Change your engine mounts!
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Change your engine mounts!
Just a friendly encouragement for those of you who plan on doing this soon to get to it sooner rather than later. See pics.
I was taking out my old mounts in prep for the new shortblock and already had the MS mounts to go in before my old engine gave up the ghost. Left mount is passenger side and right is drivers side. For reference, my car has just over 100K miles and was boosted for about 10K of that.
I was taking out my old mounts in prep for the new shortblock and already had the MS mounts to go in before my old engine gave up the ghost. Left mount is passenger side and right is drivers side. For reference, my car has just over 100K miles and was boosted for about 10K of that.
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Actually, no, but definitely noticed more engine "shake" compared to other miatas. I ordered the mounts after the dyno day last year when Bruce said that my motor was rocking all over the place on the dyno.
Planet Miata also has decent prices on the mounts.
Planet Miata also has decent prices on the mounts.
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I am planning on going with standard OEM motor mounts for the "cushy" ride coupled with MazdaComp diff mounts to ensure easy 2-3 shifts.
My current, original mounts are in fine shape. I checked. Just under 60k on the car, with about 10k of it boosted.
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Mazda-comp motormounts here, I like em a lot and dont really notice any negative effects, I guess the engine/tranny just feels a little bit more connected to those two rubber doughnuts in the back. MMR Diff. Mounts will be going in someday, but for now sit above my computer until that day I pull the rear end again, shim the RX7 diff, and install the 3.9 ring/pinion.