M50E30 engine mountings

[Bimmer335is]

It wouldn't be worth it to pull the motor or the headers to hit it with a hammer. Too much work right now, I just want to see if my car works, all I need is one part and then it's off to the races;-)

[Beej '86 325es]

Yeah, I have no doubt they will rub. But now there really isn't anything I can do. Should be interesting to see what happens.

BFH = Big Fucking Hammer.

[Bimmer335is]

Yeah, I have no doubt they will rub. But now there really isn't anything I can do. Should be interesting to see what happens.

those are sexy headers! it sucks about the clearance issue, but at least you have those poly mounts

Yea, that is too close for comfort. They will rub.

[tonytony]

those are sexy headers! it sucks about the clearance issue, but at least you have those poly mounts

[Mr.SWISS]

Just went into the garage and looked at my e28 M5. The mount pictured above is installed on the passenger side and the green mount is installed on the drivers side.

FWIW - I have the green e28 M5 mounts on both sides of my e30 s50.

That's what I decided to do, and I threaded them all the way down.

[dougsic]

OK WTF is the deal with these mounts? I ordered e28 M5 mounts and got 2 different ones. One black angular one like I have seen in pics, and this one.

Just went into the garage and looked at my e28 M5. The mount pictured above is installed on the passenger side and the green mount is installed on the drivers side.

FWIW - I have the green e28 M5 mounts on both sides of my e30 s50.

[Bimmer335is]

Here's some pics of the Shorty Headers, just got them installed today. They look sexy. Got them from Ireland Engineering as well.





Here's the final clearance... They are much closer than anticipated, but I think urethane motor mounts will help. They are only about a mm or so from the strut tower



And this last picture is to show progress... I'll show more later.

Can you post a top view pic? Which shorties are they?

[Bimmer335is]

thx for the pics...hows the clearance on the shorty headers?

i dunno yet, they are close, we'll find out next week when I get my exhaust finished.. Other than that they are close to the strut tower. only half an inch away but with it urethane bushings, I think I'm good.

[tonytony]

i wish i would have known about those IE mounts!!!! booooooooooo

thx for the pics...hows the clearance on the shorty headers?

[Bimmer335is]

You can get the e28 5 series urethane motor mounts from IE for $98 a pair.

[tjhartge]

my IE urethane bushings, I think they are from an e28 m5, are working fine. I'll show pics soon.

cool, pix as soon as you can, i get alot of flex when i hit corners hard, i need to upgrade my current ones that are from the e34 to a much stiffer and firmer ones, btw how much do the IE ones cost?

[Bimmer335is]

my IE urethane bushings, I think they are from an e28 m5, are working fine. I'll show pics soon.