Hey guys, I'm fairly new to the Honda scene and just bought a nice EK hatch with a full Type R swap, I really like the car but I can't stand the harsh vibrations from the Avid Mounts in it! Are there any options out there to smooth this thing out some? Its a DD for me and as you all know all the vibes get old on my 40mile trip to work and back!

 

Put the factory mounts in and sell the avid ones.

 

Don't think they make factory mounts for a Type R B18C in a 98 EK hatch... Do they?

 

time for searcing
yes u can get factory mounts

 

Make your own mounts. Buy some black roofing sealant and some cheap *** ebay mounts ( non solid ) full the gaps with the flexable roofing sealant, it will absorb alot of the vibrations.

 

Anyone want to trade a set of soft factory mounts for these new Avid billet mounts?

 

put in the stock em1 mounts nd ur set

 

just get stock si mounts but make sure u get the brackets and ull be ready to go

 

change out the mounts. maybe you could just cut little bits out of the avid mounts to stop some of the vibrations traveling into your a$s/chassis. sounds sketchy to me though, wouldn't want to be responsible for the motor clunking out onto the road on a morning commute to work...

 

if you were closer to me i would do it, i have some like new OEM mounts too.

 

yes they did. jsut search any b series into a ek mounts will work

 

why do that? waste of money on buying sealant. doesnt make much difference. just buy some oem mounts.

 

why would you want to cut a perfectly good motor mount?

 

Get some OEM mounts and sell your Avid ones, they're worth more.
If you have torque mounts, you could remove them. They're not needed with aftermarket mounts and it may smooth it out a little.

 

I wouldnt remove the torque mounts.... honda put them there for a reason.

 

Thanks for the info fellas like I said sorry if it was a dumb question, didn't realize oem SI mounts would work.

 

yeah, because they used soft rubber mounts. Urethane mounts are stiff enough you don't need the torque mounts.

 

you could try loosening all the mounts and rock the engine back and forth and tighten them back up again

 

wait what

 

i think it was an idea of putting stress on the material in the avid mounts.

i think prematurely wearing out the material is a little dangerous seeing as they could break into peices

 

exactly. those torque mounts keep the motor from rocking back and forth which w/o them put all the torque and inertia stress directly on the motor mount with can lead to flexing, or broken mounts prematurely. a solid mount will not give like a soft mount which will break not bend/flex

 

i have avid mounts in my Ek and my EG and I dont have alot of vibrations, feels like stock(well maybe not totally like stock but close). Maybe there is another problem with your motor

 

i heard that avid motor mounts are a piece of ****

 

Any ideas what it could be then if it isn't the mounts? The motor runs great. It may be that it has cams in it as well which I know makes the idle much rougher.

 

You probably don't have "street" mounts. Yours might be one of the harder two that they offer.

They have 62A, 75A, 90A urethane.