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Originally Posted by HWYSTR455
Mine I had to shuffle the engine around some and it was tight. It wouldn't drop down until it was perfectly square over the mounts.
On the IA2, I had to slightly grind the square part over the top of the mount, it hit the slight bend at the top of the engine mount. And that was with Anchor mounts. When I did the Torque Loc ones it was tight, but just had to make sure it was square lowering down.
I had a similar issue with the Anchor mounts on a 69 400 block before, so did the same to the IA2 before it went into a car. Maybe that's why I had luck with the torque loc ones?
Not sure, but may go back and look at it. You might be able to wob the engine mount bolt holes so the mounts sit lower on the engine. Lower on the 'V' would make it closer together. A tenth of an inch isn't much.
If there's some rubber built up in the hole, that might also be a problem.
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A tenth of an inch is enough to cause trouble. The factory ones are a close fit. Tighten it up by a tenth of and inch and there is a problem. Never in my decades of removing and installing Pontiac motors in anything have I come across this problem. Whoever designed these dropped the ball big time. If anything they should have made them on the wide side. Tightening the bolt would have tightened up any slop. Typical of the crap that the aftermarket puts out lately.