Engine mount heights

[chips]

Does anyone know of a list of heights of common engine mounts used on standard E30's and with popular engine conversions?

[leeparkes]

iirc standard M20 mounts are 50mm high.

[gooner1]

I have these to replace my old ones.

http://www.burtonpower.com/fp292.html
Height is 51mm.

[chips]

It's for my m60 conversion, the e30.de mounting arms are designed for use with the 540i mounts, but they are quite pricy. I was just wondering if there was an alternative within a few mm. M50 maybe?

[oddisE30]

For M50 and S50 conversion they often use E28 535 engine mounts. Those are 63.5 mm high.

[leeparkes]

It's for my m60 conversion, the e30.de mounting arms are designed for use with the 540i mounts, but they are quite pricy. I was just wondering if there was an alternative within a few mm. M50 maybe?

How tall are the 540i mounts?

[chips]

How tall are the 540i mounts?

I'm not sure of that either

The ones on the car I took the engine from were destroyed beyond recognition. There was nothing really holding the engine in. Quite scary really.

[Mars]

Everything is pricy, when you swap to a m60 ;)

The 540i mounts are 65mm tall, but after a few thousand kilometers the heigt reduces to about 60mm.



Here is an overview of a few BMW mounts. e30-talk.com/attachments/e30-wikipedia/ ... rlager.pdf

[chips]

Thanks for the link Mars. Very useful.

No sense in using the oil filled m60 mounts if there is a cheaper alternative thats up to the job!

[Mars]

I will buy the polyuerthane motor mounts from revshift, because the clearance between the oil pan and the steering shrinks again, although I have now 10mm spacers installed.
First I tried 5mm spacers, but after 5000km the oilpan hits my steering.

[chips]

These ones?

http://www.revshift.com/shop/motor-moun ... w-m60.html

I was looking at them too. They are talking about changing their one year warranty to liftime.

[Mars]

Yes these ones, because they will never shrink again.

[chips]

Which gearbox mounts did you use? E30 or E34? Are you using a 5 speed or 6 speed?

[Mars]

I used the 5speed gearbox with e30 gearbox mounts. Fits perfectly.

[chips]

Thanks. In that case I might get the revshift E30 gearbox mounts also.

[Mars]

This would be better. But I'm a bit scared that those mounts are too hard, because now it's perfect with the hydro- and e30 mounts.