what are the best engine mounts for a S2??

Im thinking of buying some competition mounts.... are the much better than STD mounts... anyone got some experience???

I've also been told to go for diesel mounts...???? anyone heard os this before???

btw im going for 250bhp

cheers in advance

 

Deflex are currently redesigning their mounts for the S2. They might be good value for the money when tehy reappear.

 

my engine was running over 250bhp last summer and I used genuine ford engine & gearbox mounts and they are still fine

Duncan

 

id go for geniuine ford!

 

I've got vibratechnic ones on mine but they do create a lot more vibration through the car on idle as they are so solid, but the engine does hardly move at all now I would recommend these but as people have said may be easier & cheaper to just use ford items

 

I'm waiting for the deflex ones to become available Ł9.50 compared to vibratechnics Ł90

 

The engine seems to be all over the place both with the original S1 and S2 mounts. In the S2 case, filling all the holes with polyurethane made a nice improvement. Not too hard and not too soft. In my mk1 Orion I use the S1 vibratechnic mounts and they needed some fiddling around with to make them silent at idle and when cruising.

 

jesseT: make them more silent.... are the noisy at idle?????

My engine was all over the place wit the old ones.... So much that the wheel in my genrator, cut a hole in my NEW samce water hose...

think I might go for the vibratech's

 

Yes they create noice, because the engine is so strongly bolted to the chassis. The engine vibration creatas all kinds of resonances in the chassis. The change was a most though as I ripped to peaces several standard mounts.

 

JesseT: well.. that only makes you feel more rallye like... think I'll go for them... tanx

 

I run diesel ones on mine.

 

What are the most hardcore mounts for a series 1 in the sense of not giving a crap if it noisey or harsh etc?? I had vibra technics in the FRST and that still managed to rip in half! Or is it a case of Zetec turbo/big BHP engine mounts become consumables. What does the the Focus RS use? could that be modded to fit a Zetec turbo??