Rigid motor mounts?

I bought my XJ with 177,000 miles on it. I was out ona trail one night and came into town only to relize I was loosing alot of oil. At closer inspection of the oil lose I had relized both motor mounts went out and the motor had droped cuasing my oil filter to rub on my fender wall putting a hole in my filter. I replaced my mounts with a brand new set of stock mounts. The very next time I went out they both blew up. So I took a trip down to 4wheelparts and bought the heavy duty mounts. The very next I went out those had blown up as well.

Now I know the little 4.0 is not putting out so much torque that its ripping them apart. Its gotta be the ups and downs of the trails.

So heres the solve to my problem. I was thinking about fabing a set of rigid mounts. You guys have more experiance with the 4.0's then I so....

What do you think?

Try M.O.R.E's bombproof motormounts.

-Alex

Wow. :shocked: You must really be wheeling the hell out of that thing!

I'm on my stock mounts and I'be been wheeling mine for 6 years now.

Those look pretty stout. I might give those a try.

HAHAHA Im a little crazier then most.

TRSCobra said:

Wow. :shocked: You must really be wheeling the hell out of that thing!

I'm on my stock mounts and I'be been wheeling mine for 6 years now.

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I've used solid mounts in my 300ZX before with great success, but I have no idea what the experience would be like in an XJ. On my Z, things I noticed were more distinct vibration from the engine, more feel of the vibration through the chassis, much more engine noise transferred through the chassis, and noticeable increase in perceived torque to the wheels.

As the XJ is my daily driver, I probably wouldn't want to install solid mounts, but if it was just a weekend/toy vehicle, I wouldn't hesitate at all to at least give them a shot. If you're fabbing them up yourself, why not?

I like the way you think. It is my daily driver but I suppose if they dont work I could just take them out.

What part of PHX do you live in?

phxZ31 said:

I've used solid mounts in my 300ZX before with great success, but I have no idea what the experience would be like in an XJ. On my Z, things I noticed were more distinct vibration from the engine, more feel of the vibration through the chassis, much more engine noise transferred through the chassis, and noticeable increase in perceived torque to the wheels.

As the XJ is my daily driver, I probably wouldn't want to install solid mounts, but if it was just a weekend/toy vehicle, I wouldn't hesitate at all to at least give them a shot. If you're fabbing them up yourself, why not?

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Scottsdale/Tempe area.

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just noticed you're from the phoenix area as well. Which part?

Ba-Riedo said:

Try M.O.R.E's bombproof motormounts.

-Alex

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Look at Browndog motor mounts! A little cheaper but just as bombproof!

ColoradoRaptor said:

Look at Browndog motor mounts! A little cheaper but just as bombproof!

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X2 Thaose are the ones that I run and so far they work great.

Im in the north west valley. Off of 51ave and union hills

phxZ31 said:

Scottsdale/Tempe area.

**Edit:
just noticed you're from the phoenix area as well. Which part?

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