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I had been experiencing some engine movement for a while and coming off power the engine would move alot.
so started out, lifted the car up, positioned the engine crane and then began the work
well about an hour into it all, i had undone the near side (passenger side) mount and lowered the subframe, however i was inturupted by Jay (lucky77) with my pint of milk, even though i wanted a Litre of it
after i had fixed his bonnet catch and sent him on his merry way. i carried on so i removed the first mount, on looking at it i was pleased to see that it was not in very good condition. (f"$%ed to be accurate)
So i then carried on and started to remove the offside(drivers side) mount. as i did this i noticed something seriously wrong, it was in two parts
see what you think , buggered ??
No wonder the engine was moving under acceleration and deceleration, guess 410 ftlbs of torque is not so good to 135k engine mounts
So anyway onto the Innovative engine mounts,
I had done some research on them for a while and noticed a few guys in the USA had been using them and they have also been used alot on ep3 and tegs so i thought what the hell
They come in 4 different specs,
street 60a
track75a
race 85a
extreme 95a
I had seen and read about a few of the guys had the 60a (street) mounts, but they had changed them to the 75a(track) later down the line. easy to do, u just by the inner mount itself ie like pressing in and out of a bush.
So on reflection i decided due to the power i have, and that i am going to be doing Spa this year and maybe a few other tracks i decided to go for the 75a
To my surprise when i opened the box i thought hell they are solid, heavy and much bigger than i thought they would be
here are the pics, sorry on quality of these they were done on iphone
The box of goodie 2 x engine mounts 1 x transmision mount
engine mounts
Transmision mount
So once the engine mounts were fitted i fitted the transmission mount, and have to say my transmission mounts had seen better days, i had a new stock trans mount next to me , no flex, mine was like jelly
So i am sure you all want to know what they are like to drive with .....
Well one thing i noticed straight away, for years my gear shifter used to wobble about, now... Nothing, perfectly still , changing gear is slick, smooth, no more notchyness, when under hard acceleration before due to the engine movement and transmission mounts it would not always smoothly centre itself when you went from 2nd to 3rd but now, straight in line everything about it was awesome
as for the engine mounts, yes they are hard, however they need a few weeks to bed in but atm there is some engine vibration but the car puts down the power better, no more coming off the power and feeling the engine move about
well i need some more time driving with them, but first impressions the car feels great
They are very well made and not as heavy as they look, glad you got them finished.Be interesting to see how stiff they are once they are all bedded in.
Just seen this, the new mounts look quite different to the old(engine) mounts, so instead of the mounts attaching with the two long studs do you bolt it using separate bolts now.? Sorry a little stupid in the am's.
Engine mounts
