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what materials for engine moutns and where to get it?
Jesus-Ninja - 18/10/08 at 01:08 PM

As per the title really I need to make up engine mounts for my Saab lump, adn whilst I can get the steel for them, where can I get the rubber/poly/nylon/whatever-else from?

zilspeed - 18/10/08 at 01:09 PM

Ooohhh, Saab Lump

Which gearbox ?

Jesus-Ninja - 18/10/08 at 01:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
Ooohhh, Saab Lump

Which gearbox ?


Saab

transverse across the back axle

tomprescott - 18/10/08 at 02:33 PM

Don't know if they'd be anyuse for you but you can pick up engine mounts for escorts and capris on ebay, basically a really stiff rubber bush, hope it helps. Tom

stevebubs - 18/10/08 at 03:20 PM

Why not get the mounts for the car it came out of and then build a cradle that mates it to your chassis?

zilspeed - 18/10/08 at 03:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jesus-Ninja
quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
Ooohhh, Saab Lump

Which gearbox ?


Saab

transverse across the back axle


Which sort of makes sense when you actually think about it

Peteff - 18/10/08 at 04:09 PM

Land Rover engine and Fiesta gearbox mounts are easy to get hold of and cheap. They are handy having a bolt sticking out of each side as well.

Cheffy - 18/10/08 at 04:11 PM

As stevebubs said.

That's what I did for my V8. Used the SD1 engine mounts (chopped by about 40mm to bring the mounting rubbers closer in to the engine) then used the SD1 rubbers mounted in cradles that I fabricated myself.

V8 engine mounts
V8 engine mounts

Hope that helps,

Mart.

Jesus-Ninja - 19/10/08 at 09:25 AM

Right, I've made my decision

Bought a bar of Delrin, which I'l use to tmake my mounts with. It's pretty hard stuff, but should hold things nice and solid

Syd Bridge - 19/10/08 at 11:39 AM

I wouldn't use Delrin for engine mounts, you may as well hard bolt it direct to the chassis.

Go for one of the options mentioned above.

Cheers,
SYd.

Jesus-Ninja - 19/10/08 at 01:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Syd Bridge
I wouldn't use Delrin for engine mounts, you may as well hard bolt it direct to the chassis.

Go for one of the options mentioned above.

Cheers,
SYd.


The engine mounts in the S14 (see avatar) were made of this. It's a good opportunity, I have decided, to make the mounts up using delrin to get the engine mounted. If NVH is too severe, I'll make some out of a softer material, like poly, but poly is flippin expensive! Especially to try fittings and get it wrong.

Syd Bridge - 19/10/08 at 05:59 PM

Delrin is very hard, and extremely non compliant. A man would be a fool to use it for engine mounts. (I nearly said 'moron', but Fozzie would give me a tickin off for that. )

If you want to use Delrin, why not save money and use ali or brass, or steel even!They would give the same result.

Heck, why not just hard bolt the sucker and save a lot of work.

Do yourself a favour, and buy some Landy mounts for a few £'s each, and save your engine and chassis from a lot of unnecessary torture.

Cheers,
Syd.