i'v looked around and haven't found anything in reguards to a company making motor mount inserts, i'v seen a few people are filling with them rubber cement or something like that. does anyone know of a company that is or is planing on making motor mount inserts for us?

 

I am really interested in this also. I dont believe anyone is in the works with anything. All I know of is weaponR damper kit but thats just not the same

 

interesting...

 

One of my suppliers will have the mounts for the tC very soon. I don't suppose I can post his link, as he isn't a site sponsor, but if you wanna email me I'll do what I can.

 

what about xb motor mounts? let me know!

 

He is actually meeting with the manufacturer tomorrow. To my knowledge, it's only tC at this time, but I'm going to try tohave him plant the seed for the xB/xA as well.

 

Do like I am going to do and have done in the past. Buy some Devcon Flexane 80, take out the front and rear mounts, tape up one side really well, mix the Devcon(each small kit will do at least 4 or more mounts), pour it in and wait until the next day.

This makes very solid mounts with just a little give and none of the vibration, rattles, etc, of the engine dampers I have tired.

But, if you do get some vibrations, etc, you can drill a few holes in them to cure that,, been there, worked great!

Rick

 

if you can PM me the site that would be awesome. thanks

 

where can i get the Devcon Flexane 80? i really have no idea where to even begin to look. any ides would be greatly appreciated.

 

I looked in the phone book when in the San Diego area and found companies selling all kinds of industrial supplies like glues, mold making products, etc.

Up here in the boonies in far No Cal I did not have much luck at first but found a distributor from the manf website list that hooked me up with a dealer 50 miles north in OR. I called them and they had it dropped shipped the next day to me at no extra cost

Truely amazing service is the norm in this area

Moving to the Portland OR area by the end of this month, will be easy to find just about anything I could want up there

Rick

 

did you get the putty or the liquid castable devcon? and how much of a difference is it, both dealing with it and results of it?

 

Liquid, fairly easy to use, incredible casting results, absolutely zero wheel hop when done, even with wide race tires, LSD, lots of power, etc

I used the 92 version first, that is the durometer(spelling?), far to stiff, the 80 is almost to stiff but much better than the 92.

A pint kit is about twice what you need, you can mix a 1/2 batch if measure carefully.


Rick

 

how had is it to actually change the mounts

 

I have also heard of using automotive window caulking, it is a eurathane as well and approx $12 a tube.

The problem I see with it is not settling in well and leaving air gaps but it may not really matter if enough is in place.

The Flexane is incredible, it will fill the area completely without a trace of air let traped. I pour the excess from a full batch into a 3M electrical tape container and it came out perfect, every dimple, every letter perfect to the tiniest detail, had to use a magnifying glass to look for flaws

One thing I forgot to mention was I did three mounts, the front, rear and drivers side mount as well. Since it has to come out when we install our LSD, clutch and flywheel we will do the same on this car as well.

Rick