Need help with LS3 install
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Racer
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Need help with LS3 install
I'm having a clearance issue with the passenger side motor mount bracket. The LS3 has an extra bolt hole, and that is preventing my mount bracket from lining up. I have pictures attached. Suggestions please
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Racer
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thx for the help
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I know this will not be a popular response(knowing how some on this forum love to grind and hack).....but if that is you concern, then have it machined....so you don't have to worry about crack propagation.
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see on my above post. there is nothing it effects. ive done my 416, and a 440. both drag race, and on slicks, not the amature crap most do. 0 problems. AND...if it did break, you spend 80 bucks on a new one, and not grind on a multi thousand dollar motor. And to get that boss down far enough for the mount to fit, it would be dangerously close to getting way to thin
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see on my above post. there is nothing it effects. ive done my 416, and a 440. both drag race, and on slicks, not the amature crap most do. 0 problems. AND...if it did break, you spend 80 bucks on a new one, and not grind on a multi thousand dollar motor. And to get that boss down far enough for the mount to fit, it would be dangerously close to getting way to thin
Still doesn't change the fact that cutting the mount bracket compromises more of the structure than removing the boss off the block. It’s not as scary 
as you might think.
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ripping off the line would be the most dramatic force to it. and most here just go run on street tires is all I meant. But, to each their own!
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Cliff, the LS3 Corvette engine mount, part #10349965 for the passenger side might work. The only issue that I'm not sure about is if the LS3 mount will or will not interfere with the a/c compressor mounting used with the LS1 configuration. I believe the mount list for around $80.
People have the choice to cut the bracket, remove the boss from the block, or go with a different mount. Any of these methods will get the job done and it becomes a personal choice. There may be aftermarket mounts that would add to the choices. For me, I would go with removing the boss off of the block, and maintaining the mount intact and save the $80.
Update: I did a little more checking, there should not be any issue with a/c compressor. In fact, changing to the LS3 mount might be the best choice.
People have the choice to cut the bracket, remove the boss from the block, or go with a different mount. Any of these methods will get the job done and it becomes a personal choice. There may be aftermarket mounts that would add to the choices. For me, I would go with removing the boss off of the block, and maintaining the mount intact and save the $80.
Update: I did a little more checking, there should not be any issue with a/c compressor. In fact, changing to the LS3 mount might be the best choice.
Last edited by Eric D; Dec 15, 2009 at 05:02 PM. Reason: Did some more checking.
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