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MK - Pinto Engine Mounts
perksy - 13/10/08 at 05:46 PM

Trying to help a Mate out who has a Pinto Powered MK

He needs some Harder Engine mounts because the Engine is 'moving' too much and i wondered what other owners did to stop this ?
Also where they got their uprated engine mounts/Material from ?

Thanks
Perksy


graememk - 13/10/08 at 05:48 PM

they fitted bike engines


The Baron - 13/10/08 at 06:50 PM

I have seen pinto users add an additional engine mounting from the chassis top rail to control the roll of the engine.


Mark Allanson - 13/10/08 at 06:51 PM

I used LR mounts, in a book chassis, but my pinto has less than a total of 5mm movement


jacko - 13/10/08 at 07:04 PM

This is how i stoped mine moving have a look in my photos
Jacko
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matt_claydon - 13/10/08 at 08:21 PM

Land rover mounts are what you need, same thickness but much much stiffer than the silly Fiesta gearbox mounts MK supply. With the pinto on the MK mounts I could grab the rocker and shake the engine around easily, with the LR mounts it was nice and firm.

eg LR mounts

You can get them a fair bit cheaper than that though.

Better solution of course would be if MK designed the mounts properly and didn't have the two rubbers in the same plane.

[Edited on 13/10/08 by matt_claydon]

[Edited on 13/10/08 by matt_claydon]


Mr Whippy - 14/10/08 at 08:01 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jacko
This is how i stoped mine moving have a look in my photos
Jacko
engine mounting
engine mounting



that’s pretty smart