Got the motor set in and the front mounts made just need to be welded waiting on

some brackets for the trans crossmember which will also be the mount for the front 4 link mounts

 

Nice looking mounts, do they have rubber in them?

 

They are universal streetrod mounts speedway motors sells them

 

What are you doing about a oil pan. Will you be completely cutting the crossmember out and gabbing a new one?

 

I will be cutting the whole crossmember out not because of the oil pan but because i need the room for the upper link bars the 4x4 s10 don't have one there it is further forward but i will be building an oil pan like the case tractor pan

 

What happened to the older s-10? I like the mounts too, just a thought though. the vertical space for the mount does not leave much room for a mount change if you don't like your mounts ride qualities. an easy fix to raise the platform on the engine side before you get to far along. you can always add spacers to a low profile mount.
I am on my 3rd set of rubber mounts, I did not build in enough room to use the ford mounts most people like. I did try a special 4cyl diesel low profile rubber mount, and what a horrible racket they made. 1st set was a mb mount, a little too soft, then the hard as rock low profile mounts, Now I am using a transmission mount, they are pretty good.
thanks for the updates, and nice pictures

 

I am driving the older s10 daily just needed some more cab room i thought about the room for the mounts the ones i am using i can adjust how much pressure i put on them with the bolt i have used them on big block chevy streetrods with no problem so i figured they should work for this

 

Nice work so far! Keep updating the progress.

 

My brackets are here and started on the crossmember

 

I have the front link bars in just haven't taken pictures yet but the crossmember came out great