urgent reply needed please (rallisport eng mounts)
 

i got some of the rallisport sti engine mounts to put in the my car and the mechanic has just called me to say that they wont work , they did it using the sti mounting plates and said it sits too high , and i told them to try to use the stock mounting plates , can anyone tell me how to do it so it works ?

Re: urgent reply needed please (rallisport eng mounts)
 

You do need to use the stock mounting plates. They need to be trimmed some, and you'll need some washers for spacers. The writeup is on the forum.

Re: urgent reply needed please (rallisport eng mounts)
 

thanks letitsnow i did tell them that when i first got the mounts , i guess they forgot , il find the writeup and show them

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Here's a rough idea of the cut I made. I think the spacers come to 1/4".
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/IMG_2454.jpg
Left: complete. Right: slashes represent area scheduled for demolition. :)

Re: urgent reply needed please (rallisport eng mounts)
 

Spend a lot of time alone there, Rob?:rolleyes:


:p

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how much are they charging for the job ? i looked at doing the ones in the silver car and you have to remove the exhaust and i dont know how they get the mount on the drivers side undone ??

ps RHD car btw

Re: urgent reply needed please (rallisport eng mounts)
 

Hey, you know... You go day by day.

Who the hell's Ron, Tim? :p

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D'oh!!:rolleyes:

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turns out they arent keen on doing any modifying of any sort to them for legality/insurance issues , so im getting my dad (hes a deisel mech/general mech/fabricator of 35+ years exp) to do the modifying which saves me a little bit of $$ just gotta buy him a case of beer :D:rolleyes:
( i could have got him to do the whole lot but he doesnt have a lift or the time to as hes pretty much flat out 6 days a week and works in his garden on his day off )

letitsnow them and dad wernt keen on the washer idea as it doesnt leave a whole lot of surface area between the plate and mount , so dads going to make a couple of plates at whatever thickness out of steel


they did the hgs put new idler pulleys on new tbelt new tensioner and are doing a general service and blue slip and its going to cost me about 2500 roughly i think

they had the engine out anyway so exhaust was already disconnected
im not quite sure how to get them undone either i think the botton nut is in the crossmember like the left and the rest i wouldnt have a clue (probably alot easier on a lift to work it out )

Re: urgent reply needed please (rallisport eng mounts)
 

It doesn't surprise me that they opted to pass on the washers. Doing it again, I'd have my boss cut me up a pair of plates (not an option before - I didn't know him then!) It's been shown on the forum both ways.

I hope my picture was at least a little useful for the process!

Re: urgent reply needed please (rallisport eng mounts)
 

yeah haha me either. they opted to pass on doing any modifying of it thats why i got my dad to do it for me , yeah i explained what had to be done to them to dad and he said no worries to easy

hes the type of mech/fabricator that if there isnt something made too do the job that is needed to be done he will make something to do it

heres a youtube vid of an example
(the drum was out of round so he made a lathe with a horse a vice a cutting bit and the drum motor :rolleyes:)
https://www.facebook.com/video/video...50197090183725