kabaroo

The lower torque mount, drivers side is in the way of my turbo. It bolts to the motor with 4 bolts. I cut off the section that X would bolt to. I want to keep the DP on the passenger side.

mount looks like this, the X being the bolt i cut off. And the turbo still hits bolt 8. Would it be ok to cut off the bolt 8 section as well?
X---0
|......|-----0
8----0
pretend those dots(....) are invisable

Now obviously it will be weaker, but it needs to be cut for the turbo to clear. I will also be using upgraded motor mounts.

I meant to cut the 8 bolt section off 1st to see if it would clear, but i accidentally cut the X section 1st.

If this is too weak anyone have a mount they wannt sell me?

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kabaroo

PLEASE HELP ME

Apocolipse269

pictures instead of ASCII art would be better

LShatchie

I know what mount you are talking about, I think you will be fine cutting the other part of it (8 section). I know some people that dont have that mount at all, and they are fine, but it might cause traction issues. The only thing I might be worried about is it might put stress on the other 2 bolts and it could possibly crack the block in that area.

kabaroo

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LShatchie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I know what mount you are talking about, I think you will be fine cutting the other part of it (8 section). I know some people that dont have that mount at all, and they are fine, but it might cause traction issues. The only thing I might be worried about is it might put stress on the other 2 bolts and it could possibly crack the block in that area. </TD></TR></TABLE>


thats exactly what im thinking.... but my motor is built to handle 300whp max. I dont know what to do! And i dont feel comfrotable only having that mount secured by 2 mounts that are inline when the torquing is from the side.... so hard to put into words.

another option is to sell my FMIC and buy a backdoor style IC so i can clock the turbo away from the mount.

Im gunna look into all my options tonight.

2lua

get a driver side hasport mount or any driver side mout with poly. insert, then you can cut those places on that mount, but try to reroute the piping if you can.

kabaroo

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2lua &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get a driver side hasport mount or any driver side mout with poly. insert, then you can cut those places on that mount, but try to reroute the piping if you can.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i just posted my JRC FMIC for sale... im gunna try to find a backdoor style intercooler.