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Originally Posted by Tomguy
It isn't rust, but metal fatigue. Essentially the engine is too heavy for the load put on the control arm mounts, so they separate from & crack at the tabs where the control arm mounts meet the subframe. Sometimes the holes open themselves. Since you plan on having about double the horsepower and a few extra pounds of engine, I would absolutely add the gussets to your subframe to prevent this.
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Thanks for posting but your selling my new engine short
It should have 3 times the horsepower!
I just replied to Fonzi with a pic and info on how I supported the bracket. And I hoping that I have increased the strength of the subframe and frame rails overall that there will be less movement/flex put on the control arm brackets.
I'm really hoping that because I pushed the new engine rearward, moved the battery to the rear, swapping out the steering box to rack and pinion, aluminum radiator, and other weight saving/moving strategies that the weight on the front axle will actually be less that it was before.