V-8 swap plates from ebay

[Big Puddin]

thought I had this solved, but still struggling. Recently bought some nice thick plates on ebay for reasonable price of $40, that bolt to 4.0 mounts for V-8 swap (my truck is 2003 supercab). One of the plates has sort of a ledge made into it, other has a cutout (which I presumed was for steering shaft clearance?). Are there any photos of conversions that show which plate goes which side? I'm not getting my engine back towards firewall as much as I want and I'm not getting it to sit down on both motor mounts, if I get it sitting on one, studs aren't long enough on other, and engine still not as far back as I think it could go, AND I've got oil pan sitting on crossmember. So, I HAVE to go back and lower, THANK YOU, Big Puddin

 

[Big Puddin]

Got it bolted down now. Had to disconnect driveshaft and trans crossmember and wiggle very soundly on trans tailshaft to get motor to set down good on mounts.

 

[Jbrown1238]

thought I had this solved, but still struggling. Recently bought some nice thick plates on ebay for reasonable price of $40, that bolt to 4.0 mounts for V-8 swap (my truck is 2003 supercab). One of the plates has sort of a ledge made into it, other has a cutout (which I presumed was for steering shaft clearance?). Are there any photos of conversions that show which plate goes which side? I'm not getting my engine back towards firewall as much as I want and I'm not getting it to sit down on both motor mounts, if I get it sitting on one, studs aren't long enough on other, and engine still not as far back as I think it could go, AND I've got oil pan sitting on crossmember. So, I HAVE to go back and lower, THANK YOU, Big Puddin

Depending on your application and what oil pan you are using you may need to use a few spacers/washers between the plates and the engine. I had to use them on mine, 99 2wd coil spring Ranger. I know a few others that had to use them as well to keep the oil pan off the power steering rack.

I have the photos of the engine plates mounted in my build thread but it may be easier to just e-mail them to you as my thread is pretty long with a lot of pages.

The thread is, "One more 2wd 98 coil spring 5.0 swap"

 

[Big Puddin]

Its been decades since I remember wagging a transmission tail shaft to get an engine to set down. I had honestly forgotten it and it came back to me. But I would never have gotten it until I removed my C6 crossmember and driveshaft. It was only then I could wag the trans tailshaft with vigor.
I went as far back as I could and have plenty cylinder head clearance I believe. Would have liked to went back further but ran out of driveshaft. Not wanting to have it cut I quit. My oil pan is tighter than I'd prefer. I would have also preferred max clearance up front. It's tight...
Have to clean block and install heads, alum edelbrock intake, Holley 600 vacuum secondaries, 1 wire HEI distributor, then figure my headers. I'm glad I pulled inner fenders to work things easier, and I'm glad removed the hood to ease working and seeing.