Even if you found a 50-60 year old car, still in factory shrink wrap, in the back of a dealer's storage area, some "original-phile" is gonna find a litter of nits to pick. Make it yours, have fun. (if it were a near correct car, in fine shape, to begin with...)
I really like the idea of the brake line on the firewall. I re-did all mine to the OEM position and even with the front clip off and engine out the job still kinda sucked. Did you just put a "T" in there to get to the drivers side front?
The way my disc brake conversion came, I have 3 outlest from the proportioning valve. 1 to the rear and 2 to the front. One went to each front caliper.
Ive got 4 wheel drums on the '64 and was thinking a "T" somewhere near the top and a plug in the extra hole in the distribution block. No prop valve on this on. Its converted from a single master cylinder to dual for safety sake. Just makes sense.
Valid point Lucas, my car is a street cruiser car. I just think the engine shakes a little bit more than it should and eventually it may shred a motor mount? Are there stiffer rubber mounts available that still distribute the vibration but firms it up a bit?
That I don't know about for your Riv, but I bet the somebody here can answer you. For common cars like Camaros, Chevelles, Mustangs, and such, there's a lot of different motor mount options. Just think about how much your engine moves around, then transfer all that motion directly to your chassis with your springs and shocks acting as the vibration dampers instead of your motor mounts. Kind of like if you're sitting in your car without it running and start swaying your body back and forth, your body weight alone can get the whole car moving back and forth. You get the idea of how bad your car will shake and vibe.
Yes I'm hearing ya! I think I'll maybe looked for a new set of stock mounts as I'm sure the ones in there are the originals from 69.
And this is where it started. Kind of explains it well. https://www.autosafety.org/chevrolet-motor-mounts/ Theres no reason to not get creative. You will need some movement as Luke said; a chunk of chain will work, but why not make something nice?
Correct it only cruises at WOT, other than that its idle........well burn out is about 1/4-1/2 throttle for those few seconds.