Have your Engine Mounts Done This ??

C J R · January 12, 2013, 06:24:24 PM

So, I replaced stock engine mounts 18 months ago with a pair of polyurethane mounts.

This is what the turbo side mount looks like !! :3Confused

So to avoid a repeat, I\'ve replaced these with Aluminium Mounts.

Chris

marky · January 12, 2013, 06:30:36 PM

My noltec ones did the same, there should be a heat shield on the o/s mount to prevent this happening. Only found this out after it melted down by about 10mm

Brett · January 12, 2013, 06:56:01 PM

Whats the vibration like with the solid mounts?

tinker-27 · January 13, 2013, 05:09:01 PM

Poly mounts always fall to bits , it never bonds as well as rubber . And they have no interlock to work against ,

C J R · January 13, 2013, 07:54:58 PM

Quote from: Brett;847344Whats the vibration like with the solid mounts?

Brett,
Haven\'t driven the FD yet since fitting the mounts. I\'ll let you know next weekend.

Chris

Panjy · January 14, 2013, 07:23:23 AM

Bl**dy heck - didn\'t realise the poly mounts melted :eek

I was going to buy a set in a couple of weeks as well.

Looks like i\'ll have to bite the bullet & go for the vibra technics ones now then.

C J R · January 14, 2013, 07:27:46 AM

Quote from: Panjy;847496Bl**dy heck - didn\'t realise the poly mounts melted :eek

I was going to buy a set in a couple of weeks as well.

Looks like i\'ll have to bite the bullet & go for the vibra technics ones now then.

Can you post up your review of the vibra technics mounts when you have used them for a short while.

Thanks
Chris

Grizzly · January 14, 2013, 03:11:05 PM

I\'ve just bought a set or Irperformance Engine mounts....... Kind of hoping this fail was heat related, i read loads of reviews before i bought and nothing sugested they fall to bits :o

C J R · January 14, 2013, 03:19:09 PM

Quote from: Grizzly;847533 I\'ve just bought a set or Irperformance Engine mounts....... Kind of hoping this fail was heat related, i read loads of reviews before i bought and nothing sugested they fall to bits :o

Difficult to say whether it was solely due to heat. Certainly heat will be a big contributing factor on my FD as the heat shield is not fitted and the car is used on track.

Chris

Grizzly · January 14, 2013, 03:33:53 PM

Yeh i remember your video

with the flames

O well mine are some where over the Atlantic so i\'ll give them a whirl and just make sure i have the Cover still on the steel arm...

Prof · January 14, 2013, 04:34:27 PM

We don\'t seem to get this problem on the FC - probably because our engine mounts are on the centre iron and further away from the turbo\'s hotside. I\'ve also kept my heatshield.

I went for solid Nylon mounts, they don\'t transmit much noise from the engine, but they were no good on the gearbox - I went back to the rubber mounts on there.

Grant Monkhouse · January 14, 2013, 04:54:39 PM

I have bolted my engine straight to the Rx4 cross member. No engine mounts to melt:)

Panjy · January 14, 2013, 05:35:51 PM

QuoteCan you post up your review of the vibra technics mounts when you have used them for a short while.

Will do. Won\'t be for a while though as car is a good year away from being on the road

Grizzly · January 14, 2013, 08:40:14 PM

Quote from: Prof;847546We don\'t seem to get this problem on the FC - probably because our engine mounts are on the centre iron and further away from the turbo\'s hotside.

Don\'t take this the wrong way but you don\'t see many 500hp FC\'s, the heat you get round the Turbo area is mad when there on Full chat. I would imagen the FC Engine mount is atualy Closer to the Turbo Hot side/Manifold.

marcusd666 · June 30, 2013, 10:53:48 PM

Chris, just a little off topic and my be a stupid question but can the engine mounts be changed with out removing the engine ?