D6lc

Also where do you buy the PU from?

JMLavoie

Thanks Perry in Va! Excellent stuff on engine mounts and more. Learned much from you on this topic!
Good learning that Corteco,s and Rein,s are basically the same at the Pelican website as I could not find the Rein's recently on that same website.
On the topic of C2 vs Turbo engine mounts, Pelican offers the following numbers:
C2: 993-375-049-08-M270; and
Turbo: 993-375-049-09-M270.
Differing by only 1 digit, should I assume they are <form, fit and function> with each other, with the turbo mounts being slightly more rigid, given the Turbo engine is a bit more heavy (my assumption)?
My C2 is approaching 90k miles so I take for granted that it is time for me to pull the trigger on these 13-yr-old mounts. Thanks guys!
Martin

Viper6

perryinva

What will happen if you order the Corteco TT mounts from Pelican, is you will get Reins with an -08 number. That's what I did, and called them to tell them they sent me the wrong ones, and spoke to tech support, and after a few calls, they told me the ONLY mount they carry, whether for Turbo or C2 is the same Rein mount, their online catalog has not been updated, with no immediate plans to. Let us know your impression of the difference.

KrazyK

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SSST

I'm a big believer in this as a cheap and High Value upgrade. Last year when I bought my X73 suspension, it came with new RS mounts. I swapped them out a few weeks before I had the actual suspension installed and couldn't believe the difference the mounts alone made.

perryinva

Where did you fiind that multi piece tranny mount? Never seen that before!

JMLavoie

Thanks Perry! Will comment whenever I get to do this.
Martin

Cefalu

The turbo mounts made my 996 noticeably faster, and my IMS bearing rattling noise totally disappeared. Highly recommended.

perryinva

I finally got to put a few miles on the car today, and the impression only got better. I don't understand how the clutch engages so much better/smoother/predictable just because of the mounts. Like others have commented, there is also definitely a noticeable lack of weight shift now when changing turn directions, like the car is riding flatter with stiffer ARBs. Really grin inducing, between that, the better clutch engagment and less notchy shifting through the gates. Who da thunk it?

jrgordonsenior

That's Wevo's semi sollid mount as shown here:
http://www.tarett.com/items/996-997-...unt-detail.htm

Installing the new mount is easy. It's removing the old mount that's difficult as it requires a press of some sort......

AndyK

Ordered a set of OEM motor mounts from Pellican. Can't hurt to replace them!

AndyK

Can someone spell out the process of replacing the old mounts with new stock mounts?

Do I have to put the car on 4 stands? Can I just raise the rear? Which bolts do I un-do first after supporting the engine?

alpine003

All you need is a jack and a piece of 2x4 to support the engine via the oil pan and some hand tools to remove the airbox and unbolt the couple bolts holding on the air pump on the drivers side. No need to disconnect it. Just undo the bolts and swing it out of the way. Then start removing the engine mount bolts from bottom and top.

Installing the new mounts can be a bit fussy if you don't have the engine lined up perfectly with the chassis so you might have to wiggle the engine a bit for the new engine mount bottom bolt to slide through the chassis.

I've done this a few times now where I got it under 15 min but even for my first time, I found it to be easy.

AndyK

Cool tips, thanks!

Can I jack/support the engine under the point everyone likes to use to lift the rear of the car?

Are the bottom bolts reachable without putting the car up on stands?