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Old 10-28-2011, 03:21 PM
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I not trying say any thins bad about creative steel engine mount,its a good mount but can not hole my hp,so i got some UMIPerformance engine mount so far its doing ok
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Ouch! Did the one on the left separate, or did it melt?
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I better check my mounts. Hopefully 426RWHP isnt a deal breaker either
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Originally Posted by wcryan
I better check my mounts. Hopefully 426RWHP isnt a deal breaker either
I didnt realize that my CS mounts were bad until my shop called and told me. I had the newer version with heat shields...they still failed.
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how long did u have them in for until they failed?
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Originally Posted by whisler151
I didnt realize that my CS mounts were bad until my shop called and told me. I had the newer version with heat shields...they still failed.
Well, this is not good news...
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Damn that is not good
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the mount did good until i went to the dyno,it's didn't complet the first pass
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That looks like they melted.. i wrapped mine in header wrap.. 500rwhp and mine are fine. Still sucks though
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Originally Posted by Aaron Thomas
Ouch! Did the one on the left separate, or did it melt?
the mount came apart //broken off//
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yeaa.. i think my gray CS mounts have to much lateral play.. when i take a hard right with any speed i can feel the headers rubbing against the steering shaft.. this did not happen 10k miles ago when they were installed.. wrapped headers and heat shields on the mounts

I have a set of Rc51 mounts but never installed because i heard the noise and vibes at idle are annoying on a daily driver. Let us know how they are..

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Mine seem to be good even after a high speed track day.
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wow that is so beat, if i have to do a motor mount install again i will just sell the car!
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I'd say these broken applications are fairly extreme cases.
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Here is mine, it is a small cam, full exhaust, intake, tune.....but I dont know when it went bad, my shop noticed it when I had my inspection done, since it is just over a year old, creative steel did discount replacements for me, so I appreciate that, just got to get them put in, and see what happens.

as you can see cracked strait down the middle
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Oh boy, karma is a motherf*cker now isn't it...

Shady, your mounts are shot.

Fyi to all of you- wrapped don't mean ****, it only means you can't see any damage.
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That's insane! I don't get how you guys didn't notice them going bad though. With them being compromised like that, wouldn't there have been some excessive cabin feedback?
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Originally Posted by KamaSutra
That's insane! I don't get how you guys didn't notice them going bad though. With them being compromised like that, wouldn't there have been some excessive cabin feedback?
Yeah, but it was slow. It wasn't an immediate failure, rather, the mounts slowly melted and ripped.

A cammed V has so many quirks, rattles and sounds that the mounts being ripped didnt raise any red flags to me. Like others, I didnt know they were bad until the shop called me.
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i gotta get under her and check it out.. but from the top it doesnt look good, i can see the red sticker peeling back and brown discoloration.. stock H/C

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Originally Posted by whisler151
Yeah, but it was slow. It wasn't an immediate failure, rather, the mounts slowly melted and ripped.

A cammed V has so many quirks, rattles and sounds that the mounts being ripped didnt raise any red flags to me. Like others, I didnt know they were bad until the shop called me.
It's a good thing that they caught them before it could have gotten any worse. I got mine wrapped with the shields. This was the set before Max included the dowel pin to help line up the mounts. So far everything's been great but I think I'll have to check them out after these pics even if I don't have a reason to.


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