what engine mounts are you running?
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Improper installation would certainly explain some/most/all of them. Although I know of a few cases when the owner claimed to have installed them correctly. Whether or not somebody owns up to their own mistake is another story.
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I was more concerned that you were personally seeing the elastomer material breakdown due to design/time/mileage. That doesn't seem to be the case... just want to know what to look for.
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from Wevo:
http://www.wevo.com/Products/Chassis...-SSPillows.htm
http://www.wevo.com/Products/Chassis...-SSPillows.htm
WEVO are now offering the option between the standard "Blue" Pillows and an alternate more compliant "Black" Pillows for the range of WEVO SS Engine and Transmission mount products. The new “Black” Pillows are 15 points softer on the Shore “A” scale for durometer readings than the original "Blue" Pillows. The Black pillows function in the same way as the Blue pillows – although they allow slightly more deflection under similar loads – the advantage is lower noise transfer through the SS mount module.
From our testing we would suggest the Black pillows for any street use only SS transmission mounts. If you drive your car to the track would might also consider these. For pure track work we recommend the original Blue pillows for both SS Transmission and SS Engine mounts. The Black pillows are also good for engine mounts on Street only cars – offering a reduction of engine noise transfer over the Blue pillows – much less engine mount deflection and drive train movement than the O.E. or O.E. Sport Engine mounts.
We have created this option to provide more flexibility in the WEVO SS product range. Blue and Black pillows can be mixed in any combination – including mixing them within a single mount body.
From our testing we would suggest the Black pillows for any street use only SS transmission mounts. If you drive your car to the track would might also consider these. For pure track work we recommend the original Blue pillows for both SS Transmission and SS Engine mounts. The Black pillows are also good for engine mounts on Street only cars – offering a reduction of engine noise transfer over the Blue pillows – much less engine mount deflection and drive train movement than the O.E. or O.E. Sport Engine mounts.
We have created this option to provide more flexibility in the WEVO SS product range. Blue and Black pillows can be mixed in any combination – including mixing them within a single mount body.
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My original mounts failed after 20 years. Got a new pair of 993 oem mounts and the car felt better afterwards.
With the idea of an original carrier I opted to stay with the stock stuff. After all, those Porsche engineers kinda knew what they were doing and delivered a solid package. Why deviate when you're happy?
With the idea of an original carrier I opted to stay with the stock stuff. After all, those Porsche engineers kinda knew what they were doing and delivered a solid package. Why deviate when you're happy?
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See my post above for the full Wevo description:
I also discussed this option with them on the phone. The top elastomer does most of the work...
We have created this option to provide more flexibility in the WEVO SS product range. Blue and Black pillows can be mixed in any combination – including mixing them within a single mount body.
