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I've got a bad dogbone mount.  And even replacements had play to them.  I got to thinking about what Chazzman told me yesterday about a solid mount there. ÂÂÂ But I still want a "little" give to the mount so I got to making my own dogbone mount out of factory mounts.

Pics shortly....

EDITED with smaller pics...


Ok, I got some pics to upload.

DISCLAIMER!!!  MAKE SURE IF YOU PLAN TO MAKE THIS MOUNT AS WELL THAT THE MOUNT HOLES MEASURE 4 7/8 INCHES CENTER TO CENTER!!!

I'll get more pics once it's all welded up.

So far this is the total cost of this mount

$20 - New Mount
$30 - Cost to have a reputable aluminum welder weld the peices together.   (A quote for a MOBILE welder, the guy came to me and picked up the peices and welded them for me.)


Stock new mount...




Cut here...



Cut 2nd mount...




This gives you the basic idea that I am doing.  And YES I intend on grinding down the edges so they all are smooth.

Hrmmm all that when you could just buy a 96 style mount... which has less give.

I will tell you the honest truth here.  I bought a 96 style mount because I figured it would have less give.  It was anchor brand and I still need to return it.  The bolt would hit either side of the housing with under 100 pounds of force.  I havent tried a pioneer brand (usually much better) but GM mounts seem to be the only way to go.  I thought of the same idea bandit but ended up not doing it figuring I would just buy a $50 poly dogbone if I really needed it that stiff.

The reason I did this is because MRZ don't have any poly dogbone mounts listed on their site right now and I can't seem to get on FFP's site to order one from them.  


Plus I figure I would let everyone else in on my idea because of it being a simple and cheap alternative to a billet poly mount.

If this don't work I'll probably just go the solid mount route.

(3X00-Modified @ Oct. 16 2008,10:57)QUOTEHrmmm all that when you could just buy a 96 style mount... which has less give.


Which reminds me I have to get a new "dogbone". Trans problem first.....

Not hard to find... Search by make and model...

http://mrzperformance.vstore.ca/product....91

Thanks Jon.  I might go that route in the near future.

I got my mount back today.  The welds looked good until I noticed the guy that welded the mount never poped out the bushings when he welded it so he cooked them.  I put the mount in and of coarse they are spungy as hell.  Otherwise this mount turned out really nice.  If I can find some poly bushing to put in this mount I might even try that.  Who knows.  We shall see when we get further down the road.  I am going to put some miles on it today and see if I can break it.

So far the mount has held.  Other than I still need bushings to replace my melted ones...

Here's a pic of the final product installed.  (Don't mind the leaky ****.  I plan to 3500 swap this car so the 3.1 can leak all it wants.)