[V8] Motor mount question

[ron_01056 at yahoo.com]

I'm using the 034 Motorsports mounts NOT the Density line they have.
 Half the cost of oe and will last me a lifetime.

 Ron 

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
Sender: v8-bounces at audifans.com
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:25:10 
To: v8<V8 at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] Motor mount question

I wonder how much it would cost to have some aluminum or delrin replicas
made up. I would have to imagine that it'd be cheaper than all of us buying
new stock mounts.

Seamus


On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Tony and Lillie <
tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> And, to add to this, that front mount being broken is VERY common. every V8
> I've parted, and the one I dd for 80k had that mount broken. Actually, on my
> dd it was completely missing.
>
> And, on most of the cars I've parted, the actual motor mounts were worn out
> too.
>
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [V8] Motor mount question
>
>
>  Hi Tom,
>>
>> that is called a "torque stop", and is not a motor mount.  The reason for
>> the gap is that the two motor mounts for the engine have collapsed. This is
>> an age related thing.  I think everyone on the list has had (or needs to)
>> replace their mounts.  They are expensive too.  I did mine several years ago
>> and I think they were about $300 then for both.
>>
>> When I got my old mounts off, I could tear the center bolt out with my
>> hands - meaning that they were not doing much to keep the motor connected to
>> the chassis.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
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