Describe life before & after poly motor mounts
#1
Describe life before & after poly motor mounts
Did they make a huge difference? Did it make the car ride like crap? Will more rattles/squeaks/weaknesses occur due to the car taking the constant abuse of the engine shaking?
I have weldin SFCs and a chromoly STB.
I have weldin SFCs and a chromoly STB.
#3
I put my poly motor mounts in about 300 miles ago. so far im loving it. Stock sucked horribly, the shifter would move around everywhere and when i would rev the engine to high rpm in neutral while stopped the whole car would tilt. Its definately a worthwhile mod, and it isnt as hard as people make it seem. I did it all by myself with the help of installuniversity.
#4
Before I had my poly mounts installed my y pipe banged all the time and definitely had the rock when I revved the engine. After they were installed, no more banging of the y pipe and the front end felt a lot more solid. I don't notice any more vibrations or anything at all. Very worthwhile mod esp if you have or plan on doing longtubes and y pipe.
#5
They didn't cause anymore vibrations in my car, but everything feels much more solid now. No more exhaust hitting the floor, no more engine rocking back & forth at idle. They should come with them from the factory!
#7
A friend and I did mine a few months ago and it helped alot with my car. my car really did sound like a old house the way it creacked on driveways and the squeks. the motor mounts solved all that no vibrations or anything came from them just all good things. i would recommend any high mileage car should switch them out.
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#8
Hmm....so despite people thinking that they would add vibrations, they actually get rid of them? Interesting. How about a cammed car? Due to the cam, my engine really shakes a lot! Considering doing this now....
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Originally Posted by 0utlawTorn
Before I had my poly mounts installed my y pipe banged all the time and definitely had the rock when I revved the engine. After they were installed, no more banging of the y pipe and the front end felt a lot more solid. I don't notice any more vibrations or anything at all. Very worthwhile mod esp if you have or plan on doing longtubes and y pipe.
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Originally Posted by NHRAMAN
HOW HARD TO INSTALL...and about how long...
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Originally Posted by DANSBIRD
I hear its a PITA... I'm taking it to a guy at a body shop that said hed do it. Apparently, when putting the poly's in, there is a little more work involved than just the stockers.
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Originally Posted by NHRAMAN
HOW HARD TO INSTALL...and about how long...
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Originally Posted by MannyZ28
Hmm....so despite people thinking that they would add vibrations, they actually get rid of them? Interesting. How about a cammed car? Due to the cam, my engine really shakes a lot! Considering doing this now....
Originally Posted by NHRAMAN
HOW HARD TO INSTALL...and about how long...
#15
i just installed mac mids and tore my stock transmission mount in half (jacked up the motor after just removing one engine mount to get passenger side in).
with the poly mount in, i actually have throttle response now. the vibrations were pretty bad (like driving over a rough road) until i cut/shaved off the preload bumps under the mount. now there is more vibration than stock, and you can feel vibration when you rev up the motor. so far i have about 15 miles on my new poly transmission mount. i have read from someone on here that the vibrations go away when you break them in after a while.
after you jack the car up, getting the stock tranny mount out and putting the new one in shouldn't take more than 25 minutes.
with the poly mount in, i actually have throttle response now. the vibrations were pretty bad (like driving over a rough road) until i cut/shaved off the preload bumps under the mount. now there is more vibration than stock, and you can feel vibration when you rev up the motor. so far i have about 15 miles on my new poly transmission mount. i have read from someone on here that the vibrations go away when you break them in after a while.
after you jack the car up, getting the stock tranny mount out and putting the new one in shouldn't take more than 25 minutes.
#17
I will be doing this soon. I had it done on my 98 camaro and it felt a lot better. My motor shakes like crazy, and that isn't good. I would rather have the rest of the car shake and not the motor.
#18
It took CamaroExtra and I almost 6 hours to do he had two bolts that were a pain to get back in on the driver side but the passenger side went pretty quick. we didnt take hardly any breaks though cause we were in a air conditioned shop.
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Where did you guys get the poly mounts from ?
any forum vendors here sell them ?
I need a set for the vette bad.
Ive already have cracks in my header collectors from the rocking of the motor .
any forum vendors here sell them ?
I need a set for the vette bad.
Ive already have cracks in my header collectors from the rocking of the motor .
#20
From inside the car I noticed no difference from stock to the poly mounts. And even with a cam as big as my MS4, the engine moves very little. However, at idle the front fenders shake and vibrate like crazy! Good thing it doesn't travel through the rest of the car...