a bolt through the guns to hold the bearing together. Weld some 1/4 plate on top of the engine mount tabs on the frame and run them back about 10" from the front tab. This allows you to weld them down the frame because this is technically your k-member because you don't have one from the factory. Then just use standard mounts and drop it between the rails. This shouldn't interfere with the steering shaft but keep an eye on where your at. I know rack and pinion frames you have to maneuver around the steering shaft quite a bit to get an engine in correctly.
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Post by beefybuilt104 on Oct 4, 2018 13:41:12 GMT -5
That’s basically what I said.. weld plates on and drop it in. And ours had rack and pinion and it fit around the steering just fine.. we did two for a team show. One had a small block Chevy and one had an LS. The ls was a pain because of the weird ls mounts.
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Post by beefybuilt104 on Oct 4, 2018 16:06:38 GMT -5
I’m not sure about the blazer, but in the Durango is it absolutely in the way
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Post by klicky96 on Oct 4, 2018 16:24:34 GMT -5
It sounds the same as a rack and pinion frame but opposite. Your plates in a rack frame should go forward. The plates on a gearbox frame should go backward. On a gearbox frame, you can set the engine farther back tight to the firewall.
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Post by beefybuilt104 on Oct 4, 2018 19:07:33 GMT -5
On the rack and pinion frame we had the distributor basically under the cowl of the dash.
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