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.