Engine Mount & Cornering/Handling

[Gforrest2]

Maybe it's just me but mine was completely loose, i.e. rubber was completely cracked all the way through, but I didn't notice any difference in handling or shifting after replacement. I was hoping for crisper shifting. The only difference is that it stopped making that thunk noise while shifting under heavy acceleration. Thought about getting Pedro's, but was scared away by the reports of vibration (due to the less resilent rubber) and ended up getting the (improved) OEM mount from Sunset for $110. Took about 6 hours to change (I know, it's probably a 2 hr. job in the shop, but I'm not very handy when it comes to working on cars, I only tackled this myself out of necessity, i.e., I'm cheap, make that frugal). Not too difficult, just a lot of things to remove and very tight working area. The most time consuming part was getting the car on the jack stands. If you jack your car up at the specified jacking location, where do you put the jack stands?