What a history this poor thing has. I bought an Atlas 4.3 from Mudjocky and Q-tec two years ago and had it sitting in the shop. A friend needed one quick so I sold mine to him and he replaced it with the same thing, again from Q-tec, and that one has sat in my project chassis for over a year now. Well I took it out and put it in a friend's TJ this week. We will be buying another one from Q-tec when I need one hoping that three times a charm for getting one into something for myself... Anyway, here are some pics:
http://www.the-jersey-devil.com/photopost/data/500/83TIMS_ATLAS_INSTALL_3_-med.JPG
Notice the custom mount. I made it so that the skid plate can be removed independantly of the trans and transfer case. We will be building a custom 4-link and belly up pan this winter so this is the best for now. He has a Skid Row engine skid that we did not want to delete at this point.
http://www.the-jersey-devil.com/photopost/data/500/83TIMS_ATLAS_INSTALL_1_-med.JPG
That tube has some complex bends in her and took some time to make...
http://www.the-jersey-devil.com/photopost/data/500/83TIMS_ATLAS_INSTALL-med.JPG

Thanks to Q-tec again for the smokin' deal and great customer support over the years. :cool:

Put a skid up there protect her from the rocks.

Put a skid up there protect her from the rocks.

Try reading instead of just looking at pictures.

I made it so that the skid plate can be removed independantly of the trans and transfer case. We will be building a custom 4-link and belly up pan this winter so this is the best for now.

I guess this was confusing, but yes, the stock crossmember was re-installed along with the existing Skid Row engine skid. With the mods being done this Winter we will be able to go flat and build a complete custom belly pan. This was all just done to get the Atlas in there for the remainder of the wheeling season.

I like the "dampening" on the end of the tube...Nice work, looks like some complex bends in there.

-Joe

Why not just move the catalytic converter instead of the spaghetti cross member? Oh, and more than a few people have had difficulties with that type of cross member, not having enough flex for the engine rotation. It may rip the tranny into pieces.

Put a stock style tranny mount under the tranny. There is not enough flex in the bushings at the end of the crossmember. You're risking cracking the tranny case. Do a search on this style crossmember, you'll see what we're talking about.
K