Wevo front motor mount

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by sasha055

I wanted impressions because.. I don't know how a good engine mount feels

I'm comparing everything with 70K miles 2000 boxster that I have.. and I have no history of what was done to the car

Thanks
Sasha

I'd check for the normal symptoms that have been noted in other threads (3000RPM vibration, hard to shift, 2nd gear popping, excessive motion of exhaust relative to the bumper). If you're not having problems, I wouldn't worry about it.

If it makes you nervous, it's only about $120 and an afternoon of effort.

[sasha055]

I do have most of the above:
1. Vibration at 3k RPM.. annoying but I though it's normal until I read here that it's not
2. Very ugly shifting, Downshifting from 2nd to 1st... sometime impossible unless I push it too hard. and it's only when engine at 2-3k RPMs at 1kRPM downshifting is bearable, at 5-6k RPM it's smooth as butter

For 2 month I though these are the perks of owning a sports car.. it's my first
Now I'm obsessed with changing mount... as soon as IRS gives me my money back.

It's only 100$ but when you factor that I have to buy a jack, jack stands, wrenches, fuel filter (might as well change it while there) and spark plugs... it adds up

Thanks
Sasha

[landrovered]

I have had a few days to drive the car with the Wevo and it has softened up a little bit which is nice since it was very firm on the first test drive. Some interesting observations: my car is now drivable at low rpms, before it just was unpleasant under 3k rpms. Also I used to have this strange harmonic in sixth that kept me from using the gear unless I was doing about 80. I also had some weird vibes in downshifting. All of these issues have disappeared. When I mentioned some of the harmonics and vibes to the PO he attributed then to the SMFW. This fortunately is not the case. I am really enjoying getting to know the car in it's proper state instead of accepting things I did not like as part of the package.

This single repair will end up saving me about $5k in things I won't have to fix noww. Woohoo!