Thread: Solid motor mounts on a 'T', 'A' or '32-'40???

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Hello Everyone!, I was wondering what type of motor mounts everyone runs? Solid? or ??? as always, THANKS , Bill

oh, I have a '32 Ford, will have a 392 Hemi.....

Street, rubber insulated mounts. Drag strip, solid or engine plate. You won't like solid mounts on the street for long.

Don

Urethane seems to work well on the street also. They're a little more rigid than rubber mounts, but I like them for higher performance.

Solid mounts are for racing only . . . unless you really dig engine vibration in your car.

http://www.energysuspension.com/pages/motmt.html

Yup, what Jack and Don said.... Got to be some sort of strange human being to runs solid mounts on a street car.... I have a front plate, mid plate, and travel limiter for the 'maro.....

"solid mounts on the street"

Bad Ju-Ju Bwana

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Yup, what Jack and Don said.... Got to be some sort of strange human being to runs solid mounts on a street car.... I have a front plate, mid plate, and travel limiter for the 'maro.....

yes that would be me to .i have had soild engine mounts for many years it not that bad. run a urethane on trans

....LOL "....strange human being to run solid mounts on the street...."
Ok, so we have Don, Jack & Tech voting for rubber {or urethane} mounts &
Dave & Pat going for the solid ones.... hummm, guess it's a personal preference thing? Well, even though I sort a like the idea of 'shaking around a little' with vibration I should probably go with the rubber mounts due to the fact that my car ALREADY vibrates enough with the rubber mounts that it has!!! BUT then again, shaking around like a AA/FA at a stop light does sort of appeal to me!!! THANKS to all for your imput/opinions!!! Bill

Originally Posted by billlsbird

....LOL "....strange human being to run solid mounts on the street...."
Ok, so we have Don, Jack & Tech voting for rubber {or urethane} mounts &
Dave & Pat going for the solid ones.... hummm, guess it's a personal preference thing? Well, even though I sort a like the idea of 'shaking around a little' with vibration I should probably go with the rubber mounts due to the fact that my car ALREADY vibrates enough with the rubber mounts that it has!!! BUT then again, shaking around like a AA/FA at a stop light does sort of appeal to me!!! THANKS to all for your imput/opinions!!! Bill

yep putting urethane over soild mounts on your A not much diff my gto is not bad if. i gave you a ride you could not point it out the front wheels do jump a bit on idle but looks cool and scares the old men and kids

.....LOL "if you gave me a ride!".... PAT if you gave me a ride in something THAT fast I don't hardly think I'd even notice a little vibration!!!
In fact, now that I think about it, the '84 Camaro that I had with the motor that was in my '32 had solid mounts! I just remembered that when I was going through the garage cabinets the other day I saw them. Yeah they used big block chev solid mounts. It didn't shake much. But then it was only 460 HP/ 499 Tq.... I will try the solid mounts & see how they work. Thanks for 'jarring my memory' Pat! Bill

Mine has solid mounts.. It's a 440 with elephant ears.. I never do any long trips either..Solid mounts do add rigidity to the chassis, for what it's worth.