Mike Pienaar wrote:

Paul,

Could you please clarify a few details in your last "Starter Location" posting.

Do you envisage that this plate that attaches to the motor mount replaces Tracy's 
current plate and that he then cuts a new plate to the revised "outside" dimensions?

I don't know what Tracy is going to do. I will discuss it with him at Copper State.
He is fond of the "plate under the engine above the oil pan" type mount. 
This scheme  would be less work for everybody Tracy included as he has to 
make a plate for the redrive anyway. It is only a little more work and a little more
material cost to make the plate like this. You will not beat the cost 
of the Barry industrial mounts used with this scheme at about $7 each.

Normally in a car the transmission would locate on the dowels in the engine block. 
How does Tracy's redrive locate to ensure that it is centred?

Tracy's  spacer blocks are counter bored for the hollow dowel pins. 
Two of these spools are also counter bored. The lower left and the upper 
right. This would also work with the spacer blocks Tracy is now supplying
and without the rolled 1/8 sheet aluminum. I think the spool and rolled aluminum
trick would be cheaper as the aluminum sheet, unlike aluminum blocks,  can 
be sheared out and rolled quickly. It might even be stiffer torsional speaking.

Paul Lamar
 
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