This was a customer's Cadillac showing a typical non Chevrolet Gen III/IV LS and you can apply the same logic to a Gen V LT engine swap. No welding required!

Most Dirty Dingo Motorsport conversion mounts are designed around Chevy motor mounts. If your car isn’t a Chevy, then a lot of the times you will end up using a weld-in a kit such as DD-LS-SR-WK-TABS or DD-LS-SR-WK-SQ.

Step 1: Acquire that dream car of yours and pull out the engine and find and an LS or LT engine.

Step 2: Mock up the motor with trans connected using the Dirty Dingo Motorsport conversion mounts. In this particular example the customer used an aftermarket clam shell rubber engine mount part number clam shell mounts  along with DD-3500C. If you have an LT GEN V which has a different bolt pattern, then you will need to use DD-6500C. Energy Suspension makes a polyurethane insert replacement which we sell here. 

Step 3: Make sure the engine is level and not tilted to one side or the other before marking the holes to drill.

Step 4: Verify you have clearance. This customer was thinking of notching his cross member to clear a low mount alternator, but then decided to move the engine forward for proper clearance.

Step 5: Once you have decided on the positioning mark the frame where you will be drilling holes. Remove the engine and drill holes for the new permanent location for your rubber motor mounts.

Measure twice, drill once.

Step 6: Don’t forget to clean and paint the frame before your final engine installation. If you purchased plain steel motor mounts, now is the time to paint those as well so they don’t rust.

Step 7: Bolt that engine up and enjoy!