Home done "solid" engine mounts.

[John]

After chatting with a chap yesterday who'd made some engine mounts for his xe mk1 astra, it's got me thinking. Now he works for a prestige performance manufacturer, and used some of the stuff they use to glue their cars together. Now this istuff he used isn't readily available, so anyone got any other good ideas on what i can fill my mounts with? Ideally i'd need something that sets very hard. :thumb:

[BIGS]

tigerseal thats what i have used and its really good stuff. And set within a day! really fast drying

[John]

yeah i've seen tigersealed one's, they seem to set quite soft to me? any other ideas of what to use?

[Stuart]

I did find some polyurethane sealant a while ago but cannot remember where... This is stiff stuff that the TCA bushes etc get made from.

[peester]

ask jonlem?? think they used a resin of somesort on that green xe on-the-cheap project they did...?

[peester]

what wrong with ur ones john?

[John]

I did find some polyurethane sealant a while ago but cannot remember where... This is stiff stuff that the TCA bushes etc get made from.
Think stu!lol

[John]

what wrong with ur ones john?

Nowt, just need some for a mk3 astra, and need to "repair" my zafira oneslol

[Stuart]

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/s/SIRPF15LM/


now bear in mind its a THEORY I never tried it out ;)

[scrap nova]

get some quick steel comes in a tube mix it like push it in goes hard in 5 mins and it sets like rock i done it on one of my old cars had to change it in the end as it had no movement at all

[meritlover]

belzona liquid metal

[craig green]

I used instant gasket from tool station. Like a polyeurothane in a silicon tube. About ?3.

[andy_srt40]

i've heard of people using fibre glass resin, readiy available and cheap, just don;t get the stuff with the strands already in it lol

the stuff you want is the one they use for fibre glass matting as its resin only and need activating to make it set so one tin will last a lifetime

[Adam]

Tigerseal does work well, but leaves some "give" in the mount.

If you want them fully solid(for some reason) then yeah your going to need something like a resin that sets rock hard.

Jonlem/TurboGav used some sort of stuff that you set electrical cables in the ground with iirc on their green nova.

[craig green]

Beyond stiffening them up a tad, I'd go solid.

Should get to sample mine sometime soon.

[R1CH]

I just got some old bits of Polybush and chopped it into little cubes, stuck them in the gaps in the mount then covered them in Tigre seal, been in for a good 18 month and they still seem fine ... sod paying ??? for 'propper' competition mounts.

[trackdaynova]

cement? lol that sets fairly hard apparently

[Stuart]

just weld a steel plate over the rubber mounts :D

[John]

Thanks for the "sensible" suggestions.:roll:

[craig green]

Heres one I did with instant gasket'.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/NovaGSi-WIP_pics/work_in_progress019.jpg

[John]

Cheers craig, that's what i'm after doing. I need whatever i fill it with to set at roughly the same consistency as the rubber. I'll do some experimenting!

[djbrowney]

i have used some stuff called sika flex, comes in the same tube as seam sealer, i used to get this from the boat yard i used to work in but no long work there, i guess you must be able to get it from a boat shop some where. really good stuff and set solid :thumb: and looks exactly the same as the standard rubber :thumb:

[Adam]

Cheers craig, that's what i'm after doing. I need whatever i fill it with to set at roughly the same consistency as the rubber. I'll do some experimenting!
Hmm, tigerseal fits that description.

[John]

/\ not the one's i've seen, the tigerseal is softer than the rubber.

[chimp007_uk]

try sika flex... my bro used it on his kit car,a nd it sets solid and is very adhesive! he even mounted his cycle wings with it and they haven't blown off yet. he bought it off ebay iirc.

[trackdaynova]

Sorry to offend you John :(

[lee coley]

sikaflex is good **** man

[5T1G]

A few lads on another forum have used ice hocky puks???:tard:

[burgo]

according to merlin motorsport sikafles is a polyurethane sealant. sounds like that stuff to go for

[Adam]

Tigerseal is the same stuff/\
But you can get sikaflex in different strengths/hardnesses