IE motor mount FAIL

[Aptyp]

yay, all resolved. Wanted to bump this thread, for others to see a happy ending. Not a lot of those happen in this section.

[BoxDriver86]

I had a feeling this would turn out alright. I've bought a ton of stuff from Ireland over the years and have never had an issue.

[30Bird]

I had the yellow motor and trans mounts fail after 2 years of daily driving.
Pure garbage. Sent IE photos of the failed mounts and they never cared to respond.

[SkiFree]

30Bird, you need to look into the other thread......

yesterday you posted

Don't buy I.E.!!! I had motor and tranny mounts fail within a couple years of daily driving. I put in new stock rubber mounts and smooth as silk. I sent them an email with photos and the never cared to respond. Won't buy anything from IE again.

and I replied yesterday as well....

Well I work for Ireland Engineering and I'm listening, if you'd PM me your info. we'll go from there.

I reiterate, PM me your info and we'll go from there. Even better if you have that email.... send it to me a n d r e w a d a m s @ i e m o t o r s p o r t . c o m

[ForcedFirebird]

I had the yellow motor and trans mounts fail after 2 years of daily driving.
Pure garbage. Sent IE photos of the failed mounts and they never cared to respond.

I know this car, he has a ton of parts from you guys. I welded the reinforcements of the huge rear sway bar and was surprised at the mount and the second hand experience of him saying there was no response. Glad to see this now get worked out.

[fporro]

Aloha Andrew,

My passanger side crumbled away, no melting issues., it lasted 7+ years.

Drivers side looks like it started to fail and eventually gave up during swap.

- removed/reinstall an arm at the time from block, installed new mount to it.
- snug bracket to block
- lower block until lower m/m stud slips through subframe and install nut, do not tighten.
- tighten bracket to block
- lower motor until it rest on subframe
- do other side
- only thighten lower m/m nuts to subframe after replacing second motor mount.

Peerless hooked me up with a set of your replacements.

[stamar]

off topic slightly other than i had a motor mount fail back in the day.

hey right at this moment im running without that shield in the picture above my post on my passengers mount because ive lost a bolt for it.

what is going to happen?

[mikeedler]

^ I would be pretty sure it will overheat it, burn/melt it and it will def. fail.

[F34R]

How well has the mounts from Silence on this forum hold up? I am currently running e28 mounts for my 24v swap. From the looks of these I am sticking with stock that lasts 15+ years.

[bmwstudent]

i used stock e21 tranny mounts for my setup. It takes a little bit of modification due to the bolts in the mount being 10m instead of 8m. But they are also a little larger in diameter and require just a little trimming to fit on the x-member due to the locator notches on the x-member. However they are firmer than e30 stock mounts, but i don't get any vibration from them. Im happy with em and they are way cheaper than poly mounts

[jimjim69]

+++ SkiFree

^ Woah, strong words there buddy.

You do realize that with a bolt through mount that the stress of engine vibration would be transferred solely through the bolt effectively making it a very skinny solid mount. The reason it is not a bolt through design is so the urethane can dampen/dissipate the vibration before it hits the frame (this is the same theory applied to the stock rubber mounts, just less dampening. ).

This happen to me also but I call JEFF @ I.E there staff had a NEW in the mail the NEXT DAY !!!
Im very HAPPY with ALL the bushing that they SELL .





James

[lambo]

How well has the mounts from Silence on this forum hold up? I am currently running e28 mounts for my 24v swap. From the looks of these I am sticking with stock that lasts 15+ years.

I'm not sure when Bishop installed the mounts on my car but they seem to be doing fine for me.

[fporro]

92 325ic parts car has engine mounts and heat shield that are different from my 87's 325iC ...

Looks like they were made for poly mounts, lol.

from realoem ...

# 11 Heat resistant plate, part # 11811127493
# 12 Stopper, part # 11811133377

[rThor432]

92 325ic parts car has engine mounts and heat shield that are different from my 87's 325iC ...

Looks like they were made for poly mounts, lol.

Those heatshields are standard for the aluminum engine arms, which are shown in the picture. Those are Euro only parts. We always got steel arms with the crash plates. Interesting that your '92 parts car has them (if I read your post right).

[fporro]

Those heatshields are standard for the aluminum engine arms, which are shown in the picture. Those are Euro only parts. We always got steel arms with the crash plates. Interesting that your '92 parts car has them (if I read your post right).

Yes, the parts car has them on. I'll swap them and save some weight., thanks for heads up.

please PM me a list of any other worthwhile parts from it.
it's a non a/c car so has a tiny radiator and other weight savers.