A500 in an Early A
I'm putting an A500 behind a 5.2 in my wife's '64 Barracuda. As a previous owner had already chopped a huge hole in the floor (along with cutting out the crossmember hump) to fit a 727, the hard decision had already been made for me. Using a bare block and an empty 727 case, I found the angle that the motor sits at. I then installed the empty A500 case, held the back end of it up to the right engine angle, and built my trans support. Mocked it up out of 2"" strips of cardboard, then copied that over to 2"x3/16" flatbar. I also used the flatbar to roll a new x-member hump, welded it to the cut ends of the crossmember. My 2x3 subframe connectors are 100% welded to the x-member, so it's pretty stout.
I'm putting an A500 behind a 5.2 in my wife's '64 Barracuda. As a previous owner had already chopped a huge hole in the floor (along with cutting out the crossmember hump) to fit a 727, the hard decision had already been made for me. Using a bare block and an empty 727 case, I found the angle that the motor sits at. I then installed the empty A500 case, held the back end of it up to the right engine angle, and built my trans support. Mocked it up out of 2"" strips of cardboard, then copied that over to 2"x3/16" flatbar. I also used the flatbar to roll a new x-member hump, welded it to the cut ends of the crossmember. My 2x3 subframe connectors are 100% welded to the x-member, so it's pretty stout.
