motor mounts

[smilinjack]

95 Ranger - 2000 Mustang K member - Cleveland Block, Toploader Trans
Hope all is well out there!!
getting ready to establish motor mounts on to this K member (custom fab mounts) and started thinking about vibration elimination as opposed to a hard mount to the K. I had purchased a poly Trans mount for the toploader support and was impressed by what appears to be a "stout" piece. So now I'm wondering if I were to incorporate 2 of these pieces into the custom motor mounts if they could handle the "motor abuse" too??? No response from manufacturer so I'm puttin' it out there to the "real" experts! Thanks

 

[Junglejoe]

They say you're not suppose to mix those up.. meaning transmission mount polly and engines rubber..or vice versa

 

[smilinjack]

Thanks Joe. Are you aware of any science or application of that theory? Looking at these things, it just doesn't seem like rocket science.

 

[insaneranger]

I would suggest going all poly or all rubber. The rubber motor mounts allow a certain amount of flex, but the stiff poly trans mount refuses to flex as much & could cause the trans mount to crack or break. The engine & transmission are bolted together as a solid unit & should be able to flex as a single unit under torque.

 

[JOLENE_THE_RANGER]

poly works well ive been using these for about 6 years in a offroad race application. they have various year and engine combos on the site. sounds like you might have installed a 302/5.0? im pretty sure they have the right ones for you highly recommend em!
link is just an example..

98 up Ranger 2wd coil spring A arm truck 4.0 V6 motor mounts - Autofab

98 Ranger 2wd 4.0 pushrod and SOHC engines. Off-road solid style motor mounts using Autofab bushing assemblies.

autofab.com

 

[smilinjack]

Thanks for the replies. Both are appreciated. Actually I did (am in the process of doing) a 408 Cleveland. Looks like I'm goin with solid motor mounts.
I've decided to install "hard" rubber (70 durameter rtg.) pads between the mounts and the k member brackets. I think those will pair with the poly trans mount. Not perfect but a little better.

 

[Junglejoe]

Yeah if you do rubber mounts and a polly trans mount.. youll more than likely break the transmission tail housing