Due to "popular" demand (1 person asked about it), I have decided to reveal my long awaited engine stabilizer mod! It took a lot of machining etc, but in the end, it works amazingly. My engine does not move at all. It also has a "preload" feature that allows you to place a preload on the rubber bushing (the dowel is slightly larger than the hole). Installation requires a rubber mallet.

On a serious note, for anyone who is not too concerned about the cosmetics of their engine bay, but more on performance, this is a really good way to get rid of that lashing that you get if you abruptly let go of the gas at 5k rpm. If you are on a ridiculously tight budget, this is the way to go! You could also use some kind of aluminum or steel tubing instead of these expensive wooden dowels to make it look "not so ghetto". BTW, they are as easy to get out as they are to put in.

And yes I know that the rubber is cracked. That is what spawned me to do this in the first place.







I would sell these, but the shipping cost would literally triple the cost! This cost me like $1.00 for each mount.

 

Nicely done! Just an FYI, taping off the bottom of the mount and filling it with Window Weld does the same thing, minus the ghetto.

 

Nice!

Hmmm, I wonder what "fillings" would be good to try so you get just the right amount of stiffness without adding too much NVH.

Good home brew there, might try myself before the mount bites the dust.

Just thought of a quicker cure solution, how about using a gluegun to fill in the holes (taping the bottom, of course)? Much less of a mess, pretty stiff and hardens fast.

Daniel

 

That's essentially what you do with Window Weld. I'm not sure of the cure time for WW but I'm also unsure of the strength and longevity of glue compared to WW.

 

Yeah, I wonder about the strength of the glue also and its resistance to stress. About the curing bit though, WW seems to take a long time to cure (reading articles on the net), not sure if I can take my car out of commision for 2-3 days, since it's my daily driver.

If I go and try the glue solution (probably next year, after my warranty runs out), I'll post results.

 

Plus WW isn't cheap. A tube of the goo cost about $12-15 but should enough for both the big and small mounts.

 

How about rubber cement! It would stick to the rubber pretty good and provide a bit more give than window weld.

 

This is really weird

 

To someone with purple neons...the look of this would probably drive you insane!

I do prefer it this way because it is completely reversable. The glue thing is definitely not reversable.

 

Just remember that heat melts the glue from a glue gun. So it might drip everywhere after a couple of hours of driving.

 

Haha, all I said was that this was a weird thread.

I never said anything about the glue.

Most likely, if I had that mount, I would do this same mod.

 

Uuuuhh, I hate to break it you, but you probably do have that mount. Open the hood and check near the shock towers, it should be there. Whether or not yours is cracked or cracking, I don't know, but you very well may have that mount.

 

Thanks but I know my car better than you do. No, I do not have that mount.

 

If you say so. I have an '03 and I have that mount and they didn't change until 2005.

 

Mine was built in 01/04. And I dont have it.

 

Then what I've read about motor mounts is wrong.
http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop..._bushings.html

 

Haha well I dont know because the 04 built cars seem to be mutants sometimes