Anybody interested in swap motor mount brackets?

Hey guys. After 2 LS swaps, I decided to stop hand fabricating my motor mount brackets, and I now get them laser cut, and I weld them together. These brackets put an LS motor exactly where the old 305/350 used to go and don't move the driveline at all. This worked perfectly when I put together my Z71. No relocating anything, easy as pie.

If you use mount adapter plates, it moves the centerline of tabs on the clamshell, and they don't really fit the motor mount cushions without wrestling them in, or slotting the holes. Once you slot, the locators don't line up, and you have to trim those up.

Here's mine. I eliminated the need for clamshells, and made a simple, bolt-on mount.

A couple other features. This mounting location allows you to use stock truck manifolds, even the LS y-pipe if you need to still run cat's. If you are on a budget, or simply prefer the mechanical cooling fan, this setup places the engine right in the middle of the stock V8 fan shroud. This lets you work your way up to E-fans and headers later if the $$ is tight. The stock truck oilpan is a great fit on the 4WD trucks, and the sump is protected by the skid plate and front axle. On 2WD trucks, you might want to consider the F-car or Holley pan. I ran a truck pan from 2006-2010 with no issues, but it does hang below the engine crossmember, and I was never really confident with that.

Here's a few pics of my last LS swapped truck, almost 3 years since conversion, daily driven and going strong.

PM me if interested. I'm making these in small batches right now, we'll see how demand is. Cost for these is $80+shipping for the pair, uncoated.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D...-51-36_610.jpg

The slotted holes allow for some adjustability for some other applications they work with. On an 88-99, or really any V8 truck that uses clamshells on the engine, you would use the forward side of the slot. The tabs are made with the stock locator features from the clamshell, and really make it easy to fit the motor right onto the frame mounts.

Here's a shot of them aligned like they would be on the side of the motor.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-I...-53-50_799.jpg

Here's a pic of a hand fabbed set I made for my 94 Z71. It was my daily driver for 18 months, and the new owner is still running these brackets, towing and occasionally wheeling the truck. Note how the locating tangs on the motor frame mounts fit the features on the bracket.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0...619-1819_3.jpg

Here's a shot of the motor going in for the final time.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-P...619-2126_3.jpg

My old truck.. motor in and running. Still needed some wiring cleanup. And.. my fantabulous PVC intake that was supposed to be temporary, but got run for 18 months..

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7...628-2240_3.jpg

And a couple of shots with the truck at work. The Caprice on the trailer is LS-swapped too.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...11113-1053.jpg

After being hooked to a wood chipped, and hauling 3 yard loads chipped bamboo.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-G...10529-0950.jpg

I'm interested! Let me know if you can make me a set.

They look good. I made my own using the original clam shells bolted to a similar bracket. Not much out here for these swaps.
Wish I had yours at the time.

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Originally Posted by SlowAndHighTBI

I'm interested! Let me know if you can make me a set.

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PM sent. Please let me know if I can help.

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Originally Posted by Ian Johnston

They look good. I made my own using the original clam shells bolted to a similar bracket. Not much out here for these swaps.
Wish I had yours at the time.

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Yeah. It was my goal to get these on the market 3 years ago, but other things kept taking priority. Now that these are complete, I am working on the R4 AC bracket.

Thought I would bump this up. I am in the process of starting to sell these under an LLC, time to get serious. My projects are not funding themselves :D..

More to follow, R4 AC compressor mount is almost finished.

I used these mounts for my swap. They worked like a charm. These things are worth every penny.

Do you know if they will work in other Chevy SBC to LS swaps? G body, Camaro, etc?

Nice. I like the fact that they do away with the clam shells.

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Originally Posted by SlowAndHighTBI

I used these mounts for my swap. They worked like a charm. These things are worth every penny.

Do you know if they will work in other Chevy SBC to LS swaps? G body, Camaro, etc?

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Thanks Slow!.. maybe not so slow now.

I've run these in 2WD and 4WD 88-99 trucks. A local guy has used them for his 99 Tahoe swap, and he's in the process of using another set on a 70's K5 pickup project.
As for cars, I sell the same mounts to the B-body guys, and the LT1 94-96 guys get slightly modified versions for the offset right side mount. There's no reason they won't work on a G body. The car guys use either the 98-02 Fbody pan or the Holley swap pan. I was actually in the quoting phase of making my own swap pan, but Holley came out with theirs, and they pretty much had the same idea, I would have moved the sump a little further forward, but it's pretty close to ideal. FWIW, the Fbody pan is still made by GM, they use it in some industrial applications. It's not going away for a while.

Trust me guy's, Mike knows what he is doing. I was around once in a while to see the stages of progress when he was planning and building a couple of his ideas. They are well thought out and not just thrown together to make a quick buck. Buy with confidence.

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Originally Posted by Avarookie

Trust me guy's, Mike knows what he is doing. I was around once in a while to see the stages of progress when he was planning and building a couple of his ideas. They are well thought out and not just thrown together to make a quick buck. Buy with confidence.

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Thank you sir.. maybe you'll show the work we did to your ride over Xmas.

So this is the long story short, 5.3 to 6.0 (plus some extra HP & TQ) Thanks to Mike and Don for their patience with me and my specifics. We did the swap in one day while I was on leave for X-mas. The next day I installed the MagnaFlow Cat Back, all is working excellent together. Drove it back to Ft. Stewart a couple days later.
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Wow that took like 3 minutes to go through the pics. Almost twice as long as the motor swap took..

That looks great. Whatd you use to clean the motor up with? Thing looks brand new

A mixture of toothpaste and Tequila, learned that from a old man back in the day....





J/K, the motor was completely rebuilt from the inside out. Mike built the long block while I was getting back from downrange, the final assembly was done just before installation as you can see in the pic's. The first four are from Mike's place the rest are from mine.

I am doing a swap (LM7 hp. into 95 Z71) and would like a set of your mounts. Get back to @ your convenience.

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Originally Posted by beertestr

Hey guys. After 2 LS swaps, I decided to stop hand fabricating my motor mount brackets, and I now get them laser cut, and I weld them together. These brackets put an LS motor exactly where the old 305/350 used to go and don't move the driveline at all. This worked perfectly when I put together my Z71. No relocating anything, easy as pie.

If you use mount adapter plates, it moves the centerline of tabs on the clamshell, and they don't really fit the motor mount cushions without wrestling them in, or slotting the holes. Once you slot, the locators don't line up, and you have to trim those up.

Here's mine. I eliminated the need for clamshells, and made a simple, bolt-on mount.

A couple other features. This mounting location allows you to use stock truck manifolds, even the LS y-pipe if you need to still run cat's. If you are on a budget, or simply prefer the mechanical cooling fan, this setup places the engine right in the middle of the stock V8 fan shroud. This lets you work your way up to E-fans and headers later if the $$ is tight. The stock truck oilpan is a great fit on the 4WD trucks, and the sump is protected by the skid plate and front axle. On 2WD trucks, you might want to consider the F-car or Holley pan. I ran a truck pan from 2006-2010 with no issues, but it does hang below the engine crossmember, and I was never really confident with that.

Here's a few pics of my last LS swapped truck, almost 3 years since conversion, daily driven and going strong.

PM me if interested. I'm making these in small batches right now, we'll see how demand is. Cost for these is $80+shipping for the pair, uncoated.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D...-51-36_610.jpg

The slotted holes allow for some adjustability for some other applications they work with. On an 88-99, or really any V8 truck that uses clamshells on the engine, you would use the forward side of the slot. The tabs are made with the stock locator features from the clamshell, and really make it easy to fit the motor right onto the frame mounts.

Here's a shot of them aligned like they would be on the side of the motor.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-I...-53-50_799.jpg

Here's a pic of a hand fabbed set I made for my 94 Z71. It was my daily driver for 18 months, and the new owner is still running these brackets, towing and occasionally wheeling the truck. Note how the locating tangs on the motor frame mounts fit the features on the bracket.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0...619-1819_3.jpg

Here's a shot of the motor going in for the final time.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-P...619-2126_3.jpg

My old truck.. motor in and running. Still needed some wiring cleanup. And.. my fantabulous PVC intake that was supposed to be temporary, but got run for 18 months..

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7...628-2240_3.jpg

And a couple of shots with the truck at work. The Caprice on the trailer is LS-swapped too.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...11113-1053.jpg

After being hooked to a wood chipped, and hauling 3 yard loads chipped bamboo.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-G...10529-0950.jpg

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PM'd ya, would like a set! looks great.

Just got mine Mike and their great!

Anyone needing some mounts should ping Beertestr. I looked at a lot of mounts for my application and these just made since. The design and common since application.

Thank You,

Brian

Hey, thanks for the mounts. Lined up perfectly! Gave them a shot of primer and hit up lowe's for some 10x1.5x20 bolts/lockwashers and slapped them on.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...psedea0023.jpg

Nice!! Count me in for a set!!

I need a pair of them ASAP

The brackets fit perfect, thank you

Hi all, sorry I somehow unsubscribed myself from my own thread.
Dalaz, glad you like them.

To get the word out, a good friend of mine set up a website. It's in it's infancy right now, but I'm starting to add content, and will have some online ordering capability soon.

http://kds-performance.com/sbc/

Feel free to send me pics of your build, in-progress and complete, I want to create a customer's page.
Email your pics to michael@kds-performance.com

P.M. sent

Still selling these?

Last I checked they are still available at http://kds-performance.com/sbc/ I ordered some a few months ago and they fit great.

Yes he is....

Yes I am. You can buy through KDS-PERFORMANCE.COM or through fleabay, username kds-performance .

Be sure to check out my flywheel locking tool for crank damper and flexplate installs too.

just ordered a set!

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Originally Posted by hokeplaya05

just ordered a set!

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Just dropped today's shipments off about an hour ago. Thanks!

I got mine today. Very well made, and worth it It will be awhile before I install them.

Just ordered a set! Thanks