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Subject: [Fot] Beaten by equipment...Pacific NW edition.
From: agb at compsnw.com (Alec Buchan)
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 06:39:23 -0700
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The Land Range Rover (1987-1995) look just like the round TR4 mounts. 
Did you use these or modify others?

Thanks.

On 6/6/2018 6:35 AM, fmccjr at aol.com wrote:
> My car (TR3) has square tube steel mounts, capped on one side...  they are a 
> pain to tighten, but there will be no chance the engine will drop.
>
> Everything else on the car...another story!
>
> Rick McCurdy
> Newburgh, NY
>
>> On Jun 6, 2018, at 4:02 AM, van.mulders.marcel--- via Fot <fot at 
>> autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> I fitted Land Rover engine mounts, and a fixation at the top of the engine. 
>> The engine mounts of an off road car are supposed to be very strong.
>> Marcel
>>
>> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
>> Van: "fot" <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Aan: "fot" <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Verzonden: Woensdag 6 juni 2018 02:47:41
>> Onderwerp: [Fot] Beaten by equipment...Pacific NW edition.
>>
>> I've got an issue...lots of issues, but this refers to my TR4.
>>
>> Raced in my first event of the year this past weekend at the Spokane
>> Festival of Speed (SOVREN)
>>
>> Car did well but in my third session, going down the back straight, over
>> a couple bumps, my throttle went wide open 'on its own'. Once back in
>> the paddock, we found that both front engine mounts had failed and the
>> engine dropped below the mount on the carburetor side, forcing the
>> throttle to its maximum position.
>>
>> These were brand new mounts as one failed at our Fall Finale, last
>> September in Seattle. Also, these two events are the only events I have
>> run my 'spare' motor which I picked up in CA last year. Engine seems to
>> do well but the combination of its torque, combined with the quality of
>> the mounts, is very frustrating. I tried to take a photo of how it
>> currently sits, but couldn't focus well enough. I am running the round
>> mounts,  "Engine Mount Uprated TR4 TR4A (SKU 130985)" from a PNW
>> supplier. Three mounts in two events is not a good pattern.
>>
>> Any thoughts or alternatives is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Alec Buchan
>> aka the Blue Caboose.
>>
>>
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