well thanks yet again to the overkill of the 442.....

my tube chassis/adjustable axle centerline mounts are alot closer to finished, (5 bracket assemblies in all, 4 corner mounting and the engine to diff), in fact the only one not done is the engine mount bracket though the last mockup piece was perfect so im ready to hew that bugger out of 1" plate.
interestingly enough...the fiero guys are gonna love it.
i got the same bracket to function in 4 different ways:

its the engine mount to the chassis., full pan access, i want full serviceability on all my junk
for our rear engine its the mount for the front exhaust passthrough for the rear engine bay, the exhaust is easily removed at the track and routes below the damper/pan/diff where the OEM subframe would be. lol
relay panel mount. since the powerplants are meant to be self contained units, all module controls/outputs will be integral. that way only a minimum of connections are required to the 442's primary power system.

and last but certainly not least.....

ready?


wait ....ferrrr......it.........

its also an integral low mount alternator/compressor mount/tensioner.

yes, you read that right, our rear engine is only running an alternator (cs 144/horizontal bolt alternators only) we needed a way to tension the belt, sure its really damn short, and may only be available in 5 rib....but its now a mechanical tensioner, but no prybar required, just a 3/8ths square drive to turn the adjustment to tension the belt and tighten the two bolts to either side, and then bolt down the rear brace.

wanna know the sweetest part?
it works with and mounts the back end of the oem w body compressor and clear the AC lines.

since 3rd is gone in my new compG beater ive mulled it over a little....i might....maybe......probably just tapshift from 2nd to 4th for evermore....maybe possibly swap an 80e into it....then i can double check some of this stuff....but for the most part the custom guys have a solution

meh, we'll see

maybe one of you bottom feeders will get a chance at some scratched up prototype ****