engine tie-down

[typhoonscuba]

hey guys i cant remember where i saw this site so hopefully u guys can help me out. it was a tie-down cable that connected to the alternater and down to the frame. it used a short tailgate cable i think.

 

[Mad Mike]

I bought a universal cable from Pep boys. Here's the pics.

 

[hamrhead]

Re: engine tie-down

hey guys i cant remember where i saw this site so hopefully u guys can help me out. it was a tie-down cable that connected to the alternater and down to the frame. it used a short tailgate cable i think.

Yup, I've got one,,,, still in the box. :roll:

One of the board members here made them, then offered them for sale. Can't remember his name though?

I DO have plans on installing mine sooner or later.

 

[Gnocide]

i used the grand national rachet tie down
which required using a longer 3/8 bolt on the lower back of the alt and attaching the other end to the frame then click it till tight.

 

[SY2932]

Re: engine tie-down

hey guys i cant remember where i saw this site so hopefully u guys can help me out. it was a tie-down cable that connected to the alternater and down to the frame. it used a short tailgate cable i think.

Look like this? http://www.syty.huryde.com/html/misc/tie_down.htm It's a carbon copy of Mike's set up. I went the turnbuckle route so that I could put as much tension on the tie down that I wanted. Not something that you can do with a cable or chain setup very easily...

"DIY tie down, NO drilling required. Bolt is a 10.9 cut down and rethreaded. "

 

[JSM]

Be careful attaching a strap to that location.

Last week we just wasted a good bracket and alternator on a local's syclone. Broke the bracket, and alternator case.

Over time the stress on aluminum fatique's it and makes it brittle.

If you can attach to front of the bolt where there is more meat it would be better.

Of course there is the solid motor mount solution, which we are applying now it is just a PITA to install. Make the two or three A's.

 

[TYRODD]

Be careful attaching a strap to that location.

Last week we just wasted a good bracket and alternator on a local's syclone. Broke the bracket, and alternator case.

Over time the stress on aluminum fatique's it and makes it brittle.

If you can attach to front of the bolt where there is more meat it would be better.

Of course there is the solid motor mount solution, which we are applying now it is just a PITA to install. Make the two or three A's.

I wont do this for the above reason, Is there any other location for a block to frame strap? Other than attaching it to the alternator bracket?

 

[fiveoh]

i bought stock motor mounts, and i know the melt and fail alot of the time.
my question is since i had my manifolds/crossover pipe jet hot coated, and reinstalled the heat shields do you think i will have a problem with melting?
i am still gonna do a tie downstrap, jsut reading this and got curious

 

[Gnocide]

Be careful attaching a strap to that location.

Last week we just wasted a good bracket and alternator on a local's syclone. Broke the bracket, and alternator case.

Over time the stress on aluminum fatique's it and makes it brittle.

If you can attach to front of the bolt where there is more meat it would be better.

Of course there is the solid motor mount solution, which we are applying now it is just a PITA to install. Make the two or three A's.

well the tie down in the pic above your post shows the spanner attached to the front. i attached my strap to the back of that location on an extended grade 8 bolt so not to break the bracket. i hope this clears it up.

 

[ed hess]

put sold motor mounts in it and forget about your mounts forever. why screw around. and there isnt any vibration or tradeoffs.


i tried all the above, waste of effort and time and money

ed

 

[mattw]

I made a bracket that distrubutes the pull on both sides of that alt bracket...

Its been on for a few years now with no ill effects...

I put the cable at the bottom as I though it would allow a little stretch and dampen some vibration...


-Matt