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Originally Posted by ETriggs
I bought a handful of grade 8 3/8 that are 1 inch, it seems like the center bolts need to be shorter than that. I’m using 3/16” thick angle as the mount.
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If you plan to build the engine with all it's components, it will weigh around 500 lbs (depending on heads, manifold, etc). I would not hang that much weight on 3/16 angle iron - I would want a thickness of at least 1/4" - and probably 3/8" if I was making the exhaust mounted setup.