polyurethane motor mount INSERTS!, new product coming soon for all GT or swap owners Options

[lagos]

a while back, i contaced a guy that sells motor mount inserts on mr2oc, about making some for our 6th gens. i figured it would be a great upgrade for anyone who has a gt or a swap. i got the first set of inserts a few weeks ago and instaled them this past weekend. they fit great and a nice upgrade over the stock mounts. you notice a lot more throttle response, smoother clutch engagement, as well as shifting, and you feel more connected with the engine. it should also greatly reduce wheel hop and help with traction becuase the motor wont rock back and forth as much as it does with the stock mounts. the other cool thing is that they insert over your existing mounts, so if for some reason you ever want to take them out, you can.

here is a pic of them installed on my car.

REAR MOUNT

FRONT MOUNT


finally... here is a pic of the rear motor mount that i filled myself about 1yr ago. it worked well at first, but as you can see it didnt last long



last but not least, there is a really awesome Video review that an mr2 ower made about the mounts. i have to say that i pretty much agree with everything he said about them in the video. the install is a little bit different on our car then the mr2, but anyone with some basic tools can do the job. took me about 1-2hrs to do the whole thing.

direct link to the video:
http://www.lovehorsepower.com/Videos/MR2/M...nserts_NTSC.wmv
link to the website that did the review:
http://www.lovehorsepower.com/MR2_Docs/MotorMounts.htm

link to the site/person that made these and will be selling them. all sales questions should be emailed to kirk:
http://home.comcast.net/~kirkosaurus2/MR2_...ne_inserts.html

This post has been edited by lagos: Aug 2, 2006 - 3:05 PM

[BBoYRuGGeD]

these are nice...may get myself a set in a few weeks.

bboy

[kirkosaurus]

you make them yourself? thats so kickass.... where do i order? how do i pay?

My friend works for an industrial urethane product company. They mostly make different types of urethane wheels and rollers, and also the urethane motor mount inserts.

All info on the inserts is on my urethane insert webpage (link in the first post and also below my signature in my posts).

This post has been edited by kirkosaurus: Aug 8, 2006 - 6:52 PM

[zipstrips]

hopefully i see mine tomorrow!

[95celgt]

got mine today, thanks!

[6strngs]

ordered mine today!

[celicurr]

got mine today, thanks!

sweet! so I should get mine soon too!

[Rayme]

I got mine today! (Canada)

Looks like good quality, I can't wait to take the time to install them!

I'll post my driving impressions after

[zipstrips]

igot mine on saturday! hopefully ill get to these over the weekend..

[kirkosaurus]

For those still waiting I should have the next batch tomorrow.

-kirk

[celicurr]

got mine yesterday!

[kirkosaurus]

All insert orders are up to date and they have shipped. Sorry for the delay. I'm not getting them from my supplier as promptly as I would've liked to.

[6strngs]

All insert orders are up to date and they have shipped. Sorry for the delay. I'm not getting them from my supplier as promptly as I would've liked to.

I was actually wondering when I was gonna recieve mine and earlier today I was gonna ask whether you had shipped them yet. guess you answered my question before I asked it. thanks Kirk!

[6strngs]

recieved mine today! Thanks kirk!

I dunno when I'm gonna be able to put them in though...

[Tech9ine]

ordered mine yesterday? i think.... might have been thursday.

[kirkosaurus]

recieved mine today! Thanks kirk!

I dunno when I'm gonna be able to put them in though...

You're very welcome.
I guess by your user name you're an axe player. What guitars do you own? I work for Gibson here in Nashville.

[kirkosaurus]

ordered mine yesterday? i think.... might have been thursday.

I haven't received an order for Celica inserts since Tuesday.

[6strngs]

recieved mine today! Thanks kirk!

I dunno when I'm gonna be able to put them in though...

You're very welcome.
I guess by your user name you're an axe player. What guitars do you own? I work for Gibson here in Nashville.

are you serious? I was actually considering possibly applying for a job as a guitar-tech for gibson within the next couple of years. what exactly do you do there? do you like it? and if you don't mind me asking, what's the pay like?

anyway, my axes include a Gibson SG special faded, 2 ibanez GRX40's, and a no-name nylon-string acoustic. the ibanez's are cheap, but I like the way they feel, so I bought the second with the intention of completely tearing it down and rebuilding it. right now it's sitting in my garage with the paint 3/4 of the way sanded off, I just never found time to finish it, maybe I'll try to go finish that up tonight, lol. when it's done, it's gonna be a shred monster with extremely high output dimarzio pickups and sperzel tuners anyway, I play these through either a line 6 spider II, or my all-tube peavey XXX combo.

[kirkosaurus]

are you serious? I was actually considering possibly applying for a job as a guitar-tech for gibson within the next couple of years. what exactly do you do there? do you like it? and if you don't mind me asking, what's the pay like?

anyway, my axes include a Gibson SG special faded, 2 ibanez GRX40's, and a no-name nylon-string acoustic. the ibanez's are cheap, but I like the way they feel, so I bought the second with the intention of completely tearing it down and rebuilding it. right now it's sitting in my garage with the paint 3/4 of the way sanded off, I just never found time to finish it, maybe I'll try to go finish that up tonight, lol. when it's done, it's gonna be a shred monster with extremely high output dimarzio pickups and sperzel tuners anyway, I play these through either a line 6 spider II, or my all-tube peavey XXX combo.

Quality supervisor for the Epiphone division. Pay is above average, but of course depends on what you do in the company and what skills you have. I have several Epiphone electrics (with all Gibson electronics) and acoustics, and few Kramers (Also owned by Gibson) but my favs are my 3 Ibanez RG550's. One is stripped down now and is being sent to California for the "monkey grip" JEM routing and candy blue paint.

[malecrod]

Glad to say I got my inserts 2days ago. They look really strong and of good quality. Gonna installed them soon.
Thanks Kirk for the fast shipping and service.
Eli

[6strngs]

Quality supervisor for the Epiphone division. Pay is above average, but of course depends on what you do in the company and what skills you have. I have several Epiphone electrics (with all Gibson electronics) and acoustics, and few Kramers (Also owned by Gibson) but my favs are my 3 Ibanez RG550's. One is stripped down now and is being sent to California for the "monkey grip" JEM routing and candy blue paint.

ahh, so if I ever pick up a less-than-stellar quality epiphone, I know it's your fault. lol jk

so, what's the deal with the three RG550's? are you running different pickups in all them or anything, or just wanted to get three different colors, or what?