trans mount

[ChrisBroCore]

ive been reading up on this site a lot. ive read that you can put the v8 trans mount in the v6 by using a spacer or a v8 cross member....does using the stronger mount help with driving at all? like getting rid of a lot of the transmission movement?..thanks

[steddy]

Re: trans mount

Only thing I've heard is that it transfers more vibration (could be just poly though). I just replaced the one in mine (180k) with a stock one, but just because the rest of the drivetrain was new, not because of failure.

[Meatyshells]

Re: trans mount

the 1le v8 trans mount is a direct fit, other than the need for spacers. The v6 crossmember has a little dip in it, while the v8 one does not. Hence the need for the spacers.

but for the cost IMO it's better and cheaper to use a poly mount and use rubber swaybar bushings as spacers as to soften the vibrations.
you need to cut a little slot in the crossmember in order to make the poly mount fit though because they do not make a specific poly mount for our cars, only a universal one

[ChrisBroCore]

Re: trans mount

thanks for the reply..my main concert is that when i get on the gas a bit (sometimes) or hit a big bump (sometimes)...it sounds like my transmission hits the bottom of my car..i think it could be the mount just not doing its job right but idk..

[Meatyshells]

Re: trans mount

yeah bouncing shifter sounds like a torn/worn trans mount

[ChrisBroCore]

Re: trans mount

okay cool..thank you..ill go with the 1LE or the poly mount..thanks all!!!:rock:

[Camaroman1221]

Re: trans mount

i have a poly mount for mine after i ripped two stock ones in half within a month, i remember reading somewhere the you can also use a crossmember out of a car with the auto tranny so you don't need spacers but i honestly haven't tried yet

[vr4gasm]

Re: trans mount

if you use rubber sway bar bushings as spacers would that not defeat the purpose of having the stiffer poly mount?

[ChrisBroCore]

Re: trans mount

now.. to install the poly mount like this one...

http://www.jegs.com/i/Prothane/311/7-1604/10002/-1

i would need to cut a hole the in cross member i have now?

[Camaroman1221]

Re: trans mount

i have that one and i didn't have to cut anything, even tho i probly should have, the problem is the stud the hold the mounts to the cross member doesn't really fit in the slot already there and its a pain the get everything to line up right, i would make the slot wider and longer like these guys are tell you to do just because it makes life a whole lot easier

[ChrisBroCore]

Re: trans mount

ok thanks..i think im gonna try the stock 1LE mount first...thanks for all the help

[ChrisBroCore]

Re: trans mount

another thing...

im going to be making myself a 1/2" spacer..im assuming i need to get new bolts to fit..

does anyone know the size bolt i would need?

[vr4gasm]

Re: trans mount

m10 1.5, 40mm long

[ChrisBroCore]

Re: trans mount

m10 1.5, 40mm long

Perfect...thank you so much!!!:rock::rock: