Well my Eco cavy has the GM S/C kit and a pacesetter armor coated header. The car has about 48K miles on it and has STOCK MOUNTS, there is a lot of movement! If I don't replace the stock mounts soon, would it be possible to damage anything? I'm getting TTR mounts pretty soon, money depending. I just did the header install last week and it added a "bubbly, maybe raspy" sound when the car is started and at low rpms.
Anyways my main question, is it basically common knowledge to upgrade mounts when you add the S/C kit and/or the header??
2005 LS Auto (Blue)
-M62 Kit with 3.1"
-ZZP S3 H/E setup
-Pacesetter armor coated header
-Magnaflow 22" resonator (p/n 10436)
-Vibrant CatBack
-TTR Upper and Lower motor mounts
from what i understand, stock mounts are pretty hazardous to headers, since the play in them can be hard on the gaskets, i could be wrong, but thats what ive been told
If you put on a header, Upgrade the mounts unless you have a flex joint IMO.
The header on my LD9 HATED my stock mounts.. I had to be very careful in reverse because i could hear the header rubbing under the firewall as the engine torqued the mounts. This was with nearly brand new mounts too. I upgraded to TTR mounts and all was good
Poly engine mounts are never a bad idea, no matter what your power situation is.
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Alright, they are ordered!
2005 LS Auto (Blue)
-M62 Kit with 3.1"
-ZZP S3 H/E setup
-Pacesetter armor coated header
-Magnaflow 22" resonator (p/n 10436)
-Vibrant CatBack
-TTR Upper and Lower motor mounts
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Never a bad idea. IMO they should always be done before a header to avoid having problems at the joint of the header.
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TTR mounts were the first thing i did to my car. Although with the stock ld9 mounts the engine could move almost 2"-3"
I've been running stock motor mounts since i got my car and have had no problems. I also installed a full exhaust including header about 70000km ago. and poly tranny mounts 15000km ago.
Have I been pushing my luck so far?
Still waiting on LZM's motor mounts to come in for almost 2 months now...
