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Old 05-30-2006, 10:05 PM   #1
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Opinions on Poly vs. Rubber Motor Mounts?

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The 305 is coming out on the weekend, and the 355 is going in - come hell or high water. Any opinions on stock rubber vs. poly motor mounts? I'm thinking just some good stock replacements will be fine, assuming I even need to change them. The car only has 89K miles on it.

Your thoughts??
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Old 05-30-2006, 10:08 PM   #2
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cant speak from experiance but i always read ect bout what a difference poly mounts make... im prolly gonna go with them when i put on some headers ect
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Old 05-30-2006, 10:29 PM   #3
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it will vibrate a little but it will be well worth it... so far i have heard 2 different people call poly motor mounts their "favorite bolt on." i'm gonna do it when i do my headers
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I found little difference between rubber and poly as far as vibration on engine mounts, I noticed the trans mounts do transmit more vibration. But I perfer poly in that the do not deterorate like rubber and cause the engine to sink.
My vote is for Poly.
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Old 05-31-2006, 12:14 PM   #5
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I vote poly too.

The only reason I don't have them is that I got a brand new set of rubber mounts for $5.

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Old 05-31-2006, 01:08 PM   #6
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poly mounts are great
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Old 05-31-2006, 01:10 PM   #7
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Old 05-31-2006, 04:09 PM   #8
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poly>rubber and any time a engine is out and it has some miles on it always do mounts.
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Old 05-31-2006, 09:00 PM   #9
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I will most likely do the poly, but I'm concerned with vibration and noise. My wife will occasionally go for a ride in the car too and I don't wanna hear her complain about it. If someone could convince me it won't be any noisier I'll do it.

Is it OK to run a solid rubber tranny mount with poly engine mounts?
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Old 06-01-2006, 05:11 AM   #10
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my 86 is all poly first time i started her up car shook like a bitch almost vibrated the dash pad loose its gotten better and i assume once i get some miles on the car it will almost completly go away and thats on bmr's k member with the built in mounts, i wouldn't recomend doing poly mounts then a rubber tranny as it will most likely tear or brake a lot sooner.
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Old 06-01-2006, 01:16 PM   #11
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Trans mounts are cheap enough that you could try the poly/rubber combo to see how it is, and if you tear up the rubber trans mount too quickly, you'll just have to upgrade.

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Old 06-01-2006, 02:19 PM   #12
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I will go with poly over rubber any day. Especially trans/engine mounts. I went through 4 rubber trans mounts since i got my car 3 years ago and finally went to poly this year.
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