Thread: blown motor mount

i think i have a blown front motor mount. The big piece up top moves around alot. I dont think its supposed to do that, is it?
This is the part on the mount thats moving

How much is alot? It's probably shot, they do have a tendancy to disintegrate.

yea mines shot too, gonna get one from Gspec

i guess around 2 inches of play. i just read this thread on another forum and its exactly what my car is doing. or at least for the first part of it.
Bad motor mounts? - 3000GT/Stealth International Message Center

yeah, sounds pretty bad. Order one up from GSpec like lynch did is your best option.

i havent yet but im going to.. i dont drive my car on the street much..

just ordered one from gspec

2 inches is a real lot. MM's go bad usually slowly over time sort of like shock absorbers, then one day you find its completely shot.

You'll like the difference when you get that replaced. Tends to mess your shifting having the motor flopping around like dead fish.

Btw if the front is shot 90% of the time so is the rear. F/R replace as a pair, because when one goes it allows so much movement it often tears up the other one. Leave the sides OEM unless this is a track car or unless you really like NVH. Ask me how I know...my second B13 has Place Racing mounts all 4, it's a bit much. I know Dave C originally had all 4 ES in my first car, and he swapped the sides back to OEM for the same reason.

Just got ES mounts front and rear. Vibration is annoying, reminds me of my uncle's old '73 Dodge pickup.

Check your height from the front MM - there is some up-down there, and you might have dropped or raised the motor enough for something like the DP to cause more NVH. Unless you do side mounts, I have not seen the ES MM bushings really cause what you describe. And I know how a '73 Dodge drives