motor mounts (was 20v urq report)

[David Eaton]

this is not required on the 20v ur-q, as there is a large heat shield under
the turbo covering the engine mount (not the inlet manifold heat shield).
to r&r the mount, you need to remove the shield first.  perhaps because of
this, the mounts were in very good shape on my 11-year old 100k kms car.

ditto rs2.

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

		-----Original Message-----
		From: QSHIPQ at aol.com
		Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:21:26 EST
		Subject: Re: [urq] 20v urq report..pretty long
		--
		Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz writes:


		wrt the engine mounts, the f/a doesn't show it, but the
later engine mounts
		still require the associated pieces on the exhaust side
which the f/a shows
		for the wr.  these comprise the large rubberised washer, the
rubber cover
		and the plastic sleeves for the m10 mounting bolts.  fyi.


		My btdt would indicate that these pieces don't do much more
than look new
		when installed.  You are better off fabricating a metal
"umbrella" to replace
		the rubber one, it's more effective at protecting the motor
mount from heat.
		The sleeves and rubber cover can be deleted, and should be
in favor of a
		better heat shield design.  The best way to address the long
"extra" length
		on the top is to cut off the extra threads on the top of the
motor mount so
		that the nut and washer just land with very little extra
thread.  Makes MM R&
		R much easier too.  The other mod that works well, is to
change the oil
		cooler to replace the aux rad (19row is a tight but good
fit), then fabricate
		a scoop where the stock oil cooler "was" that deflects air
to the RSMM.  IME,
		That mod is the best way to keep the MM cool.