Motor mount options for header clearance
I didn't have to clearance anything to put TTI's in my small block powered 67 Barracuda. In fact, they were so easy to install that I managed to do so not long after being released from an extended hospital stay while my left arm was barely working. Edit: I guess I should add that this is a manual steering car. I don't know what kind of clearance issues a power steering car might have.
My 65 Barracuda was another matter. Engine compartment is smaller and everything is tight. I had to use a BFH on one header tube to clear the upper arm of the Z-bar (4-speed car), and another to clear the idler arm. Plus move various lines and wires out of the way. Relevant to this thread, the driver's side torsion bar, which feeds through the header tubes, just barely kissed them. After looking at the situation for a while, I decided that if I dropped the motor on that side just a bit, the torsion bar would clear the header tubes. So I pulled the driver's side motor mount and replaced it with a 67-up mount out of my stash (i.e., the one on the right in post #1). Had to drill one hole in the mount bracket to clear the locating bump on the mount. Gained just enough clearance for the torsion bar to fit without rattling against the header, but the engine didn't move enough that it no longer looked level.
By the way, Motor Trend posted a You Tube video a while back where they beat the crap out of a set of headers without affecting horsepower at all.
I didn't have to clearance anything to put TTI's in my small block powered 67 Barracuda. In fact, they were so easy to install that I managed to do so not long after being released from an extended hospital stay while my left arm was barely working. Edit: I guess I should add that this is a manual steering car. I don't know what kind of clearance issues a power steering car might have.
My 65 Barracuda was another matter. Engine compartment is smaller and everything is tight. I had to use a BFH on one header tube to clear the upper arm of the Z-bar (4-speed car), and another to clear the idler arm. Plus move various lines and wires out of the way. Relevant to this thread, the driver's side torsion bar, which feeds through the header tubes, just barely kissed them. After looking at the situation for a while, I decided that if I dropped the motor on that side just a bit, the torsion bar would clear the header tubes. So I pulled the driver's side motor mount and replaced it with a 67-up mount out of my stash (i.e., the one on the right in post #1). Had to drill one hole in the mount bracket to clear the locating bump on the mount. Gained just enough clearance for the torsion bar to fit without rattling against the header, but the engine didn't move enough that it no longer looked level.
By the way, Motor Trend posted a You Tube video a while back where they beat the crap out of a set of headers without affecting horsepower at all.