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    How bad are engine mount spacers?

    Even with condor motor mounts, one of my pipes running down from my TMS shorty headers is hitting my subframe. 1/4" spacer or BFH? What say you R3V?
    "Broke into the wrong God damn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!"

    #2
    I don't think a 1/4" spacer is going to change the engine angle very much. it's probably fine.
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      #3
      I put some pressure on it with a jack and heated the primaries with a torch to give me some clearance.

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        #4
        I cut a piece of square tube and used a slide hammer to clearance the subframe a bit. it worked as well. (for a 24v swap, but same deal..)



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          #5


          Should of just taken a hammer to the exhaust.
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            #6
            I'm going to try the 1/4" spacers. Should I just do one side, or both?
            "Broke into the wrong God damn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!"

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              #7
              I would do both considering 24v pans hang low.
              Get some new mounts as well. Be mindful when you close your hood too lol.

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                #8
                ^ I dented my hood using those fucking lencas mounts like 5 years ago - Engine hoist point and TB... Those fuckers were like 1.5x taller than stock ones. Since they were essentially a threaded rod with two aluminum discs sandwiching a polyurethane disc, I just made a thinner aluminum plate to bring it down enough to close the hood, and I ran it like that for ~4 years.

                When I pulled everything, the 25 year old guibo and CSB were still in good shape, so I don't buy the talk about messing driveline angle up with spacers.
                Originally posted by priapism
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                Originally posted by shameson
                Usually it's best not to know how much money you have into your e30

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