{"id":3046,"date":"2019-10-23T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specr53.com\/blog\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2025-02-16T22:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T22:11:25","slug":"vibra-technics-motor-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/diy\/vibra-technics-motor-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Vibra-Technics Motor Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After destroying two upper motor mounts and two exhaust flex joints in successive track weekends, I decided to try a more robust motor mount to see if I could reduce some engine movement. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Vibra Technics (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibra-technics.com\/mini_bmw\/mini_cooper_s_r53_12_03_07_06\" target=\"_blank\">Vibra Technics<\/a> makes two versions of this mount for Gen 1 MINI and this is the track (harder) version. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A48CE51B-858B-4894-9281-B8F678E447DB-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A48CE51B-858B-4894-9281-B8F678E447DB-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A48CE51B-858B-4894-9281-B8F678E447DB-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A48CE51B-858B-4894-9281-B8F678E447DB-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A48CE51B-858B-4894-9281-B8F678E447DB-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/A48CE51B-858B-4894-9281-B8F678E447DB-rotated.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My first thought when it arrived was that it belonged in a museum.  It was beautiful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5E1A8CCB-E43A-41A2-8238-9D1BB4160046-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5E1A8CCB-E43A-41A2-8238-9D1BB4160046-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5E1A8CCB-E43A-41A2-8238-9D1BB4160046-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5E1A8CCB-E43A-41A2-8238-9D1BB4160046-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5E1A8CCB-E43A-41A2-8238-9D1BB4160046-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5E1A8CCB-E43A-41A2-8238-9D1BB4160046-rotated.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Installation is actually fairly simple. Get the car up on jack stands in the front. Remove the right road wheel and fender liner. Support the engine from below with a jack to relieve pressure on the mount. Remove the grounding strap from the mount carrier and the vapor return line which is in the way. Loosen but do not remove the nut at the top of the mount. Remove the four bolts holding the mount support to the top of the engine. Remove the nut at the top of the mount and carefully remove the upper mount support. Remove the stock Torx bolt from the bottom of the mount. Remove the side bolt and the stock mount should pull free. Installation is the reverse of removal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/711D78B0-E862-439C-984B-109DC938E961-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/711D78B0-E862-439C-984B-109DC938E961-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/711D78B0-E862-439C-984B-109DC938E961-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/711D78B0-E862-439C-984B-109DC938E961-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/711D78B0-E862-439C-984B-109DC938E961-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/711D78B0-E862-439C-984B-109DC938E961-rotated.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also replaced the lower dog-bone mount earlier with a semi-solid mount from Torque Solutions<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Torque Solutions.  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/store.specr53.com\/products\/torque-solution-lower-engine-mount.html\" target=\"_blank\">. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8B3ECFB0-7688-42AE-B41C-4D4C32D915B5-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8B3ECFB0-7688-42AE-B41C-4D4C32D915B5-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8B3ECFB0-7688-42AE-B41C-4D4C32D915B5-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8B3ECFB0-7688-42AE-B41C-4D4C32D915B5-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8B3ECFB0-7688-42AE-B41C-4D4C32D915B5-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8B3ECFB0-7688-42AE-B41C-4D4C32D915B5-rotated.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So what was the net result? I accomplished my first goal, completing over 200 track miles without breaking anything. An interesting side effect was to lower lap time by almost a second. To be fair, I made two changes to the car for this weekend: I replaced the motor mounts and I ADDED 50 lbs to the rear end of the car. I think the combination of better balance and less wheel hop gave me higher apex speeds.  Here\u2019s a lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mAqe4nl4nys\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How is it on the street? It\u2019s probably not a combination you want to use on your daily driver. NVH is definitely increased. Depending on your RPM, the vibration through the steering wheel could make your fingers go numb. On the track, or any time you are constantly working through the revs, I can\u2019t say I noticed. But cruising at steady speed \u2014 brutal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the upper mount can be changed in about 30 minutes once you figure it out, I swapped back to a new OEM top mount and left the lower mount. That does have some increased NVH over stock, but it\u2019s a good compromise. And next time I have a track weekend, I\u2019ll drop the Vibra-Technics back in before heading out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After destroying two upper motor mounts and two exhaust flex joints in successive track weekends, I decided to try a more robust motor mount to see if I could reduce some engine movement. Vibra Technics makes two versions of this mount for Gen 1 MINI and this is the track (harder) version. My first thought &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/diy\/vibra-technics-motor-mount\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vibra-Technics Motor Mount&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,12,14],"tags":[148,178,180,267],"class_list":["post-3046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy","category-hpde","category-mini","tag-hpde","tag-mini","tag-motor-mount","tag-summit-point"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5E1A8CCB-E43A-41A2-8238-9D1BB4160046-rotated.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4864,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions\/4864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}