M20 engine mount options

[Dan320is]

I'm replacing the engine and gearbox mounts on my touring and I was wondering if there was a better designed engine mount that will fit from another BMW?

I've got e28 M5 engine mounts on my 318is as they are a better mount. I know about the hockey puck groupbuy but I'd rather stick with BMW supplied parts.

Anyone?

[Ant]

poly mounts for a MK2 escort Dan

£6 each from Rallye design iirc

[Dan320is]

poly mounts for a MK2 escort Dan

£6 each from Rallye design iirc

Ah, I was hoping you'd surface mate.

You mean these? Can't find the exact poly mounts you mentioned.

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... s_id=13049

[Dan320is]

I can't seem to find the mounts mentioned by Ant but I've just come up with a solution.

I will update people when I have pics, just got to get some machining done.

[BadDave]

You mean these? Can't find the exact poly mounts you mentioned.

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... s_id=13049

Those are the Vibra Technics mounts.
They make E30 ones as well,although RD don't seem to list them.

The £6 ones are Mk1/2 Escort H/D mounts.
There are 2 sizes, 35mm and 50mm.
It's teh 50mm ones you need.

[Dan320is]

You mean these? Can't find the exact poly mounts you mentioned.

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... s_id=13049

Those are the Vibra Technics mounts.
They make E30 ones as well,although RD don't seem to list them.

The £6 ones are Mk1/2 Escort H/D mounts.
There are 2 sizes, 35mm and 50mm.
It's teh 50mm ones you need.

I can see 50mm on there but they're not £6, they're £43.17.

[BadDave]

Here's the link for you

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=7219

[Dan320is]

Here's the link for you

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=7219

Cheers Dave, I looked through the engine/gearbox & suspension mounts section and still couldn't find them. It must be my turn to be thick today.

[BadDave]

Here's the link for you

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=7219

Cheers Dave, I looked through the engine/gearbox & suspension mounts section and still couldn't find them. It must be my turn to be thick today.

I had to look up the catologue to get the part number in order to find it on the website.

[zaust]

Would these suit the m30 conversion or would they raies the height of the engine ?

[DanThe]

Whats the height of a standard M20 mount?

[town325i]

ive used genuine mounts for the engine and gearbox and they didnt cost the earth, had no problems with them in the six months i had my car on the road

[zaust]

Whats the height of a standard M20 mount?

Any one ??

Would like to know as I would like to lower my engine by 5 - 10mm.

[DanThe]

If you want to lower the engine and up-rate the mount then get some landrover engine mounts, perfect for a track car, like having the engine sat on lumps of wood

[Ziggy]

Bump I need to know how the 2 sizes (and indeed LR ones even!) compare to standard ones too...

50mm: http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=7219
35mm: http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=7218

[zaust]

[BadDave]

Marc/Jon

I've just measured the ones holding up the M20 and they appear to be in the region of 40mm when compressed.
AFAIK they are std BMW mounts.


HTH

[Ziggy]

Cheers mate

Reckon I'll give the 35mm jobbies a go then.

[Ziggy]

Ordered the 35mm ones. I'll report back as to whether they fit/are any good!

[stonesie]

How did they turn out Ziggy?

[Ziggy]

Too short for an M30! Needed to space them up a bit to let the sump clear the steering rack. You really need to measure what you have currently, and the amount of clearance you have.

[stonesie]

Current mounts are around 40mm iirc (too late to double check now) so i ordered a pair of 50mm mounts

[Ziggy]

It says that about six posts up!

I went with the 35mm ones with the thought that I could easily space them by 5mm, and I didn't really want to end up with the engine 10mm higher.

[ImysE30]

Anyone tried the Landrover one's and know what size they are?

Will they fit and not cause a problem like Ziggy's above?