i need some advice on what motor mounts i should replace my broken ones with. ive allready purchaced the factory replacement but i keep hearing i should go with poly or solid mounts.

ive also heard that solid mounts can put a lot of stress on the block

when i looked for polyerethane mounts all i could find when i took a quick look on jegs is the poly inserts. how are these suppose to work?

any ideas or links to a page would be appreciated

 

the poly inserts require you to drill out the rivets holding the stock mounts together, remove the rubber inster, replace with the poly and reinstall.

depends on what you do with the car. if you are racing it, and dont mind some extra vibrations, solid will work fine. Poly is a littel more forgiving than the solid mounts but people have mixed opinions on them.

for a DD, rubber

 

definatly not a daily driver

so if im understanding this correctly, i can buy the poly inserts, drill out the rivits in the factory rubber replacements i bought, swap the inserts, re-rivet them back together and install them in the car

or can i install the new inserts in the mounts allready in the car? or is that a bad idea, and probably not practical with the motor in the car.

 

The poly inserts can go into either your old mounts or the new ones you bought. You only use the metal shell of the stock style (rubber) mounts. No need to re-rivet the mount, the bolts holding it to the crossmember will hold it together. Most come with some big zip ties to help hold things together while you line the bolts up.

 

I would go with the polly mounts.. its a nice median between rubber and solid.. Have fun putting them in.. easiest way is to remove the springs.. u can do it with out removal of the springs but its a pita.. to reinstall the springs a jack stand, prybay and small sledgehammer make easy it able to get them back in with a good amount of effort..

 

There is next to no difference between solid and poly mounts. I have used both on several cars, I'll stick with the solids.