BryanPendleton

I just swapped in a set of Hasport HKSTK Motor Mounts in my 96 Coupe. The mounts are quality pieces based on visual inspection. Installation went very smooth for the PSGR Side Transsmission mount and the Fire Wall Rear Mount, other than the difficulty of getting to the mounts. Thank goodness for a foot and a half of extensions. I was a little dissappointed with the DRVR Side Engine Mount though. While I was happy to see my busted, useless OE mount go, I was dissappointed with the changes necessary to use this mount. First, I could not mount my Power Steering Reservoir bracket back as there was some interference between it and the Hasport mount. No big deal though. I simply elongated the bolt holes in the bracket some and was able to shift it just enough to clear the motor mount bracket. Problem two, the power steering return line interferred with the HaSport mount enough that abrasion wear would have most assuredly caused a failure of the line. This fix was a little more tricky and again I removef the reservoir bracket. I "reshaped" the reservoir bracket by placing two small opposing bends to offset the reservoir closer to the driver side fender. I also put a slight twist in the bracket to rotate the reservoir clockwise (as view from top) some. This allowed the PS return line to clear the mount, but I still might add some additional sleeving to the line to prevent any accidental abrasion. Other than that the installation went smooth.

The test drive: I was shocked upon starting the car. Yes, these are the street compound, but again they are solid bushings, so soft or not, they are stiff. I anticipated some vibration, but not this much. Lots of little rattles too. I guess its time to start debuging those rattles now. Now I am running a mild B17 with cams and headwork, tuned via Neptune, so I am sure I don't have the smoothest running B, but idle and near idle are pretty "vibraty", if thats a word. Cruising speeds are not too bad though. I am temped to pull the mounts and have some holes drilled through the bushings to soften them up some. Though I know that would kille the Hasport warranty.

Anyway, these are quality mounts, which I anticipate never having to worry about again, but I would be hesitant to recommend them for a daily driver. My car is my daily driver, but I'm the only one to drive the car, and it will most likely be with me until it dies, or my 3 year old son gets old enough to drive, so the comfort loss is acceptable, barely.


Modified by BryanPendleton at 3:31 PM 8/8/2006

mar778c

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yeah, you get used to after a while. For EFs, this is the only way to go for b-series swaps.

Nick M

drill holes through the mounts?

jesus

just sell them and buy new oem mounts