During the installation of TTI headers on our '06 5.7L Hemi Police Pursuit Charger ("Go With the Flow," July '17), we discovered that the motor (engine) mounts were torn beyond the point of reuse.
Once one or more of the mounts fail, the engine is allowed more freedom to move about, placing undue stress on the transmission case at its mounting point. The best case is the transmission mount also ...
When we did our six to V-8 conversion a couple of years ago, we had a rough time getting our Trans Am Racing 289 onto the engine mounts. When we bolted stock mounts to the engine block, they would not ...
Most cars have two to four motor mounts. A bad motor mount will cause vibration or knocking from the engine. You can test for a bad motor mount visually or by rocking it by hand. Replacing motor ...
No matter how quiet and smooth a car appears to drive, it still relies on an internal combustion engine to produce tons of raw explosive power every minute. That engine sits in a compartment ...
Just like their name explains, engine mounts have the role of keeping the power plant in place inside the engine bay. They are usually a component that has rubber and metal, and they are screwed into ...
If your car has over 100,000 miles on it and you’ve never touched the engine or transmission mounts, you should seriously consider changing them. These unique pieces of hardware live hard lives and ...