Schumacher

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What k-member are you using? You can turn a '73-76 V8 k-member into a Direct Connection k-member...
 
Jim Lusk said:
What k-member are you using? You can turn a '73-76 V8 k-member into a Direct Connection k-member...
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Got any tricks up your sleeve for an early A to big block? lol
 
Schumacher has pretty much folded up his tent. He & his wife have said they have some serious health problems. I don't know if he is selling the business off, or not. That was the last I've seen or heard.
 
Demonracer said:
Schumacher has pretty much folded up his tent. He & his wife have said they have some serious health problems. I don't know if he is selling the business off, or not. That was the last I've seen or heard.
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Mike emailed me a couple of weeks ago..I was wanting one of his tach brackets but he told me he didn't know if or when he'd have any..He told me they were cutting back a lot on the business because his wife was recovering from cancer treatments and he wanted to spend as much time with her as possible.
 
Jim Lusk said:
No, but it all starts at the trans mount. Get the motor in straight from the trans and make up some mounts...
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That's my plan. From there, My plan is to make two "C" shaped brackets that bolt directly to the K frame on each side and accept the stock big block spool mounts. Should be pretty easy. Thanks to some kind members, I have the correct engine placement measurements off the K frame and each frame rail so it shouldn't be difficult.
 
SuperStock426 said:
Mike emailed me a couple of weeks ago..I was wanting one of his tach brackets but he told me he didn't know if or when he'd have any..He told me they were cutting back a lot on the business because his wife was recovering from cancer treatments and he wanted to spend as much time with her as possible.
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Best of luck to both of them. I really hope that things go well and they get the business back up and running. Real asset to the Mopar community.
 
I have the Transdapt slant 6 to RB mount kit. I have had nothing but issue getting things to work. Idk if it is something I am doing and not seeing or what. I had some ugly homemade mounts before but they worked, until one broke. My budget also was not there for the mount kit. So I decided to give these a whirl this time around. Now I have fought to get the headers to fit. 4 speed car so the bar adds a whole different level of trouble and the bell housing and torsion bar on the passenger side won't clear. I ended up having to dent the headers quite a bit to make things fit. I got it all back together and took it for a test run. The steering felt funky, so i brought it home and tossed it on the stands. Turns out the engine sits way lower and the center link hits the oil pan when turning right. now I have a golf ball size dent in the 187 oil pan. I can't shim the engine up due to the torsion bar to header clearance and the bar to header clearance. I hope I can figure something out this weekend. Id like to go beat on it soon. Otherwise my winter project will be swapping it back to a small block.

Good luck!!
 
Jim Lusk said:
No, but it all starts at the trans mount. Get the motor in straight from the trans and make up some mounts...
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Hey Jim are you going to start building them again? For a while you had stopped . Your advice last time I spoke to you was great and your video's are very informative. I have a set of those Schumacher mounts and they are close but the original Mopar style is spot on.
 
I'll build Direct Connection k-members if somebody asks. Cores are pretty much non-existent or too expensive so I stopped looking. I'm about to give my hot tank away so I won't have the easy cleaning capacity anymore. It was just taking up too much space for something I was using less than once a year. I never made enough money at it to make it a business venture.
 
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