1st Gen R53 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: TSW mount and BSH mount

RMW may not be a vendor, but they have a lot of parts on Nathan's car don't they????

FYI MINI USA is not a vendor either should we not buy a MINI.

For your info.

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Mike at Mynes banned

 

Tracy;
1" or less of engine rocking while changing gears in an automatic doesn't seem unusual. The stock rubber bushing do let the engine move around some so the NVH doesn't enter into the cabin. They do loosen up over time and can be removed and checked fairly easily (the rubber parts can split). Some of our vendors sell a polyurethane insert that fills in the voids of the stock upper and lower engine mounts. They are very easy to DIY and do further reduce the engine movement. But visual inspection is needed to make sure they aren't experiencing some wear.

 

RMW is not a Site Sponsor here.

 

Ok thanks Nathan, they (RMW) does have banner adds on the site right? I could have sworn I have seen them before. I could be wrong.

 

There are 2 RMW branded parts on my car. A head and header.

Pistons, OEM Reman Crank and Mahle bearings were sourced from Jan, he was helping me on the latest rebuild by providing these parts at a discount.

The policy of this site is not to discuss members that have been banned. All one of them.

Mike@Mynes has not been banned. Mynes did not renew support of Motoring Alliance. I don't ban when a sponsor stops being a sponsor, just request they do not push product and change their status from Supporting Sponsor to a standard membership. I do not even require them to change their username to remove references to their company.

 

You are wrong.

RMW never has been a Site Sponsor. There is the RMW logo on the Rebuilt Shirt as a thanks for the help.

 

Ok I am wrong. Maybe we will try and get Jan to be a sponsor then.

Have a great day and hope you feel better.

 

Really Nathan? I know you talk to or at least you used to talk to Steve regularly, please give him a call, he will assure you that I don't get compensation. And I was only trying to help the OP, he was even going to call Steve to check his product. And why would you erase my post asking if they wanted me top post a pic of the BSH/CMS mount?

 

So back on topic, :rolleyes5:

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As you can see this is a normal BSH lower motor mount that has been machined and has a Powerflex bushing installed on the small end. Nothing controversial, just a good part made better

 

Oh jiminni you have made a good part weaker. When will you ever learn.

 

Have a good idea for you.......don't buy it. Appreciate your concern for my safety though.

 

Again, thanks for your concerns.

 

For real you should also be concerned, after all it's only 6061 cheap machine aluminum. It's not that strong to begin with.

P.S. Jiminni tell Mike Lewis from ProTech Dave says Hi.

 

Again, thanks for your concerns. Yes Mike ported a couple of our intakes, nice guy
Whats your last name, I'm sure he knows many Daves?

 

Crickets ! :lol:

Really you did not see that coming.:lol::lol::lol:

It's not a personal attack it just damn funny. You can bust my stones I wouldnt get all upset.

 

Like Dave mentioned, it is not needed, but yes, it would still fit. Couple of things to note though. First is for some reason using the VIP stabilizer with the VT mount adds NVH (not sure why). Second thing to note is you will need to add an extra washer to raise the VIP mounting bracket a bit because the dogbone rubs on the bit longer VT bolt.

 

So why you dragging up old shite after nearly two months? We are done with it

 

cause I foud it hiliariousn that the two of you were acting like my two teenage sons. I did not bring it back up, someone before me did yesterday.

 

Vibratechnics Mounts 2003 R50 CVT

About 2 weeks ago, I replaced my original upper and lower mounts with the VT Road. I must say the build quality was incredible. When I try to gauge vibration on both they seem to isolate very well. I also did the powerflex inserts for the transmission mount and the top rear mount. That may have been overkill as I'm getting crazy NVH at idle between 900 and 1200 RPM. Turning off A/C Helps as well as shifting into neutral.

Now here's the question. Am I really getting any benefit from the upper inserts with the new VT mount? Will taking them out make a big difference in isolation or should I just wait longer for them to settle? Likewise, for the transmission mount inserts, I was thinking of just getting some fresh rubber stops (the little wing pieces you take out) or trying the hitemp silicone method.

Any opinions from someone who has used the VT mounts?

 

I have the VT upper and VT lower mounts and I had no MVH. but I added the Powerflex Polly inserts and now I have MVH again. Ugh

Looks like I will be buying the last VT mount the (Tranny mount) from Colin soon.

My friend Mendra has installed all 3 VT mounts on his car and it is very nice now.

You can find the tranny Mount here: Mini Cooper S R53 04 06 - Vibra-Technics Compliance Technology

Trans mount


Upper mount


Lower mount