318is poly engine/box mounts

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Post Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:48 pm

anyone know any companys doing these for the E30 318is, rear box mounts aswel.. :D
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Post Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:11 pm

Ireland engineering sell what you want - $49 each for the engine mounts plus shipping and parcel farce's standard £12.50 handling fee - starts getting expensive! Here's their website - www.bmw2002.com

You will get Alot of vibration in an iS with poly engine and gearbox mounts - only really recommended for an out and out track car.
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Post Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:18 pm

excellent, thanks for the info. ;)

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Post Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:51 pm

Oh, and don't bother with the gearbox mounts. Use new rubber ones; with the engine held securely they aren't under any stress and you'll save quite a bit of vibration.
My 325i with solid steel engine mounts and standard rubber gearbox mounts is a total pussycat 8)
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Post Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:50 am

I have a group buy on hockey pucks. Interested?
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Post Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:08 pm

Do you mean you have a group buy on hockey puck's or solid engine mounts?
I'm interested in the latter (will they fit 320's) but the other is far too dangerous!
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Post Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:42 pm

Nothing dangerous about solid mounts; we use them because they're so much stronger than rubber. The ice hockey puck version is bolt-through like the poly mounts, just a bit more compliant.
Both of these options can be done on any M20 engine (320, 323, 325)
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:23 am

As above. No need to worry about the pucks coming apart. They are less likely compared to normal mounts which are bonded metal to the rubber.
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:44 am

well mounts from bmw for the 318is are £100 so even the Ireland engineering ones come out cheaper.

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sorry, didn't see $49 each, makes them a tad more expensive.
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:58 am

Sorry guys, I wrote it bad, init. (I'm a tog see).
I meant ice hockey's too f-ing dangerous!
However, I am interested in the solid mounts.
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:05 pm

[quote="Dreamracer1"]I meant ice hockey's too f-ing dangerous![quote]

What do you think is dangerous about them? There is a bolt right through the subframe, pucks and engine mount holding it all together very securely.
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:11 pm

Watch my lips! I DIDN'T SAY SOLID MOUNTS WERE DANGEROUS, I HAVE NO CONCERN ABOUT THEM, JUST THE GAME OF ICE HOCKEY, YES?
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:12 pm

RS2000 mounts

https://www.burtonpower.com/product_main.aspx?home.aspx

search for FP292

Stiff, hard wearing and cheap
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:24 pm

Ah. oops. :o:
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:27 pm

It's all right, I think I'm on the same medication!
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:45 pm

JimmyC wrote:RS2000 mounts

https://www.burtonpower.com/product_main.aspx?home.aspx

search for FP292

Stiff, hard wearing and cheap
that's quite useful thanx - these ok for 318IS m42's then?
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:56 pm

mt1104 wrote:
JimmyC wrote:RS2000 mounts

https://www.burtonpower.com/product_main.aspx?home.aspx

search for FP292

Stiff, hard wearing and cheap
that's quite useful thanx - these ok for 318IS m42's then?
Not too sure work fine on an M20 for sure
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:17 pm

I think the studs on an m42 rubber mount are slightly offset, so using hockey pucks with a bolt through it, or those rs2000 mounts may slight alter the alignment of the engine/box etc.
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Post Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:31 pm

Theo325 wrote:I think the studs on an m42 rubber mount are slightly offset, so using hockey pucks with a bolt through it, or those rs2000 mounts may slight alter the alignment of the engine/box etc.
I'll check later next time I'm in the garage, I think I have an old pair kicking around.
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