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Originally Posted by thelen84

The mount brackets that the camaros and trans ams use are a two piece unit where one piece welds to the frame and the other piece bolts to the motor with the rubber mount between them. Many newer cars use a mount bracket that bolts to the motor and the rubber mount sits between the bracket and the frame (bolted) so there is nothing welded to the frame. The mount brackets from a c5/c6 corvette will bolt right up to the motor and then you just need the mounts (rubber/hydraulic from c5/c6 corvette). There are some issues with those brackets (height, location of mount hole in relation to motor position), i'm assuming this is why werks makes their own motor mount brackets. I'm still deciding what I want to do for sure. Hope this clears it up, at least as much as I know right now.

OK, that makes sense. To be honest, I haven't pulled the motor out of anything newer than an '88 Mustang. So the angles for the rubber/hydraulic mounts line up nicely to the Solstice frame?

I'm assuming you at least have to drill new holes in the frame and/or weld new bungs on to thread the bolts to, no? Surely an LSx doesn't line up *that* nicely both fore-aft and width-wise that the motor mount locatoins on the block line right up with the K-member. It CAN'T be that easy!

	2KWK4U Founding Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Less than 2 hours from Nurburgring!	Quote: Originally Posted by thelen84 The mount brackets that the camaros and trans ams use are a two piece unit where one piece welds to the frame and the other piece bolts to the motor with the rubber mount between them. Many newer cars use a mount bracket that bolts to the motor and the rubber mount sits between the bracket and the frame (bolted) so there is nothing welded to the frame. The mount brackets from a c5/c6 corvette will bolt right up to the motor and then you just need the mounts (rubber/hydraulic from c5/c6 corvette). There are some issues with those brackets (height, location of mount hole in relation to motor position), i'm assuming this is why werks makes their own motor mount brackets. I'm still deciding what I want to do for sure. Hope this clears it up, at least as much as I know right now. OK, that makes sense. To be honest, I haven't pulled the motor out of anything newer than an '88 Mustang. So the angles for the rubber/hydraulic mounts line up nicely to the Solstice frame? I'm assuming you at least have to drill new holes in the frame and/or weld new bungs on to thread the bolts to, no? Surely an LSx doesn't line up that nicely both fore-aft and width-wise that the motor mount locatoins on the block line right up with the K-member. It CAN'T be that easy!