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January 2003
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Re: Engine swap kit
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Sat, 14 May 2005 14:09
 
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You might want to have a look at these threads which are now locked 
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http://forums.toymods.org.au/index.php?t=msg&t h=66304&start=0&rid=1935&S=41ccbf286b9 bf24f0719e47c153acbb2
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http://forums.toymods.org.au/index.php?t=msg&t h=68744&start=0&rid=1935&S=41ccbf286b9 bf24f0719e47c153acbb2
And after looking at that picture of those mounts 
You get what you pay for , or you pay for what you don't get as the case might be . I am lost to see how that gearbox mount correctly bolts to the correct area of the floor pan , sure there are eight bolt locations but only four are the correct mounting locations unless thats for a auto conversion then is using the auto mounting bolt locations .
I wouldn't like to be putting over 100nm at the gearbox into a flat piece of mild steel welded to a rhs box section mounted on the wrong bolt locations on the floor , as for the engine mounts , more flat mild steel with some 5mm plate reinforcing it .
How does a car get engineered welded engine mounts without them being xray tested in Victoria ? i would love to know . And as far as urethane general mounts from the repco catalog which are most likely for a V8 ford or rover for low reciprocating engine speed with lots of mass and huge counter weighting of the crank . Well add a not so smooth engine like a ca or sr and i am sure at a point in the rev range , if not from idle to the rpm limit you couldn't see crap out the rearview mirror due to the vibrations traveling though the complete car . I know with my softer mounts its at 3300 to 3500 rpm , with solid mounts this range would be far increased .
Just don't be stupid people  Think about the fact that with a small amount of engine work you will be driving some tin can with the ability to not only spin up in second gear like a modified 4age , but to light the wheels when you go to overtake someone on the freeway . With that kind of power you don't want a bloody mount coming adrift when you are really giving it to the car , sure might last today but what about down the track ? are you going to inspect something after every hard drive ? i think not  . Even factory stock components do fail , thats why servicing is invented for more than just oil changes .
Ow and about that DLI converter i was wrong , it was a 15 month wait from first order time , three months was just the chasing up after paying hey Steve . 
Don't bother with another weak reply tony , its just people like you and the work carried out by the now finished IDB is some of the worst forms of modification i have ever seen for my own eyes , if you cannot do something perfectly safely and legally i don't know why people should bother especially when its followed up by crappy service or there for lack of . I know the legalities of modifications easily escape the judicial system with ease , due to changing anything from a standard form is at the owners risk . And of course is not covered under any warranty's due to being deemed under the performance / race / ie not for road use clause , even if the product doesn't come equipped with the correct paper work pertaining to this fact . Thats why such piss poor work is out there , and it up to you the customer to live with the work because you have no comeback , even after the motor and box falls out from beneath your car 
Just be safe and if it doubt contact a mechanical engineer with the correct up to date accreditation , yes theres even a few dodgy ones of those out there which have just been canned by the RTA here in victoria . There normally so bloody smart that they have answered your question before you have finished explaining it  . Or completely DIY it , then you only have yourself to blame hey .
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