Wevo front motor mount - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

sasha055 · 04-06-2010, 02:57 PM

It's tax return season and I'm looking to replace my engine mount as well.

What would you guys recommend?
I'm torn between Pedro's Enthusiast and stock 987 mounts.
987 is cheaper (110$ free shipping) Pedro's is ... well it's from Pedro

I use car as daily driver so I'm interested in as low vibrations as possible.
Also if it lasts 60K miles for me it's 8-10 years (I drive 6-8K a year)... and in 10 years my boxster will be a 20Yo car with 140K miles.. I'm sure I'll have bigger problems then Engine mounts..

Thanks
Sasha

eightsandaces · 04-06-2010, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by sasha055

It's tax return season and I'm looking to replace my engine mount as well.

What would you guys recommend?
I'm torn between Pedro's Enthusiast and stock 987 mounts.
987 is cheaper (110$ free shipping) Pedro's is ... well it's from Pedro

I use car as daily driver so I'm interested in as low vibrations as possible.
Also if it lasts 60K miles for me it's 8-10 years (I drive 6-8K a year)... and in 10 years my boxster will be a 20Yo car with 140K miles.. I'm sure I'll have bigger problems then Engine mounts..

Thanks
Sasha

If this is truly the most important aspect of the repair outcome, IMO you should stay stock.

tonycarreon · 04-06-2010, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by sasha055

What would you guys recommend?
I'm torn between Pedro's Enthusiast and stock 987 mounts.
987 is cheaper (110$ free shipping) Pedro's is ... well it's from Pedro

pedro's is the same price if you return your old mount to him

2TrunkSteve · 04-06-2010, 06:12 PM

Pedro's mount is aces, installed mine a few weeks ago and it's like a completely new car (mine was really gone).

I would prefer to support a Boxster enthusiast like Pedro whenever possible. Given the Pedro mount and the 987 mount seems to get similiar reviews, go with Pedro.

sasha055 · 04-06-2010, 06:38 PM

Thanks for all the advices.

I think I'll go with Pedro's mount for several reasons:
1. It's Pedro, mount has really great reviews and DIY guides are awesome, and it's important to support guys that are doing this work
2. Stock mount fails.. it's a known weak link.. I have no guarantee that new mount will hold.... I read stories where they fail in 10k miles
3. If I ever plan to sell the car (I don't think this will happen.. I love it too much) having "Pedro's Enthusiast engine mount" let's people know that car was well cared for.

Thanks
Sasha

PS: 2TrunkSteve did you have trouble downshifting with your broken mount? I have a really hard time downshifting and I'd like to blame it on the mount

2TrunkSteve · 04-06-2010, 07:41 PM

I could downshift okay. My issue was the dreaded buzzing vibration on the highway......It drove me nuts. For some reason it was hard to operate the clutch smoothly when reversing wihtout chattering. I didn't expect the mount to fix that, I thought maybe I had a clutch starting to go. I was wrong, it fixed a lot of little issues and it drives a whole bunch better.

I would rate the project a 4 out of 10 on the difficulty scale. The only hard part for me was moving the coolant hoses to the side. For some reason I couldn't understand how to undo the plastic clips from the mounts. The pictures on Pedro's site were fine, I just couldn't see it until I did it. Otherwise this was easy.

eclou · 04-06-2010, 07:53 PM

easiest mod is to use windshield urethane to stiffen a stock mount. You don't want to use a solid mount with modern engine electronics. You can actually set off your knock sensors which will pull timing and power on the car.

ekam · 04-07-2010, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by sasha055

2. Stock mount fails.. it's a known weak link.. I have no guarantee that new mount will hold.... I read stories where they fail in 10k miles

It's a moving part just like brakes, suspension. It all depends on how hard you use them before they fail. :ah:

sasha055 · 04-07-2010, 01:46 PM

I disagree a little with the moving part... I never heard of engine mount going bad. I think it's a bad desing.. necessary evil.. maybe.. but definately not the moving part

JAAY · 04-07-2010, 01:52 PM

Once you have taken one of these motors out you will realize that the front motor mount gets its a$$ kicked.. It is a moving part. It moves 100% of the time time the car is running, vibration.

Gary Gaukler · 04-07-2010, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by sasha055

I'm torn between Pedro's Enthusiast and stock 987 mounts.
987 is cheaper (110$ free shipping) Pedro's is ... well it's from Pedro

Sasha, where did you find the 987 mount for $110? The cheapest I have seen is around $160. Thanks!

Gary

sasha055 · 04-07-2010, 10:45 AM

I just searched shopping section of bing for " boxster engine mount"

http://www.partsgeek.com/gbproducts/WC/131-01089411.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ff&utm_term=1997-2009+Porsche+Boxster+Engine+Mount+OES+Genuine+97-09+Porsche+Engine+Mount&utm_content=YN&utm_campaign=PartsGeek+Google+Base

They have 15% off coupon and free shipping

Gary Gaukler · 04-12-2010, 09:16 AM

Sasha, wanted to thank you for the tip - I ended up buying from The Parts Bin. They had a 10% off coupon and free shipping, so at $115 delivered I thought it was a good deal.

It's the genuine Porsche mount, with the 987 parts number.

Gary

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Originally Posted by sasha055

I just searched shopping section of bing for " boxster engine mount"

http://www.partsgeek.com/gbproducts/WC/131-01089411.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ff&utm_term=1997-2009+Porsche+Boxster+Engine+Mount+OES+Genuine+97-09+Porsche+Engine+Mount&utm_content=YN&utm_campaign=PartsGeek+Google+Base

They have 15% off coupon and free shipping

sasha055 · 04-12-2010, 04:52 PM

Gary, can you please post you impressions on how the new 987 mount feels like?

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Originally Posted by Gary Gaukler

Sasha, wanted to thank you for the tip - I ended up buying from The Parts Bin. They had a 10% off coupon and free shipping, so at $115 delivered I thought it was a good deal.

It's the genuine Porsche mount, with the 987 parts number.

Gary

blue2000s · 04-12-2010, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by sasha055

Gary, can you please post you impressions on how the new 987 mount feels like?

It would take a very very very very ve...(you get the idea) sensitive individual to notice the difference between a good 986 and good 987 motor mount.

Boxtaboy · 04-12-2010, 06:37 PM

I have the 987 mount. I can't tell a difference in the car except that the vibration that I used to experience when my revs fall to around the 3k rpm range has lessened a lot after it was installed. My 986 mount crapped out after 58k miles.

eightsandaces · 04-13-2010, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by blue2000s

It would take a very very very very ve...(you get the idea) sensitive individual to notice the difference between a good 986 and good 987 motor mount.

I know that's right, I'm not sure anyone could discern that. I did notice my new stock mount had a beefier rubber core and a lightened frame featuring triangular cutouts.