EDIT: Ended up solving the issue by slightly bending the steering rack hard lines away from the pan to provide clearance. All is well now.
Car is an S52 swapped E30. Just installed new E28 motor mounts and new E21 rubber trans mounts with the AKG cups trying to chase down some vibration issues. Was still getting excessive vibration afterwards and tracked it down to the oil pan touching the steering rack hard lines. I’ve attached a pic. The new motor mounts looked identical in dimension to the ones I took out. I’m not really sure why this is happening. It is possible to shimmy the motor/trans assembly forward a little bit? I should also mention that I have fender washers stacked on the tops of the motor mounts to help clear the IX booster I’m using but I would have expected that to help the clearance from the rack. Any feedback is appreciated, thanks.
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Car is an S52 swapped E30. Just installed new E28 motor mounts and new E21 rubber trans mounts with the AKG cups trying to chase down some vibration issues. Was still getting excessive vibration afterwards and tracked it down to the oil pan touching the steering rack hard lines. I’ve attached a pic. The new motor mounts looked identical in dimension to the ones I took out. I’m not really sure why this is happening. It is possible to shimmy the motor/trans assembly forward a little bit? I should also mention that I have fender washers stacked on the tops of the motor mounts to help clear the IX booster I’m using but I would have expected that to help the clearance from the rack. Any feedback is appreciated, thanks.
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