I've found these sites that offer solid motor mounts for our engine. Has anyone bought these?
http://www.revshift.com/solidmounts.htm
and
http://www.importpartspro.com/invqsomomo07.html

 

i would just get some solid rear mounts instead

spl makes them i believe.

edit: heres a link - under the suspension category

http://www.splparts.com/main4/index.htm

 

I just talked to Revshift, so it looks like I'll be updating this thread with a review soon.

 

Oh nooooes, another part on the wishlist...Damn thing gets bigger by the minute. LOL, thanks for the link

 

What do solid motor mounts do? lol

Positives and negatives?

 

^^ +1

 

+ They take away engine movement, which results in better transfer of power to the wheels.

-(or +) They transmit the vibration from the engine into the cabin. I helped my friend install these into his RSX-S and it sounds like a ships engine room in his car(LOL, it's a matter of preference, but I think it enhances the driving experience). You get a nice back massage while driving too, .

I'm anxious to see how his mounts(also solid) will compare to these in my car.

 

Good luck with that, I'll be awaiting your review I don know if I can trade off that extra vibration in the cabin cause it's already kinda stiff with my coils for a DD.

 

Solid motor mounts are a poor idea for a street car, especially a "low" power street car like we have. The engine isn't flexing over enough to warrant this unless you are putting turbos in with no clearance and want to prevent them from getting scraped. And even then a cable attached with a bit of slack that will stop the rotation of the engine proves to work better because it transfers less vibration when not fully loaded, and prevents much engine movement when loaded.

 

I remember a friend installing solid motor mounts in his srt4, car would vibrate like crazy. Not worth it IMO.

 

I'm open to objective comments about this mod. Can you elaborate more on why it would be a bad idea to run these?

 

It makes your interior vibrate like crazy

 

I like it lol

 

I'd like to hear if these can possibly be detrimental to the car. Something objective rather than subjective arguments.

 

I will just wait till someone gets them and lets us know about them. also try and do a in car video if possible to hear how much of a vibration there is.

 

I'll be ordering them tomorrow as long as I'm not presented with some new information that makes me change my mind.
I'll be sure to post a vid and review once I install them.

 

you're better off spending your money on other ****. Solid mounts are one of those mods that are so unnecessary in a street car, but have trickled down to low power tuners for the "cool" effect. If you are trying to suck every ounce of performance out of a track going car, go for it. If you want it to not sound like a 1,000 lb anvil just dropped on your hood when you go over a pothole, stick with the stock mounts or some poly mounts or something.

 

Stiffer motor mounts will offer little in the way of performance enhancement, will cause much larger vibrations in the car. The knock sensors on the engine can (in some engines) get set off my the engine not being able to move being perceived as knock and so the engine can pull timing. Poly bushings would be a better choice, but if doing those make sure that you get the transmission as well.

I just don't think its necessary, spend the money on a mod that does something significant for you. Plus, the motor being able to flex helps to dampen some shock on drivetrain parts and keeps you from "tweaking" the frame if you dump the clutch and the tires stick (or something similar).

 

How about engine dampers ? Like these.

http://www.stillen.com/newproducts.asp?id=155

http://www.nissanforums.com/z33-350z...installed.html

 

Honestly unless you're making alot of WHP, a stock motor doesnt really move that much.