BB Motor mounts CONT'

[JRSully]

Posted this in th wrong area. Wondering what folks are doing for 69 BB Camaro and 69-70 BB Nova motor mounts. One of my originals broke, heard repos are really bad,and the thought of 25 year old rubber holding 400 HP down scares me, so does the price if you can find them. Called Steele Rubber Products, they do not rebuild this one. Any tips are appreciated.

[JoeG]

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the thought of 25 year old rubber holding 400 HP down scares me,

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JRSully
Yeah, I wouldn't go with the old rubber /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif--did you check Summit Racing???--JoeG

[Keith Tedford]

Unlike the old small block mounts, the big block mounts have a steel interlock. If the rubber goes bad, the steel parts will hold things together.

[JoeG]

Keith Tedford,
Your right, but why take a chance on the old rubber???
Do the job twice??--take a chance of extra movement when the rubber gives too much,engine has healthy torque, --fan clips the radiator---,could go on--but, that's just my opinion and JRSully's choice /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif ---JoeG

[JRSully]

Thanks for the help folks, I don't know about any interlocking metal in a BB mount, my original split/cracked through the rubber and is definitely in 2 pieces, where as the other is ok and one piece. I was just told that the more expensive repos sold through JW Nova's and the like work/fit well. Spoke to Kenny at Ground Up Resto parts, looking to have a very close repo done latter part of this year. Thanks again for the help