So Spohn Solid motor mounts really do raise the motor...
You're right. With no movement, the smallest amount of clearance should be sufficient.
IMO i think you pay a higher price for the name on the part. look at any other equal suspension or chassis part from any other aftermarket company and guaranteed it will prolly be cheaper. i try and steer clear of spohn. kinda like going with BMR over UMI, exact same thing, just one is tid bit cheaper. sorry kinda of off topic there....my bad
If the mounts do wind up raising my engine, my car's going to get some BFH time...test-fitting my TSP duals, and I've got about 1/8" clearance on the driver's side header pipe, at the little rectangular body panel piece that runs across the car. If the engine goes up, so does the exhaust, and out comes the hammer.
Makes me wonder why in the hell the driver side header collector needs to be angled so far out away from the centerline of the car....there's nothing (at least on my car) that needs the clearance there. Hopefully the Kooks collector is angled a little better.
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This may interest some of you. Motor position is unchanged with these
https://ls1tech.com/forums/parts-cla...or-mounts.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/parts-cla...or-mounts.html
Just got my car back today. Engine still clears the STB fine with the solids on, and the header collectors have plenty of clearance at the floorpan. If it did raise the engine, it did so less than 1/4".
Bad thing: the shop told me that based on the welds on the mounts, they wouldn't recommend them for higher-power applications (even a decent cam). I guess you could have a good welding shop grind the welds off and re-do them if you wanted.
Bad thing: the shop told me that based on the welds on the mounts, they wouldn't recommend them for higher-power applications (even a decent cam). I guess you could have a good welding shop grind the welds off and re-do them if you wanted.
Just got my car back today. Engine still clears the STB fine with the solids on, and the header collectors have plenty of clearance at the floorpan. If it did raise the engine, it did so less than 1/4".
Bad thing: the shop told me that based on the welds on the mounts, they wouldn't recommend them for higher-power applications (even a decent cam). I guess you could have a good welding shop grind the welds off and re-do them if you wanted.
Bad thing: the shop told me that based on the welds on the mounts, they wouldn't recommend them for higher-power applications (even a decent cam). I guess you could have a good welding shop grind the welds off and re-do them if you wanted.
with all the complaints, why don't they offer another set that will lower the engine by say 1/2" or even a 1" drop set? There might be a market for something like that right?
Poking around some, Madman makes a set of solid mounts, but they're marketed as race-only and are a little steeper than the Spohns.
I'll try to get a couple pictures this evening of collector-to-frame clearance, and clearance between my intake and fat man grab bar (er, STB).
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I think the thing is, Spohn doesn't say the mounts raise the engine, so I doubt you'd be able to convince them to build a set that "lowers" the engine, even though they'd really be stock-height solid-mounts.
Poking around some, Madman makes a set of solid mounts, but they're marketed as race-only and are a little steeper than the Spohns.
I'll try to get a couple pictures this evening of collector-to-frame clearance, and clearance between my intake and fat man grab bar (er, STB).
Poking around some, Madman makes a set of solid mounts, but they're marketed as race-only and are a little steeper than the Spohns.
I'll try to get a couple pictures this evening of collector-to-frame clearance, and clearance between my intake and fat man grab bar (er, STB).