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Re: Speaking of engine mounts
> Anybody either manufacture or buy some solid engine/trans mounts for a 4KQ?
It shouldn't be difficult to cobble something together cheaply ... but why?
> How about spacers for the subframe?
If you mean solid bushings, I did it on a FWD 4k that I autocrossed. It
worked great ... for a while, anyway. Then I noticed quite a few spot welds
around the engine compartment started breaking as a result of the additional
load -- the car would pull just over 1g on a fresh set of Yo'mama RS2s! --
and eventually the shell loosened up enough that the car had to be laid to
rest.
For racing, where you can seam-weld the chassis, it's a great idea; for a
street car on sticky rubber, it's probably not such a good idea.
JG