whats everyones opinion on mount inserts. If I could I would want to get rid of the front tranny mount.
i just got mine put in a few days ago and it feels alot different, the vibrations kinda suck but i guess i will get used to them like everything else on my car lol, but i cant wait to go from a dig and see how they react
YES…I definetely recommend using Motor mount inserts or new motor mounts themselves. Although the vibration takes some getting used to, it is definetely worth it. The motor response is so much more. I have red Prothane motor mounts and shift linkage mounts.
I have the Innovative track mounts with the 85A shore inserts. These are stiffer then Hasports track/race mounts. Car shakes a bit. no big deal. But even at that, I would still NOT take that front mount off. Our chassis was designed to utilize a front mount. the newer gen tegsand civics were designed not to.
From what I have read, the front motor mount is designed so you do not pull the rear apart when you gun it in reverse.
If you look at some of the aftermarket front cross members, they do not have any mounting for the front mount.
I have the ES front and rear, vibrates a little bit, my wife calls it the “amazing vibrating car” :lol:
I am not sure if I should be happy or sad for her calling it that.
All in all, I am glad I put them in. Before, with stock mounts, I could feel the engine rotating in the bay on hard acceleration. When I would go out of the parking garage for work, going down the steep decline (1 story in about 100 feet), in 1st gear, my shifter would move forward quite a bit. Now it doesn’t.
I have yet tos ee a DA aftermarket cross member that doesn’t come with the front mount option, unless you specify it specifically.
Not that they are new posts, or new to the market, and not saying that I would replace my stock one with one of those either, but they do exist.
I put in some energy suspention mounts and there not what I want. The tranny mount wasnt even the same so I just jammed it in there. It looks like shit. And all the companies that I have ran across that makes traction bars for the DA dont have the front tranny mount except Full-race. Im upgrading to these:
and probably buying the Avid mounts
I am going to be buying avid mounts. Does any one know where I can get the front tranny mount?
The only ES mount inserts I have seen come with 3 inserts. One for the front mount one for the rear. The third is incase you have a different mount in the front I think. There isn’t one (That I am aware of) for the tranny mount. (I refer to the tranny mount as the one on top of the transmission)