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Originally Posted by spud69
I'm not sure there Albert, I and a few builders around me have replaced the sierra mounts for land rover fitting them to various engines. On tickover they provide enough dampening to reduce vibration with the larger and softer sierra mounts you can noticeably feel the engine move when driving and you get a lot of movement back through the gearbox and stick, feels like the engine is sat on 2 large bowls of jelly. I've seen 2 sierra mounts snap at the bottom bolt because of the extra movement and lateral forces induced by hard driving and cornering. One on mine i didn't notice till the engine was removed on the cvh.....  |
I've used Landy mounts, too, but they're so stiff that the engine never moves more than a couple of millimetres relative to the chassis. Sierra mounts were the exact opposite. I just wanted to point out there is a technical reason why the original mounts are so soft, and we should be aware of the trade off when replacing them with something much stiffer.