I've seen some people put Sikaflex into there engine mounts
Why is this ?
Does it give any advantages for anything ?
Cheers, Vaughan :)
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I've seen some people put Sikaflex into there engine mounts
Why is this ?
Does it give any advantages for anything ?
Cheers, Vaughan :)
No real advantages vaughan just makes them stiffer so when theres an XE or anything hanging from them it dosent move around as much.Quote:
Originally Posted by vaughanmc
Ahh right I see :)
It stops the engine moving around so much, which stops it from fighting to come out when beating Saxos off the lights etc. I used them on my 1.6 8v and the improvement was good, do it!
Did you get proper ones or Sikaflex up the original mounts lol ?
Hmm i might try this if theres improvement to be had as ive just fitted an XE to mine but left the mounts as they were.Quote:
Originally Posted by iainel
i find the proper ones are just to hard lol
make your own, slightly floppy ones are better lol
I got some brand new mounts and filled them with Tigerseal, which is polyurathene based I believe. So you can say "I have poly engine mounts" if you don't wanna make it sound so pikey lol They were perfect on my 1.6, good fit being std and didn't vibrate through the car too much.
Got some proper solid TAS ones to go on when the XE is fitted though.
I quite fancy doing it when I put the engine into the Mk1 :)
Just wanted to see the point and if there was any gains to be had
i put them on my last xe and it was spot on. Used to hit the rad/bulkhead. Filled mounts up with tigerseal and it was great, handled alot better as well throwing it into corners
I've got the proper competion mounts and there is no movement in the engine what so ever, slight downside of a bit of vibration in the car and louder engine noise but I love them.
Plus Twin 40's lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bazil
Count me in
http://www.pro-tecmotorsport.com/par...ils.cfm?id=114
that the ones ive got.
They'll do any engine ?
They have a few benefits, one of which is that the engine is now solid in the bay, so when your cornering if you touch the throttle, the engine moving about isnt going to upset the cars balance, if you get me.
Id definently fit some, you can feel the difference imo. Yes the car vibrates on idle, but its fine when your driving.
Mine were only £90 brand new, full set.
The ONLY downside is fitting the bastids lol
I'm tempted to get them - Just need to save up for them :)
For which car? Your 1.2i?
On a small block, unless your tracking it, i wouldnt bother. Unless you find some for cheap.
You see the biggest difference with more power/bigger engines.
Nope the 1.4 8v T40 Nova mate
I wouldn't go to the bother of changing anything on the Mk2 lol
christ £228 from HH :tard:
I am quite tempted by those Pro-Tec mounts, price isn't too bad and they look quite decent.
yip ive got them on my 1.6 gsi, not the worst to fit but look at this kit too
http://www.hh-ms.com/database/index....bCategoryID=17
Is there any reason for the massive price difference?Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
eh none i can see,
That's what I thought lol
walden from up your way were good for nova stuff but they dont do novas now:(
Aye now Clark Motorsport, I was going to give them a shout and see if they had any old Walden stock left over but i've got a feeling they wont.
i phoned a couple of months back and got the,, oh no we dont do nova parts, there too old, it mitshibushi we deal with.
Yeah thought so, shame, there's nowhere else I know off around here that are even remotely interested in Vauxhall's.
I've the same they made a massive difference when setting off but yes they do rattle the dash a fair bit. I poly bushed my exhaust to get rid of the rattle.Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
i just turned the radio up lol lol
I gradually got deaf with the rattle, not so bad now lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bazil
Radio and Nova ?Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
NO :p lol
In a my nova I needed a radio, there were more squeaks than a mouse in a cheese factory lol.
stop stereotyping the nova as a trackcar-only car adam.. boomboom
but your still a girl, you have a dash lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Adam
Take the interior out :pQuote:
Originally Posted by bazil
Best of both worlds, much harder but not to hard and a c**t to fit.
Squeeks and rattles are easily sorted, remove the whole interior ;) lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bazil
The only reason i still have a dash is:Quote:
Originally Posted by General Baxter
A-I cant remove it now due to the cage
B-The loom/clocks etc just looks messy as fcuk with the dash not fitted.
The only dash-less cars ive seen that look good are Dans and Pauls
Full original gsi interior no rips burns or tears mono wheel, digi dash and a loud alpine sterio FTW.