Last night Chris (Prodigy) and I installed the Corksport motor mount inserts and shifter bushings onto my car. It had been pretty warm that day, so i wasn't expecting the temperature to drop to 31* while we were still working on the car at 1am. The front mount and shifter bushings took about 30 min including jacking up the car. The rear consumed the next couple hours mainly because of the cold. We eventually got back to SPSU around 3.
Problems we ran into:
1. Rear motor mount was MIS-CASTED from Mazda. The bottom "gap" in the mount that the insert was supposed to slide into had rubber in it. Granted it was very thin, but it prevented the mount from going in using body strength. Only after c-clamping the mount in, did it pop that cherry.
2. After using Chris's air tools for a while, the compressor tried to kick on and refill the tanks, but because of the outside temp and the fact that it is an oiled compressor, it refused to start. Only after 10 minutes of heating the compresser block with a propane heater did it start working.
3. While removing the rear mount, Chris successfully found the black hole that is installed on every Mazda. It's exact purpose is unknown, but its effects can be seen on all Mazda models. The lack of power from the stock mazdaspeed protege, the rampant oil and gas consumption in the rx-8, and the front engine mount bolt in the new MS 3's; all of them eaten by this mysterious entity.
I'd like to publicly thank Chris for helping me out, as i would have never bought the rear insert if I had to put it in myself. As many of you know, he really know's a lot about this car and is slowly helping me learn as well.
Problems we ran into:
1. Rear motor mount was MIS-CASTED from Mazda. The bottom "gap" in the mount that the insert was supposed to slide into had rubber in it. Granted it was very thin, but it prevented the mount from going in using body strength. Only after c-clamping the mount in, did it pop that cherry.
2. After using Chris's air tools for a while, the compressor tried to kick on and refill the tanks, but because of the outside temp and the fact that it is an oiled compressor, it refused to start. Only after 10 minutes of heating the compresser block with a propane heater did it start working.
3. While removing the rear mount, Chris successfully found the black hole that is installed on every Mazda. It's exact purpose is unknown, but its effects can be seen on all Mazda models. The lack of power from the stock mazdaspeed protege, the rampant oil and gas consumption in the rx-8, and the front engine mount bolt in the new MS 3's; all of them eaten by this mysterious entity.
I'd like to publicly thank Chris for helping me out, as i would have never bought the rear insert if I had to put it in myself. As many of you know, he really know's a lot about this car and is slowly helping me learn as well.
