Jerry Hey wrote:

Paul,  what do you think of using Tracy's .250 thick 2024 T3
plate/windage tray to provide a rear strut attach point?  The plate
would only stick out at the rear.  The forks that the rod end fits into
could be bolted to the plate.  No welding on 2024.  Jerry

Well 12 inches by 14 inches is 168 square inches .25 inch thick is
42 cubic inches .1 pound per cubic inch you have a 4.2 pound plate.
not counting the parts that stick out the back or any holes. At $10 a 
pound for new stuff that is  $50 or so. McMaster Carr 12 by 12 by 1/4 inch $57.
Now you have twice the possibility of oil leaks particularly at the back where
there could be some flexing going on.

You may not have seen Bill Schertz elegant solution to the rear motor
mount bracket. A few bucks worth of square steel tubing. You need an alternator
side mount bracket anyway.

Paul Lamar
 
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