Question about motor mounts

[RacerBill]

Last weekend at Road Atlanta, I saw a GTI Rabbit that the owner had for sale. I took one of the flyers, just to review, and noticed something that raised my eyebrows. Under the Engine/Transmission section, the owner listed 'Urethane engine mounts and bushings'. I was under the impression that engine mounts had to remain stock, no?

[joeg]

correct

[Ron Earp]

Need to be stock crap. Mine bust a lot but they are legal. However, I need to take advantage of that stay rod rule because I could probably cut down on mount replacement.

[iambhooper]

plus 1 for the stay rod... the VIR dyno guys were getting a good chuckle at how much my motor was moving around with new stock mounts... probably doesn't help the numbers either.

[bhudson]

I saw the flyer too - it lists more than a few non-compliant items. Easily correctable though....

Bob Hudson, Atlanta Region ProIT Chief Steward

[RacerBill]

Thanks. Just wanted to be sure what I was reading. I will file that flyer away.

[SPiFF]

The motor mount rule really needs to be changed. You can spend a million dollars replacing every bushing in the car except the motor mounts. How does that make any sense!??! If you happen to be one of those cars that breaks motor mounts all the time, or worse transmission cases like in the Civic EX, you either have to run cheater mounts or take you chances trying to get a stay rod to work. Lame.