Working on installing rear intake pipeing and lowering the motor. I took out the engine mounts and the motor didnt budge an inch. I had a jack under the car the jack lowered but not the motor. Does any one have a DIY? Is tip cars different?

Thanks

Vince

 

Did you remove the tranny mount?

 

no whee is that at?

 

Thats weird, all i did was remove the 2 bolts for the motormounts and it should lower about 4 inches at most with a jack holding the motor.

 

here is a pick of my worn out one.

 

my wrench is saying that you have to remove a bunch of stuff to get to it. Do you have a diy or is the mount just covered by the panal?

 

Wow! Are most tips that way? I get a bit of a drive-line vibration on heavy acceleration. I suspect this mount is the issue.

In the MR2 world, we used a two part urethane mix to fill in the 'voids' for these mounts. Judging from the looks of it, that could/would be a good and inexpensive fix.

 

cheap way is 3m Window weld but is it ever messy

 

So no one has a DIY for this?

 

This happened on the 4th lap at MSR during my one and only road course stint (16/16g's).

 

Oh yes it is. But can be made to look nice with a piece of cardboard and mold release agent sprayed on it.

 

Your torque must have been going crazy that day! You were running MS109 at high boost right?

 

Have you removed the cables and hoses? Something is still holding you up..

 

I was running 1.3 bar. 550 "ish" lbs of torque. I cooked the ATF and overheated. The trans literally stopped working eventually. I had to let it cool completely before I drove her home.

 

Oh boy . . . this is gonna be good. Get the camera ready, here's one for the FAIL BLOG!