The Beginnings of the Motor Mount...

Here lately, Michael, Mr. Butler, and I have been working on designing and fabricating our motor mount. We've come to the agreement to use a piece of two inch angle iron with a piece of flat bar welded on to it to bolt the motor onto the sub-frame. We are plannning on bolting the motor mount into the last bolt holes where the sway bar bolts to the frame. The motor will then bolt to the motor mount by two bolts that will lock into the front of the motor.

Over the last few days we have made pretty good progress in creating the mount. Here's some pictures of our progress.

We first began with a 5 foot piece of steel angle iron. Now we all know right away that this is too big to stuff into that little engine compartment in our EV. So the first plan of action was to measure inside of the sway bar mounts for the length that we needed to cut the piece of angle.

After finding the measurement, we used a grinder with a cutting wheel attatchment to cut the steel to the correct length.

This is a picture of me cleaning up the edges of the steel after Michael cut it with the cutting wheel.

After placing the steel into the area where it is to be mounted, we discovered that it was just a little bit snug, thus i shaved one edge off for a perfect fit.

Inside of the sway bar mounting brackets are places where the brackets were welded to the sub frame. Instead of grinding down those welds Mike and I decided to notch out places on the engine mount instead. Thus, not creating a disturbance to the factory welds.

After getting the notches right, it was time to drill the mounting holes. For this we used a drill press so the the holes would be straight and clean. From there, I took a round file and smoothed out the sharp edges caused by the drill bit.

Job well done! Mike and I have completed yet another piece of the puzzle. By using this one simple mounting system, we have cut down a huge amount of weight and space savings. It will also be easier to remove and is universal to the Fox Body style Mustangs.

Brake Line Upgrade....

As stated earlier, we have decided to convert the rear drum brakes to disc, but in order to do so the fittings on the ends of the brake lines had to be upgraded. This is so that the lines can be connected to the calipers and properly allow the fluid to flow throughout the brake system. Below are the pictures of how we completed the process. Enjoy!

In order to change the fittings on the end of the lines, we first had to remove the old fittings with a pipe cutter. This meant removing a little piece of the brake line itself in order to get the clean cut. But no worries though! We still have enough line to be able to strech the line to the desired length.

In the background you may notice a red box with silver tools in it. This is a brake line re-beveling kit. This is the tool used to expand the tip of the line to create a tight, non-leaking end that enters into the caliper and then is pressed in tight with the brass fitting.

This is a shot of me cleaning up the end of the line with a file in order to get rid of the burs and sharp edges.

The next step is to slide on the new fitting. Make sure if you ever change these on a brake line, to put the fitting on before you expand the end.

This is the new fitting placed on the end of the line. The drill was used to clean up the edges inside of the brake line after we had cut it with the pipe cutter.

The next step is to lock the tool into a vise and use a sharp tipped squeezing tool with a die on it to expand the end of the line.

After using the die to expand the end, take the die off and use the sharp tip to press the line into a funnel shape at the end. This process should create a doubled, smooth edged tip on the line.

The next thing to do is repeat on the other side.

This should be how your final beveled end should look.