3500 upper dogbone mount

[LZeppelin513]

I am putting a 3500 into my fiero and am deciding if i want to low mount the alternator and put a dogbone high like the factory fiero set-up, or if i want to leave alternator alone and make a low engine mount.

My main concern is that the high dogbone would only be bolted to the aluminum head. I am also planning on boosting later down the road.

Could the added stress on the aluminum head make for a head gasket eating engine?

Thanks,
Blake

[bszopi]

Get a dogbone bracket from a W-body or a van or SUV (Rendezvous, for example). It is super heavy duty, and bolts to the side of the head as well as on the block.

[LZeppelin513]

Get a dogbone bracket from a W-body or a van or SUV (Rendezvous, for example). It is super heavy duty, and bolts to the side of the head as well as on the block.

I saw those in a yard and was considering them. The passanger side mount bolts to head and block, but driver only bolts to head.

I was steering away from this though because it looks like it wound interfere with the stock 3500 manifolds or a set of headers, but I could probably mod it to work. Also, I would think that it would still be applying a fair amount of force to the aluminum head... But idk...just speculating.

Thanks for the recomendation.
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Any other thoughts

[LZeppelin513]

Does anyone know if the passenger dogbone would bolt up to the aft facing side of the motor?