what options do we have for SVO motor mounts? both of mine are shot and I can't find a left one in stock anywhere
I know 23parts.com sells a poly set but I was trying to avoid spending $200 on mounts right now
I assume the 87-93 2.3 mounts won't fit the car side?
1988 TC (Mach 1 edition): Steeda Tri-Ax shifter, manual boost controller, Stinger FMIC, Forge blow off valve
1985 SVO: Pro 5.0 Shifter, Bo-port valve springs, Ranger R Cam, Manual boost controller
The standard 2.3 mounts will work, but you loose the damper. 83-84 TCs used the same mounts as the 87-93 2.3 cars.
The issue you have with the later mounts is that you also need the brackets that bolted to the K-member for the mounts to attach to. Those are harder to find. This is why when I was doing the mounts, I revised mine to replace the whole mount assy, instead of having people hunt down those factory brackets.
"Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own."
1983 TBird TC Clone - 1985 Mercury Marquis LTS - 1986 LTD Wagon
08-22-2023, 05:32 PM
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TurboRay.)
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Are the SVO mounts different from regular 2.3 Mustang mounts? It's interesting that all 3 brands of L/H motor mounts listed on Rock Auto are "out-of-stock" =
LINK !! DUNNO what's goin' on with
THAT! <shrug>
Placerville, California
(former) '78 2.3T Courier w/blow-thru Autolite 2bbl carb ~ (current) '87 2.3T Ranger w/PiMP’d EFI
The SVOs used the big rubber isolators, like the early (79-82) 2.3/2.3T cars. They added the damper shocks to control the excessive engine movement. I don't think the isolators were any different.
Not certain what was used in the non-SVO 2.3 Mustangs in 83-84. Prob the same as the TCs.
The 83-84 TC mounts are identical to the 87-93 2.3NA mounts. 85 TC mounts are similar to the 83-84's, but the mounts are different as are the adapter brackets.
(86 was when they changed mounting styles on the TC k-members)
"Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own."
1983 TBird TC Clone - 1985 Mercury Marquis LTS - 1986 LTD Wagon
(08-22-2023, 05:29 PM)Chuck W Wrote: The standard 2.3 mounts will work, but you loose the damper. 83-84 TCs used the same mounts as the 87-93 2.3 cars.
The issue you have with the later mounts is that you also need the brackets that bolted to the K-member for the mounts to attach to. Those are harder to find. This is why when I was doing the mounts, I revised mine to replace the whole mount assy, instead of having people hunt down those factory brackets.
thanks for the info!
I may try to track down the brackets from a salvage yard and get new 87-93 motor mounts
1988 TC (Mach 1 edition): Steeda Tri-Ax shifter, manual boost controller, Stinger FMIC, Forge blow off valve
1985 SVO: Pro 5.0 Shifter, Bo-port valve springs, Ranger R Cam, Manual boost controller
