Engine mounting

[Hillbilly]

I pulled my Olds 455 out and now I have a 427 chevy.The olds had a
three point engine mount on it.The bellhousing had legs on the back
of it which attached to the jet drive.Where can I find the same three
point engine mounts and bellhouse to fit the 427 or do I have to mount
it a different way.:confused:

[bakerjet]

you might try ebay, but if your not on a real tight budget then buy a rail kit

[camoman]

Check with Tom at Jet boat performance;)

[Jetaholic]

Go rail mount. Makes engine removal very simple and it's the strongest way to mount any engine.

[Hillbilly]

How does a rail mount bolt down to the floor and how do you line the motor
up.

[BrendellaJet]

The railkit mounts to the stringers using minimum 1/4 inchX2.5X2.5 angle. I would install these parallel to the tops of the stringers. You level the motor by trimming the bottoms of the motor plates. Try some searches as this has been covered in really good detail in the past.

[Jetaholic]

The "rails" are basically to strips of angle aluminum (mine are 6061 T6 3/8" thick aluminum) and the motor has motor plates bolted to it. The bottoms of the motor plates sit on the rails and aluminum blocks are used to bolt the motor down to the rails.
Here's a pic of mine.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34433&stc=1&d=1183684508

[Hillbilly]

I dont have stringers in my sleekcraft.Does anybody have a picture of some
thing similar of what Im talking about.Thanks for the help!!

[BrendellaJet]

I dont have stringers in my sleekcraft.Does anybody have a picture of some
thing similar of what Im talking about.Thanks for the help!!
How is the enging mounted? I thought every boat had stringers.

[DelawareDave]

I dont have stringers in my sleekcraft.Does anybody have a picture of some
thing similar of what Im talking about.Thanks for the help!!
Is your boat your avatar? Tunnel hull? If you had a 3 point mount to start with, where was the front mount attached? How about a pic of where the engine was?

[DelawareDave]

Here is my tunnel hull when I first put the rails in.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/3062Rail-1.JPG

[88TahitiJet]

Does somebody have a link to a website or something that sells the rails. I've been looking into investing in them since my current engine mounts are starting to eat into the sides of my stringers. Thanks.

[brad22]

Does somebody have a link to a website or something that sells the rails. I've been looking into investing in them since my current engine mounts are starting to eat into the sides of my stringers. Thanks.
Even though his website aint that great Lightning can make whatever you need at reasonable prices http://www.boatheaders.com/index.htm Or any worthy local boat shop can make them for you.
Brad

[ironman44bear]

Does somebody have a link to a website or something that sells the rails. I've been looking into investing in them since my current engine mounts are starting to eat into the sides of my stringers. Thanks.
for what motor ???

[Hillbilly]

The in side of my boat looks just like you have except I dont have the "2
stringers you have. Just 3/4 flooring.

[Jetaholic]

The in side of my boat looks just like you have except I dont have the "2
stringers you have. Just 3/4 flooring.
In that case you would install stringers in the boat. I'm sure there are a few people on the boards that can guide you in doing this. It will involve some fiberglass work.

[Jetaholic]

for what motor ???
If ya would've looked at the first post you would've seen that he has a destroked 454 :D

[BUSBY]

http://www.***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154633

[BigBlockOldsJet]

Stringers, we don't need no stinking stringers

[DelawareDave]

Hillbilly- post up a pic so we can get an idea of what you have. If you cant post one, then send a pic email to someone to post for you.

[BUSBY]

Stringers, we don't need no stinking stringers
that's what I was thinking :D who needs stringers anyways!

[BUSBY]

Hillbilly- post up a pic so we can get an idea of what you have. If you cant post one, then send a pic email to someone to post for you.
you can e-mail a pic (or pics) to me and I'll post them up for you ...
brian@socalracefuels.com

[adaml]

Hillbilly, What are you going to do with that 455?

[Hillbilly]

Sell everthing -Headers,motor,mounts,msd dist,drive shaft

[Jetaholic]

Keep the driveshaft. Driveshafts are not application specific. Only the driveshaft adapters are.