[NoVa-Corvairs] FC rear engine bracket

[Greg Walthour]

Rory/Bryan:  If you have a photo or can scan a photo of the correct bracket, I may have one...  Thanks!  Greg

>     On 04/18/2022 2:26 PM Rory via Novacc-list <novacc-list at corvair.org> wrote:
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> 
>     Bryan,
> 
>     Thanks for the update. This will make it easier to locate the proper bracket for my Rampside. 
> 
>     If course, thanks for all of your help on Saturday. One more thing done but another added to the never ending list. 
> 
>     Rory
> 
>     On Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 10:52 AM Bryan Blackwell via Novacc-list <novacc-list at corvair.org mailto:novacc-list at corvair.org > wrote:
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>         > > Hi folks,
> > 
> >         During the Saturday meeting we discussed the rear toe adjustment for FCs, and I brought up that the rear bracket is incorrect on Rampy and that is likely throwing off the rear toe.  I had the right answer, but the details were a bit fuzzy, so I dug up the e-mail on the subject.  Here's the deal:
> > 
> >         The '64 car bracket is not exactly the same as a '64/'65 FC mount - Chevy moved the engine mount bolt back about 3/8" to allow for the balancer + a/c pulley on the cars (there's a photo of the two car mounts in the Corvair Underground catalog) while the FC continued with the '60 style mount (no a/c in an FC).  What this means is if the engine was installed with the '64 car bracket you can run out of adjustment for toe, since that's done by moving the engine/trans pack back via shims at the transmission mounting bar.  If the engine has a solid pulley the '60 - '63 car engine bracket will work fine, but with a balancer there isn't enough room to change the belt.  The '64 or '65 FC bracket is the best fit, as it was made for an FC with a balancer on the engine.
> > 
> >         The other thing to watch out for are the bolts to the trans bracket.  The driver's side has a 3/8" "special spacer" (Clark's part # C9387) for the driver's side.  This is really nothing more than a really thick washer (3/8" thick).
> > 
> >         --Bryan
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