I have a MP3 with 126K on it. clutch, fly wheel, front engine mount and front sway bar bushings were bad and needed replaced.
I had the clutch replaced with an exedy stock clutch and fidanza 7lb fly wheel. was supposed to have all the engine mounts replaced with AWR 88 durometer but shop said they could not get the passenger side inserts out(set next to belts) but said they looked fine. so they replaced the front and rear mount and driver side inserts. they also replaced the front sway bar bushings with greasable urethane ones.
when i first picked up the car. the idle was horrable. stalling out horrible. but they disconnected the battery, so I figured the ecu had to relearn it. so I've put about 200 miles on it. the idle is better but still lower then before. I love the clutch now. no issues at all. smooth, quick. I dont notice any different with the lighter fly wheel. was expecting the RPM's to raise and fall quicker, but seam to be about the same. alot of vibrations especially around 1K RPM's. I expected more vibs, but not to this extent. mirrors are blurry now. I can live with it. but the issue i have now is the engine itself sounds a lot louder. I'm a little under the weather now with head cold, but a 2 hour drive in the car gave me a splitting head ache. I was wondering if the shop had to loosen/ remove part of the exhaust to do the work. thought that would explain it being louder. but they said they didnt touch exhaust.
also, before at 25 mph, id be in 3rd and be ok with it. now seams like i need to be in 2nd. and at 65-70mph engine noise is louder in 5th to where I feel like I need to shift up.
Since i had all the work done at once, its hard to try and pin point it. I've never had a vehicle long enough to have the clutch or engine mounts replaced before, so I dont really didnt know what to expect. I have headers for the car but have yet to install them. was hoping new gaskets would fix that problem.
are the new mounts the cause of the engine sounding louder? I can understand more vibs, but sounding louder?
Is this normal and i just have to deal with it. or maybe something not right? I trust the shop i went to but things go wrong sometimes. this might be one of them.
guess just looking for other thoughts. thanks
I had the clutch replaced with an exedy stock clutch and fidanza 7lb fly wheel. was supposed to have all the engine mounts replaced with AWR 88 durometer but shop said they could not get the passenger side inserts out(set next to belts) but said they looked fine. so they replaced the front and rear mount and driver side inserts. they also replaced the front sway bar bushings with greasable urethane ones.
when i first picked up the car. the idle was horrable. stalling out horrible. but they disconnected the battery, so I figured the ecu had to relearn it. so I've put about 200 miles on it. the idle is better but still lower then before. I love the clutch now. no issues at all. smooth, quick. I dont notice any different with the lighter fly wheel. was expecting the RPM's to raise and fall quicker, but seam to be about the same. alot of vibrations especially around 1K RPM's. I expected more vibs, but not to this extent. mirrors are blurry now. I can live with it. but the issue i have now is the engine itself sounds a lot louder. I'm a little under the weather now with head cold, but a 2 hour drive in the car gave me a splitting head ache. I was wondering if the shop had to loosen/ remove part of the exhaust to do the work. thought that would explain it being louder. but they said they didnt touch exhaust.
also, before at 25 mph, id be in 3rd and be ok with it. now seams like i need to be in 2nd. and at 65-70mph engine noise is louder in 5th to where I feel like I need to shift up.
Since i had all the work done at once, its hard to try and pin point it. I've never had a vehicle long enough to have the clutch or engine mounts replaced before, so I dont really didnt know what to expect. I have headers for the car but have yet to install them. was hoping new gaskets would fix that problem.
are the new mounts the cause of the engine sounding louder? I can understand more vibs, but sounding louder?
Is this normal and i just have to deal with it. or maybe something not right? I trust the shop i went to but things go wrong sometimes. this might be one of them.
guess just looking for other thoughts. thanks
