Upper tie bar

[briweekes]

I was wondering about the logic of fitting the upper engine tie bar and possibly also that little shock absorber from the camry front engine mount.

Does the 3VZ rock back and forth with all that torque? and if it does, would that extend the life of the Y pipe and exhaust?

Even the old mini's had an engine top tie bar to reduce the rocking.

[cdwood2010]

We fitted some decent poly mounts on Pats car - it ain't moving now!!!!

You can also 'make your own'...

Chris.


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[briweekes]

sounds like a plan!

[cdwood2010]

I had a few assorted mounts kicking around so I made a couple of rough ones with silicone sealant.

I did them in White for two reasons-

1) I wanted to be able to monitor them once they get some stick

2) I have shitloads of White for some reason

Tacked them up first:-



Then when they were dry, slapped it in there:-



Then once they had gone off propper I fitted them to the car:-



These were literally a rough draft just to see how they held up.

I did the front and rear mounts, although I'm told that only the rubbish front bobbin one really needs replacing generally.

So far so good, the engine seems pretty firm. Will see what happens after a few weeks of abuse. Probably remove them and inspect them, then do a proper set in black.

:)

Chris
"Northampton - home of the bodge build"

[briweekes]

Silicon sealant??!! I can't believe that works, surely its too weak to hold up. Eurethane, now that would be good

[cdwood2010]

Silicon sealant??!! I can't believe that works, surely its too weak to hold up. Eurethane, now that would be good

Dunno really, so I guess we will find out!

I read somewhere that someone had done it and it worked ok. Considering that it's in addition to what was there already, it's hardly going to plop out of the engine bay.

I can see Mr Woods frowning from here....

"bloody amateurs"

:0/

Chris.

[briweekes]

This is what I was thinking about http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT DIY Urethane motor mount kit

[ColleyV8]

Just buy the proper ones for the car, the ones you listed are just as expensive, only in the states and a complete mess to make up. buy these, the one I got they fit well anddo the job: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/POWERFLEX-FRON...item483b7b26c5

[cdwood2010]

Yep, thems the ones we fitted to Pats car!

We bought them from Hasad who found them a bit too solid by all accounts! On his advice I modded the front one to add a bit of flexibility to it:-





Drilling the mount was a tad interesting! The rubber returns to a sticky goo around the drill when it gets hot!

Chris.

[Limeymk1]

I picked one of these up at JAE last year for £20:



Still haven't fitted it.