mongomcg Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 (edited) Ideas? Suggestions? Pics or drawings? Any help is appreciated.I am ready to put my car up on the rotisserie. The back mounting points are obvious (I think) - attaching at same points the rear bumper reinforcement brackets mount.Here (passenger side)...and here (driver side)...The front is a different story. I am sure I don't want to use the front bumper mounts - they just appear too flimsy...I'd like to get back to where the k-member mounts...But the radiator support prevents going directly underneath (yellow) and the lip around it gets in the way of tying into the side of the frame rail (red).I could shim the frame rail side top get past the lip, or I could fab some kind of plate to tie into the k-member location. It's a long reach to the k-member spot, so I'm worried about twisting the plate - or worse, the frame rail.Ideas? Suggestions? Pics or drawings? Any help is appreciated.:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb: Edited October 28, 2013 by mongomcg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 What does the rotisserie look like? If I can get an idea of what you're mounting it too I can probably come up with something for yah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongomcg Posted October 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Here's the rotisserieCloser view and description here... http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Auto-SPINS-SIMPLE-POSITION-IN-SECONDS-RotisserieI also have the accessory kit...Closer views and decriptions here... http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Auto-SPINS-Rotisserie-Adapter-KitThanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeahloh95 Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 i would think the bumper mounts would be fine is the car gutted how much is left inside ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1997cobra Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 not much help to you, but welcome to the source. Where at in michigan are you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 All the early model cars I have seen mounted at CJ'S use the front bumper mounts. I don't see why that would be bad. The weld directly to the rad support/ frame... That's where I would do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongomcg Posted October 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Thanks for the replies, gents. It looks like I will be attempting the front bumper mounts. I was told they are definitely beefier than I thought. The interior is still full. I will be taking out the seats and looking for new leather to replace the cloth, and probably a homemade rear seat delete in favor of doing something cool with the sound system - but that's way down the road.1997 Cobra, I am in Brighton.I hope to complete major work on my playhouse by next weekend - finishing wiring and plumbing the air system for the compressor. The lift is in - yay! Then I can mount the SN95 and move it in. I will be posting pics when I get it mounted up - fingers crossed for no overtime this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1997cobra Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 nice, youre not far from a few of us on here..im sure we'll see you around sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 you mean the crush supports or where those mount to the core support? Those are made to compress and bend too absorb impact I would be afraid that they would bend when you turned it. When I dropped my car off to have the cur support fixed he pointed out that some time some where that someone had backed my car up under the core support as once it was stripped you could see the bend it made on the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongomcg Posted October 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Those are made to compress and bend too absorb impact I would be afraid that they would bend when you turned it.Good point, and just what I was thinking when I started this thread. Arrrgh! :confused: I don't want to be the guy that finds out the bumper supports are not strong enough because that would suck and be really expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Id make some gussets and put em on the bumper supports. That way you have a little more support there from bending them. That or make up some brackets that go to the side of the supports and tie back to the k member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongomcg Posted October 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Well, I emailed the friendly folks at CJ Pony Parts and they responded with good news - the front bumper mounts are indeed the correct spot to hang this thing on a rotisserie. James Rice was generous enough to share this info...Good afternoon.. I will level with you, I view your inquisition in the same light.. it does look like a weakened area for hanging the body.. however, that is the correct mounting for that chassis.. as with it on the rotisserie, there will be no weight (engine, radiator etc) on the front of the car reducing hanging dead weight 500-800lbs and the mounting will be where the impact bumper mounts would be which are quite stout in a collision so you will be sound in the mounting there.. as an added safety or for piece of mind, you can make a support structure for the support during the time the car is not in motion on the rotisserie kinda like using jackstands when working on the car.. of course it is always viable you could create a mount to attach to the forward mount of the k member.. on the 94-98 cars and fox bodies too, many will drop engine/trans all at 1 time by dropping it attached to the k member to begin with so as stated earlier losing 500-800 off the front of the car ..I hope this helps.. thank youThanks to James and the CJ Pony Parts experts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Glad to see you got a good answer! Cjpp are all pretty good dudes....aside from that [MENTION=270]Steve@CJPP[/MENTION] guy..... :suspect: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve@CJPP Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Glad to see you got a good answer! Cjpp are all pretty good dudes....aside from that @Steve@CJPP guy..... :suspect::shiftyeyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
