Extraneous stuff hacked off, ready to be surgically altered to hold a Cummins. There's pro's & con's to choosing to go with the OEM engine mount. One 'pro' is that you can leave the chassis support for the port-side mount in place and use it as is. One potential 'con' is that I'm not an engineer so there's considerable uncertainty (risk) that goes with this route. So I'm thinking 'over-build' to mitigate the extra torque and 400-lbs that the 12-valve brings to the party. Preliminary measurement dictated that the center section of the main beam needed to be lowered about 7" to allow clearance for the oil pan. What follows is how I addressed that.
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