interestedparty
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 03:45 PM |
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Engine mounting advice needed
I need to find a source for my engine mountings. Ideally the round bobbin hard rubber type. Maybe 50-60mm round, 30-60 mm thick and with M12 or 1/2"
studs. Any suggestions?
John
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!
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wicket
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 05:19 PM |
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John
Luego do them 70mm dia, 50mm thick with M10 studs both sides.
They can also be purchased from RS:-
50mm dia x 45mm thk, p/n 408-8161, £3.76 ea
60mm dia x 36mm thk, p/n 295-1562, £5.48 ea
70mm dia x 50mm thk, p/n 385-1996, £7.77 ea
All RS are M10
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Ian Pearson
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 05:24 PM |
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Any Landrover dealer will be able to supply them. Mine were for a Series 3, I think!
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locodude
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 07:15 PM |
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Or rectangular hard rubber ones with 12mm stud each side. Fiesta gearbox mounts a la MK. Cheap too! S'wot I used.
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Viper
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 07:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by interestedparty
I need to find a source for my engine mountings. Ideally the round bobbin hard rubber type. Maybe 50-60mm round, 30-60 mm thick and with M12 or 1/2"
studs. Any suggestions?
John
Sounds like an mk2 RS2000
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locodude
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 08:54 PM |
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Steve, you want to put some poison down, those pigeons have poo all over your engine mounting, sheesh!
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bsilly
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 10:11 PM |
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i'm saying nowt ...apart from they are the same rubber mounts i used...
mainly digger drivin me
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 11:33 PM |
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its better than that now! Its not so easy welding in a confined space with the engine in place - had to take it out to do it properly. Just couldnt
be bothered to photograph the whole dam thing again!
If you notice, the mount isnt actually level either - points out at the top. Its best to actually point the rubber INWARDS a couple degrees - once I
did that it makes the engine more stable.
All part of the crap of learning how to build a car.
But you can see the rubber - that the important bit!
atb
steve
[Edited on 2/12/02 by stephen_gusterson]
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 11:43 PM |
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I lied - there is another pic, but it doesnt show the all important mounting rubber as clearly.
atb
steve
 
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 11:53 PM |
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that engine in the pic looks a bit on the large size to me, and where is the honda logo ???
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 2/12/02 at 11:59 PM |
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Yep. Nice big iron V6.
If I was doing it all again I just might consider bike, if only to provoke mr gibbons
atb
steve
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Liam
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| posted on 3/12/02 at 11:46 PM |
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Hellooo...
What are people using to mount big engines that they dont want to move around very much (like not at all cos there's bugger all room)? I vaguely
remember hearing Jaguar mounting blocks are nice and hard. This true? Any other options?
I'm having three mounts - two spawning off my engine/box adaptor plate and one at the front in the middle - more of a tripod really - so maybe I dont
need to worry. But I've seen how much even little pintos can move on wussy rubber mounts. I was considering at one stage something like production
car roll bar mounts or suspension bushes - like bike engines seem to use - but would these just get destroyed by a 180bhp/170lbft V6?
Cheers
Liam
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 4/12/02 at 12:09 AM |
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Liam
I got a bracing bar made up - bit like one on a mini.
You can fit a bracket to the top two bolts of the type 9 bellhousing to engine mounts. The stay bar goes from here to the side rails of the
chassis.
The mini one isnt that useable, so i got two blocks machined that take bushes from a mini bar, with tapped holes to take a 12mm bar, with threaded
ends.
I 'think' that some rover cars - like montegos or maestros use a similar, longer welded steel brace bar. It looks like you could mod it to fit.
The mini bar is some kinda alu crap.
Once the bar was fitted to my V6, its rock solid - before it was pretty wobbly. The mount bar being rubber mounted allows some movement and absorbs
vibrations. You can rev my engine and you see virtually no torque reaction at all.
for what its worth, here's what you can see of my brace bar.
Put another way, its a 'panhard rod' for the engine.
[Edited on 4/12/02 by stephen_gusterson]
[Edited on 4/12/02 by stephen_gusterson]
 
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