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Old 08-08-2011, 02:31 AM
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Tranny/Engine mounts?

I want to keep the vibration as close to stock as possible, but also want to try to eliminate as much engine movement as possible. I assume stage 1 mounts would be the best, but can someone tell me how they ride (my car is my DD). Also, which mounts do you recommend? (ottp, zzp, etc.?)
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You cant really have both, its either one or the pther, and mounts that reduce engine movement will increase vib in the cab. but i would go with John Powell Mounts....waiting for mine right now actually!
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Originally Posted by Chuckd07
You cant really have both, its either one or the pther, and mounts that reduce engine movement will increase vib in the cab!
I use Powell mounts and have nearly no vibes at all. Only time i do is if i leave a stop at too low of an rpm and make the engine struggle.
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Well thats gonna do it no matter what type of mounts you have, which powell mounts do you have?
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I have the Powell stage 1 and theres no vibes at all and it makes a nice difference... i you dont drag your car or anything the stage 1 is more than enough
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Yeah no track days for me, I just feel a lot of engine movement, especially after the tune.
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Originally Posted by Chuckd07
Well thats gonna do it no matter what type of mounts you have, which powell mounts do you have?
Stage 2
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Yeah no track days for me, I just feel a lot of engine movement, especially after the tune.
Get the stage 1 and youll be fine
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If you replace all tranny and engine mounts, how many are there?
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Originally Posted by JAYNO20
If you replace all tranny and engine mounts, how many are there?
2 the top one is pointless to swap
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Originally Posted by BartSS
2 the top one is pointless to swap
Why is that??
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Originally Posted by Chuckd07
Why is that??
Agreed, let's hear it.
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No need to replace the motor mount. The trans mounts are what's out of alignment.
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Originally Posted by 87gn06gto07irl
No need to replace the motor mount. The trans mounts are what's out of alignment.
So an aftermarket engine mount would do nothing?
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Originally Posted by JAYNO20
So an aftermarket engine mount would do nothing?
Not anything beneficial. If you crave vibes you can add a poly or solid mount.
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No sir I do not crave vibes. So just 2 mounts? That's it? There are no engine mounts just both tranny?
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Originally Posted by JAYNO20
No sir I do not crave vibes. So just 2 mounts? That's it? There are no engine mounts just both tranny?

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Yes there is a front one and rear one. You'll be fine with just transmission mounts
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PRS stage 2 ftmfw!
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there are 4 mounts that position the engine/transaxle in place.

There are two "torque axis" mounts each side, at at the approximate center line of the motor horizontally.
The drivers side mount is under the fuse box, and is a very soft mount; its round, and is anchored inside the driver side frame rail, and attached to the top of the transmission with a 3 bolt plate.

The passenger side mount is beside the "front" of the motor (east-west orientation to the north-south of the car, a "transverse" engine position.
It is a fairly hard mount, it is triangular, anchored to the top of the passenger side frame rail, and attached to the front of the engine with a 3 bolt mount plate to a two bolt engine plate.

There are two mounts at the front and rear at the lower third of the engine/trans unit

The lower mounts front and rear, attach the front of the motor and the rear of the transmission to the cradle in roughly the same plane, mid point of the powertrain assembly.


The Delta cars were designed around an automatic transmission placement. The orientation of the axle out put shafts at the transmission are centered on the outboard suspension knuckle spindle center.

The manual shift cars are not. Rotating the motor up at the back and down at the front moves the axle output shafts at the transmission rearwards, centering them on the outboard suspension knuckle spindle center.

Using a smaller voided bushing dicated by the amount of available space makes for a firmer positioning and facilitates rotation.

NVH (Noise Vibration Harshness) is acceptable if installed correctly. It is possible to have the motor shift sideways when installing rotated mounts incorrectly, and thus have more vibes than expected.

Poly inserts are not a good isolator for nvh, and therefore make a lot of vibes, but are very cheap to make.

hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by Powell Race Parts
there are 4 mounts that position the engine/transaxle in place.

There are two "torque axis" mounts each side, at at the approximate center line of the motor horizontally.
The drivers side mount is under the fuse box, and is a very soft mount; its round, and is anchored inside the driver side frame rail, and attached to the top of the transmission with a 3 bolt plate.

The passenger side mount is beside the "front" of the motor (east-west orientation to the north-south of the car, a "transverse" engine position.
It is a fairly hard mount, it is triangular, anchored to the top of the passenger side frame rail, and attached to the front of the engine with a 3 bolt mount plate to a two bolt engine plate.

There are two mounts at the front and rear at the lower third of the engine/trans unit

The lower mounts front and rear, attach the front of the motor and the rear of the transmission to the cradle in roughly the same plane, mid point of the powertrain assembly.


The Delta cars were designed around an automatic transmission placement. The orientation of the axle out put shafts at the transmission are centered on the outboard suspension knuckle spindle center.

The manual shift cars are not. Rotating the motor up at the back and down at the front moves the axle output shafts at the transmission rearwards, centering them on the outboard suspension knuckle spindle center.

Using a smaller voided bushing dicated by the amount of available space makes for a firmer positioning and facilitates rotation.

NVH (Noise Vibration Harshness) is acceptable if installed correctly. It is possible to have the motor shift sideways when installing rotated mounts incorrectly, and thus have more vibes than expected.

Poly inserts are not a good isolator for nvh, and therefore make a lot of vibes, but are very cheap to make.

hope this helps.
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Need opinions on what ones to get.

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