Post #1
Hi, I'm thinking up a design to reinforce my top engine mount and would like to trial it on a spare one!If anyone is scrapping a 306 soon could you please cut out the entire mount and send it to me
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 pugheaven
Seasoned Pro  Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
If anyone is scrapping a 306 soon could you please cut out the entire mount and send it to me |
 Posted 31st Jan 2015 at 20:02
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cully
Seasoned Pro  Location: Cullompton Registered: 12 Jun 2013 Posts: 1,093 Status: Offline |
Post #2
3-5mm plate welded in the cup not reinforced enough? |
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Posted 31st Jan 2015 at 20:56
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #3
Not when I'm using all solid mounts, I plan on getting rid of the buffers and adding my own design that will hopefully make it bulletproof |
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Posted 31st Jan 2015 at 21:06
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fatlapit
Seasoned Pro  Location: STOCKSFIELD Registered: 02 Nov 2010 Posts: 3,040 Status: Offline |
Post #4
ive got 5mm plate in this bugfer and i regularry break it even with a vibro mound and 2 buffers.________________________________________ |
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Posted 31st Jan 2015 at 21:51
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #5
It just makes sence, if all the mounts are solid I need to make the top of the top mount solid too and illuminate any possible fwd and aft movement! |
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Posted 31st Jan 2015 at 21:56
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prism7guy
Seasoned Pro  Location: DoncastAAAAARGH Registered: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 4,637 Status: Offline |
Post #6
Isnt a small amount of movement better than no movement though? Should reduce shocks from hard gear changes etc and allow the chassis to flex a little without putting strain on the block.I could be talking crap though.  ________________________________________ Goldie the track car. |
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Posted 31st Jan 2015 at 22:55
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #7
I would imagine not as the engine is mounted to different areas so in theory the load is spread out, if the top mount can move at all it will just crack! All gearboxes on the Chinook are solid mounted and so are the engines, granted they were designed that way but in principle I think the original mounts should cope with a little modification!, Iirc touring cars are fully solid too! The same could be said for solid beam mounts and roller bearing wishbones |
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Posted 31st Jan 2015 at 23:08
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welshpug!
Capt Pedantic  Location: Bigend, Wales. Registered: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 25,817 Status: Offline |
Post #8
touring cars were not solid mounted, they had very different mounts to standard too________________________________________ need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.comBring on the Trumpets. |
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Posted 1st Feb 2015 at 08:31
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oldbrownshoe
Seasoned Pro  Location: Holon Israel Registered: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 1,795 Status: Offline |
Post #9
Porsche using in the last years hydraulic engine mount, solid mount transfer the shock & vibration to body directly and you'll tired of it after a while.i remember how terrible experience i had after i installed in ZX16V Group N lower engine mount (Peugeot sports UK) and it was just a hardened rubber . ________________________________________ French military victories?Did you mean French military defeats? |
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Posted 1st Feb 2015 at 09:03
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #10
The top engine mount that ic seen look solid to me, oh well it's my choice so my problem if it does crack but I can see it more likely to crack unsupported at the top |
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Posted 1st Feb 2015 at 09:02
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #11
I had all group n mounts on my last car and didn't mind the vibration! It's not a daily car by any means Anyway does anyone have a car they are scrapping? |
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Posted 1st Feb 2015 at 09:04
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oldbrownshoe
Seasoned Pro Location: Holon Israel Registered: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 1,795 Status: Offline |
Post #12
pugheaven wrote: The top engine mount that ic seen look solid to me, oh well it's my choice so my problem if it does crack but I can see it more likely to crack unsupported at the top No, the bigger problem that you'll have is that it'll crack the surrounding of the mount ( without proper reinforcement) . ________________________________________ French military victories?Did you mean French military defeats? |
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Posted 1st Feb 2015 at 09:09
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #13
I would worry more about the gearbox mount ripping of the chassis |
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Posted 1st Feb 2015 at 09:15
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #14
The way I see it is no drive line shunt, ideally the gear linkage pivot should be attatched to the engine or box but that will be the next project, see what happens I guess and go from there |
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Posted 1st Feb 2015 at 09:26
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superchargedblack1997gti6
Seasoned Pro  Location: guildford Registered: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 2,376 Status: Offline |
Post #15
Ollie I have a car you're more than welcome to come cut it out?________________________________________ Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club |
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Posted 3rd Feb 2015 at 18:50
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welshpug!
Capt Pedantic Location: Bigend, Wales. Registered: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 25,817 Status: Offline |
Post #16
Group A type mounts, NOT solid, unsure which bushes they are using specifically but they are like the front wishbone bushes.  ________________________________________ need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.comBring on the Trumpets. |
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Posted 3rd Feb 2015 at 19:20
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devere
Senior User  Location: Saxtead Registered: 16 Dec 2008 Posts: 810 Status: Offline |
Post #17
^^^ That looks familiar! |
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Posted 3rd Feb 2015 at 20:31
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welshpug!
Capt Pedantic Location: Bigend, Wales. Registered: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 25,817 Status: Offline |
Post #18
yeah  I nabbed those pics off the interweb years ago!!________________________________________ need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.comBring on the Trumpets. |
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Posted 3rd Feb 2015 at 20:58
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #19
Those mounts are surely for vibration purposes as the way they are designed they can't really stop torque reaction or allowing the engine to rock? Either way I'm going to go ahead with what i have got planned and see what happens! If it cracks it cracks |
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Posted 3rd Feb 2015 at 21:14
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devere
Senior User Location: Saxtead Registered: 16 Dec 2008 Posts: 810 Status: Offline |
Post #20
The mounts that Mei has pictured are in my car. I can verify that the engine is very well held in place! I cant move it. |
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Posted 3rd Feb 2015 at 21:18
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superchargedblack1997gti6
Seasoned Pro Location: guildford Registered: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 2,376 Status: Offline |
Post #21
I think whatever you do Ollie the engine will rip the ass out of the mounts, but Devere's car pictured is the other option, though to be fair they will have only been built to handle approx 250lbft. Ollie did you need a mount still or are you sorted?________________________________________ Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club |
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Posted 3rd Feb 2015 at 21:22
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #22
I don't have one yet but should be going to cut one out Friday as well as getting some other bits! Are you getting rid of the shell any time soon! If the engine wasn't in and the bay hadn't been painted I would have done something similar to above! I think what I'm going to do "should" safice! The reason they crack at the bottom normally is due to worn rubber mounts which allow the engine to rock more which in turn causes the bottom metal part of the mount to rock slightly causing stress on the structure, if there is no movement this can not happen! |
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Posted 3rd Feb 2015 at 21:44
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