Hey guys, just looking around getting ideas for what route I want to take the Galant and noticed a difference in the motor mount on the driverside on the 1g's compared to the 2gs... 1g being like an L shape around the timing cover. Also, noticed a few without the L. Is it common to swap over to a 2g mount or do people modify the stock mount by cutting off the L portion. Figure if it's a free modification and cleans things up by not looking so clunky I might go about doing it. That is of course as long as it doesn't effect the integrity of the mount.
Common swap on the Wbody's is to ditch the passenger side dogbone motor mount/coil pack bracket for one off an H-body (ie, Bonneville, Park Avenue), which doesn't have the dogbone mount portion and simply holds the coil packs. Downside to this, is under high horsepower applications the driverside mount (cast aluminum, passenger side being cast iron)) will snap causing the motor to fall back into the firewall. Usually taking the DP and axles out in the process.
Common swap on the Wbody's is to ditch the passenger side dogbone motor mount/coil pack bracket for one off an H-body (ie, Bonneville, Park Avenue), which doesn't have the dogbone mount portion and simply holds the coil packs. Downside to this, is under high horsepower applications the driverside mount (cast aluminum, passenger side being cast iron)) will snap causing the motor to fall back into the firewall. Usually taking the DP and axles out in the process.
