Motor mount upgrade in WCM Ultralight

[Blindcars]

Finally got the motor set into the new chassis and decided I wasn't a big fan of the motor mounts that came with the LM chassis so I decided it was time to upgrade them. I wanted poly motor mounts, and something available off the shelf rather than fabricating a lot. I finally ended up buying a set of INNOVATION MOUNTS billet S2000 mounts from Ballade Sports in CA as they had the cheapest price from all the suppliers I looked at. They have a wide choice of the poly compounds (I chose 75a due to comments on different forums), they are direct bolt on and required minimal change/fabrication to work. I also purchased an optional stainless heat shield for the passenger side mount. To install them required removing the existing factory Honda brackets, cutting the 2" square tube off the chassis, fabricating two 1/4 inch thick plates for the mounts to set on (I am also going to install some additional 1" square tube gussets under the plate), bolting the U shaped brackets supplied with the mounts to my fabricated 1/4" plates and it is a wrap. Motor sets just where it should and hopefully my choice of 75A was a good one.

[Mondo]

Looks real clean, good job!

Better to be a little higher than original rather than lower... ground clearance is at a premium with these cars.

[Blindcars]

Motor height was detenined by the 1/4 plate. I set the clearance between the highest point of the engine and the hood at an 1/8". Took some fiddling with tapered wedges to get the height just right. Other cars clearnces might be different and that is handled by using a different thickness of mountaing plate. What i really liked about this mount is that it was designed so that it orientated the motor pefect. Bith pads end up on the same horizontal plane. The top of the intake is level when checked, and the valve cover is at 10 degrees incline to the passenger side. Pretty much exactly where Lorren said it needed to be.

 

Leo