Not a great deal of experience in engine conversions but im managing, however.....

Im in middle of dropping a series 2 rs turbo engine in my mk3 cabriolet and im having trouble because it sits on the piss. Its slightly lower at drivers side. I bought brand new engine mounts for them (mk3, central mounted inner wheel arch bolt hole) and still no joy. Tried the mk4 mount and it sat even more on the piss and the inner hole didnt line up under wheel arch. When i ordered the mount i was told theres 3 different mounts involving the inner wheel arch bolt hole. One mounted central, one slightly to left and one slightly to right. The RST one he told me was central, so he sent it, now it sits on the piss.....

also anyone got a picture of the right mount?

 

are you sure its the engine mount and not a gearbox mount on wrong? i did this

 

the gearbox was the one straight off my mk3 from my zetec conversion, i basically took the box off my zetec when i removed it from my mk3 and bolted it to my turbo engine.

 

the steel part of the engine mount chane between the mk4 and mk3 in looks but dont know if they change the way the engine fits, just a thought
matt c

 

cheers mate, i shall go back to the garage tomorrow and figure something out lol....

 

Does it sits like this?

 

yes mate exactly like that......

 

wrong mounts i found that out too when i did my last one !!

 

Then you have the wrong mount. There are 2 mounts that look exactly the same but somehow they are still different hehe. Stupidly enough i didn't take pics of the mounts. So can't help you on that. Just change the mount.

 

cant see it very well and the engine crane is taking the strain...

 

i shall order all the mounts available from the supplier and see which on fits the best and send the rest back...... pain in the backside......

 

always mate !!

 

It took me until the 3th mount before i found out what it did wrong. It was cold and no heating. I did al 3 mounts 1 one evening <real tears

 

i know the feeling i have fitted 3 tonight trying to figure it out, the zetec conversion mount, the mk4 rst mount that came with the engine and a brand new mk3 mount. Im getting fed up with it

 

bit of an update, it was the engine mounting cage that needed changing. Mk4 escorts have different ones to the mk3. Problem sorted, i borrowed one from a mk3 xr3i. I shall have to put one back asap.

Anyway, engines in, shafts are in, just gotta bolt the rest of the anti-rollbar and connect everything up.....

 

ok good one mate. Good luck with it