motor mount

[Firebirdformula99]

just make sure you got good ramps...some of them shits are known to collapse...sorry if im soundin like a nag, but safety first....

Oh and do you have headers on your bird? im just wondering how much of a fight ill have when i go to put them on i know changing the #8 plug was a nightmare so was #6

[jiveass]

Oh and do you have headers on your bird? im just wondering how much of a fight ill have when i go to put them on i know changing the #8 plug was a nightmare so was #6

yea i did the headers at the same time as the mounts.....the headers actually went in with no problems after i put the poly mounts on...before, no such luck.

[Firebirdformula99]

yea i did the headers at the same time as the mounts.....the headers actually went in with no problems after i put the poly mounts on...before, no such luck.

yeah im getn the bbk LT they come with a 2.5 y pipe you think thats big enough or wont restrict flow i know anythings better than the stock manifolds

[jiveass]

yeah im getn the bbk LT they come with a 2.5 y pipe you think thats big enough or wont restrict flow i know anythings better than the stock manifolds

should be fine...i got 3" y pipe, but only cause my ebay headers didnt offer y pipe so i had one made at muffler shop....

[Firebirdformula99]

ok cool yeah im going to get the flowmaster 10 series to replace my 44 it sounds ok but kinda like tingy sounding when it has a load on it

[jiveass]

ok cool yeah im going to get the flowmaster 10 series to replace my 44 it sounds ok but kinda like tingy sounding when it has a load on it

i got a flowmaster as well..it came alive after i put the headers on it...

[Firebirdformula99]

i got a flowmaster as well..it came alive after i put the headers on it...

yeah i wanted to run the pipes out side in front of both back tires but i dont know how that would look on a firebird thats more of a mustang look i think

[JayTA98]

I guess I got lucky with my poly mounts. I didnt remove the pedestals and they aligned perfectly.

[LeadFarmer]

I guess I got lucky with my poly mounts. I didnt remove the pedestals and they aligned perfectly.

did you have to remove anything else in the process? also what brand? I'm looking to pick some up before I swap my headers in this weekend

[jiveass]

i used prothane mounts, but i had to split the clamshell and install em....some places sell the whole mount...but that shit is more expensive.

[bberretta]

Make sure you mark the two halves of the clamshell so you put them back together correctly. My mounts were so dryrotted that after splitting them the rubber fell out. Sjsingle1 has some great pics in his thread: http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133419

[sjsingle1]

[sjsingle1]

nobody wants a flat mount bouncing around in the clamshell

[sjsingle1]

[sjsingle1]

[JayTA98]

are those your burnt biscuits?

[jiveass]

chances are, most people's stock mounts look like this, even when they say "oh theyre still good, no need to replace".

[sjsingle1]

are those your burnt biscuits?

damm chinese rubber i tell ya

[The Ace]

A good tip that I figured out when I was changing mine...
I had a whale of a time trying to get the big long bolts back through. The motor had to be twisted some to get them to line up right. Rather than prying, I took a ratchet strap and hooked to a point on the motor and then to another point on the frame and just kept ratcheting unti I got them to slip right in. It sure made it easy to do it myself with just the two hands i had on me.