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nazthug

15+ Year Contributor
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Dec 24, 2003
livermore, California
who makes replacement engine polyurathane mounts(left/right of engine)

My stock rubber ones are beat and i need to get rid of wheel hop

I know there are inserts that slide into the stock rubber ones, and there are full inserts that get rid of the stock rubbers

i am looking for the full replacement
 
gracias senior...

prothane it is....i need the most help i can get, i hate wheel hop
 
the left and right ones won't help elminate wheel hop very much.. Upgrade the front one mainly(below the bellhousing), and the rear if you have the patience. Those two usually are the ones that help elminate wheel hop.
 
I bought some castable urethane resin from Mc Master Carr.
This urethane resin has a shore hardness of 94, and once cured they are hard like plastic.
I removed the mounts on a Friday night, and roughed up the rubber portion with some sand paper and mixed the 2 part resin and hardener.
Filled 1 side of the mount with paper and tape, and flipped the mount over and poured in the resin.
Once the first side doesn't exchange a fingerprint, flip over the mount and remove the paper and tape and proceed to fill in with the resin.
Believe it or not, the vibration from the BSE mod was a lot less with the urethane than with the stock too soft rubber mounts.
Oh, and the resin is black, not red like the Prothane inserts.
With Prothane inserts, you'll have to cut out the rubber portion and then with a hacksaw cut the metal sleeve out.
Once done, press in the prothane inserts and you're done.
 
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