front and or mid plate
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front and or mid plate
Who does or does not run a front plate or front and mid or just a mid?
mudtrucker- Posts : 160
Join date : 2009-11-18
Location : Lancaster,Ohio
Re: front and or mid plate
I run both front & rear plates in my truck.
F - 1/4" 6061 aluminum
R - 1/8" mild steel
Do it once,.....Do it right.
F - 1/4" 6061 aluminum
R - 1/8" mild steel
Do it once,.....Do it right.
Copperhead- Posts : 492
Join date : 2009-09-05
Age : 53
Location : Pikeville, KY
Re: front and or mid plate
Agreed! I run both plates
F = 1/4" alum
R = 1/4" alum
F = 1/4" alum
R = 1/4" alum
kjett- Posts : 1169
Join date : 2009-09-15
Location : Virginia
Re: front and or mid plate
I ran just a front plate on the Banana, with a regular trans mount in the rear. But I wasn't bouncin' through the mud either. I would run both in a mud rig.
Doug...
Doug...
ThndrChkn- Posts : 2216
Join date : 2008-12-04
Age : 57
Location : Helena, Montana
Re: front and or mid plate
I ran both 3/16 stainless steel front and jegs special mid(not sure about thickness, and because of the transfercase i still had the rear trans mount in mine also.
lghting94- Posts : 762
Join date : 2008-12-16
Location : Vine Grove Kentucky
Re: front and or mid plate
Probably a very obvious question, but how is the increased length added by the midplate taken up? Does the torque convertor just not slide in the trans as far? or are there spacers for the flexplate? I've always wondered how that added thickness of the midplate is handled.
460bronco- Posts : 364
Join date : 2010-04-07
Age : 39
Location : Meridian, Ms
Re: front and or mid plate
my midplate came with a spacer to put beind the flexplate, but you still need to check and make sure your convertor clearance is correct
lghting94- Posts : 762
Join date : 2008-12-16
Location : Vine Grove Kentucky
Re: front and or mid plate
When I ordered my converter I told them what thickness mid plate I was using and it came all ready to go with no spacers behind the flexplate. My tranny guy said if I need ed to take up slack, thin flat washers between the converter and the flexplate would also work if I didn't want to pull the motor again.
kjett- Posts : 1169
Join date : 2009-09-15
Location : Virginia
Re: front and or mid plate
The red bronco has 1/4" aluminum front plate and 1/8" steel mid plate. We still run the factory trans mount and it seems to be a good setup.
prosandguy- Posts : 186
Join date : 2009-09-22
Age : 49
Location : Holland, MI
Re: front and or mid plate
Forgive my ignorance on this guys. I've never been really paid much attention to using plates before but probably will when I start building a strait frame this summer. Does the mid plate take the place of the factory block plate? And how are they mounted to the frame? Just a piece of angle with a bolt hole welded to the frame and a bolt through them?
Is there anything else that needs to be taken into consideration when running plates like front accessories and such?
Thanks,
Dave S.
Is there anything else that needs to be taken into consideration when running plates like front accessories and such?
Thanks,
Dave S.
wvmudder- Posts : 139
Join date : 2009-08-09
Age : 49
Location : Wild, Wonderful, WV
Mid Plates
Where can I get an 1/8" mid plate that is as wide as the frame rails on the 80's-90's trucks? I believe 39-3/4" outside to outside.
AP
AP
Re: front and or mid plate
S&W racecars has them. Or you can do what I did and go buy a piece of 1/4" aluminum plate, lay your old 1/8" plate down as a template and cut the new one out.
kjett- Posts : 1169
Join date : 2009-09-15
Location : Virginia
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