Why you should change your engine mounts
Why you should change your engine mounts Pulling the engine from my car and found this. From a stock 2002 camaro. Poor thing has been a B4C (cop car) all its life. I already had the poly mounts to replace these but didn't think they would be this bad.
Yea, once I drilled the rivets out they fall apart. I just have to clean the inside of the clam sheel a little. Only 113K miles, the Maryland police must have rode this thing hard! No solid mounts needed for this. I run solid mounts with a stock trans mount on my other car (72 nova) and it works well though.
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Solid mounts here, with a Prothane trans mount. Not bad at all to me! 
I'd go with the Prothane over the Energy Suspension transmission mount. It's simply pluig and play. All the issues I've ever read about were with the ES, b/c of the preload plate and some grinding to a few humps or something... Just not worth the hassle. The prothane goes right in like stock.
I'd go with the Prothane over the Energy Suspension transmission mount. It's simply pluig and play. All the issues I've ever read about were with the ES, b/c of the preload plate and some grinding to a few humps or something... Just not worth the hassle. The prothane goes right in like stock.
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see i had poly mounts on my cobalt for engine and trans and yeah i had alot of vibrations but they evened out after a few months of driving they got "worked in" i didnt mind it at all, made me more "in tune" with the car IMO. i dont think id go full solid front mounts but definitely poly and i think the trans as well.
thanks for the info
thanks for the info
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I think so. My exhaust fit was tighter to the floor pan with no banging against the k member. It will have to be done eventually, so there is no better time to do them than while the exhaust is out.
Worked for me and my friends.
