FYI, before I had 1/4 inch clearance, I currently only have 1/16th clearance..

 

that sounds about right...

 

Yeah the 1/4 inch of clearance, not the 1/16th I have right now..

The turbo is so close that if I turn the car left at even 2 miles per hour the turbo rubs the frame rail... It also rubs every time in second gear, no matter how soft I am on the throttle.

 

I was thinking that it sounded right to have less with new mounts

 

The OEM transmission mount isn't known to break, then again, compared with an Innovative transmission mount replacement, the OEM one looks weak and substandard.

+1 | 75A FI or NA. The 65A have been known to sag and continual reports indicate that this is still ever present. Chalk and cheese once the factory OEM mounts are replaced. One mod I can call, best bang for the buck.

 

I was reading in a PDF version of our manual that the mounts need to be installed in a certain procedure... It stated that vibrations and mount failure can occur if done improperly.
I did not follow this procedure (I cant find my manual right now) and I am now thinking that this caused the motor to shift slightly or not sit right causing my issues.

It states that the passenger side is done first and that the top bolt must be tightened first and then the bottom four bolts that hold it to the motor. This is followed by doing the drivers side, but the manual is not clear how to do that side and only says tighten the top bolt. There is no reference of when the two bottom nuts are to be tightened or when the drivers side 4 bolts are to be installed (Before or after the top bolt is tightened down).
Thanks Honda for such a shitty incomplete manual!

Anyone have an idea of the full correct procedure?

 

Is this coming from the Helms manual? I can look at mine if youre using some other Honda manual.

 

In the Helms manual it states to do it this way. Install the engine mount to the engine with the 4 green bolts on the drivers side and TQ them to 28 ft lbs. Then drop the engine into place with the passenger engine mount off the engine (I guess this mean set the drivers side engine mount into place on the rubber mount portion that you replaced thats already on the K member). Next, put the passenger side engine mount onto the engine with the yellow bolts and then drop the engine down onto the passenger side rubber mount and put the nut on but dont tighten anything yet. Now, tighten the nut on the mount on the passenger side to 40 ft lbs and then tighten the four yellow bolts that bolt the engine mount to engine to 28 ft lbs. Lastly, tighten the drivers side nut to 40 ft lbs.

 

my passenger side melted after 25-30k miles from being boosted.
That was on my old UR turbo kit
on my new setup I was doing some work on the car and was gonna have the motor up anyway so I figured I'd buy a passenger side motor mount while I was at it. Sure enough when I took it out it fell apart in half like in the picture on page 1
driver side was ok though. The exhaust side is just too close I think.

 

Thanks Spoolin, much appreciated.

When I did it I had replaced the passenger side first and bolted the mount to the engine and then the bolt on top. I then discovered that the drivers side was also toast so I then put that in two days later.. I was also tightening everything WITH the jack still under the motor in all steps. I'm going to loosen/ remove the appropriate bolts and try the sequence that you provided me.

Again many thanks.