Review: 034 Motorsports N54 Engine Mounts

[longnvu]

How do they compare in terms of feel?

Nvh is noticeable when engaging the clutch and also when ac is on but its not as bad as Ad-e. Mounts looks and feel very solid. I like how the mounts can be serviceable with the extra option to make them even stiffer. Excuse the cheezits, im addicted those things lol

 

[Erichale77]

Great mount. I run a similar design. The earlier BFI mounts (which I think Turner either bought the design or copied)

 

[doublespaces]

They probably bought them or have some rights to the revenue or may just resell them under the turner name. Those parts shops sling a lot of third party parts it seems.

 

[Davidwarren]

are the 034 mounts still falling apart or was it just a bad batch?

 

[The Banshee]

Any additional feedback on the Turner mounts?

 

[doublespaces]

Any additional feedback on the Turner mounts?

Ditto

 

[fmorelli]

Except Turner Motorsport (www.turnermotorsport.com) is actually ECS these days ...

Filippo

 

[Torgus]

Except Turner Motorsport (www.turnermotorsport.com) is actually ECS these days ...

Filippo

Which is a shame...to see a MA company go away...being from MA and all. Someone took a payout ;(

 

[Ajbecerra]

I've seen quite a few 034 failures. Might be best to go solid

 

[silverstreak18]

The 034 have been on my car for about 4k miles. They are shot already and the plastic piece on the bottom came completely off. Junk, don't waste your money.

 

[fmorelli]

Which is a shame...to see a MA company go away...being from MA and all. Someone took a payout ;(

As I understand it, Turner Service and the Turner BMW racing business is still in full swing.

Filippo

 

[KevinC39]

I bought some stuff from Turner recently but it actually shipped from Ohio. Is ECS shipping product out for Turner now?

 

[fmorelli]

ECS Tuning is Turner Motorsport. The branding is intact.

Filippo

 

[KevinC39]

Ah ok. I had no idea they were the same people. Thanks.

 

[The Convert]

ECS bought Turner last year or the year before.

 

[Cornfed54]

I hope everyone has better luck with these than I did. I bought a set last spring, the passenger side completely failed in less than 1,500 miles of daily driving with the occasional rip on the highway. The rubber and the black plastic base both came lose and it allowed almost 1/2in of play in the mount. I may have just had a bad batch, but I took both out and replaced with new OEM. They seem like a great option if they can hold up.

 

[langsbr]

Without basically removing them, how is everyone determining if they are shot?

 

[Cornfed54]

I was able to determine mine had an issue just by jacking the motor up with a block of wood on the oil pan, I could move the motor up and down freely at least 1/2in. Be careful with these mounts, I replaced mine as preventative maintance prior to adding more power in hopes of avoiding any risk of my ps pulley hitting the subframe.
Well, guess what happened shortly after the mount “upgrade”? I shifted into 3rd getting on the highway and lost power steering. I immediately killed the motor and pulled over, my new mount failed, allowing the pulley to hit the subframe and shred my belt, I got lucky essentially, no belt material got pulled in the crank pulley but that could have easily cost me an engine.
Going too stiff on a motor mount on something that isn’t a dedicated race car, bad idea IMO. The factory mounts aren’t just for comfort, they also help to combine with the harmonic damper to avoid damaging harmonic resonance that can wear out a motor much faster than if they were properly dampened.
It’s the same reason why going with a lightweight crank pulley is a terrrible idea unless you are full race car and building motors every season. I’m sure some will disagree but my advice would be to stick to IS mounts or similar.

 

[The Convert]

I was able to determine mine had an issue just by jacking the motor up with a block of wood on the oil pan, I could move the motor up and down freely at least 1/2in. Be careful with these mounts, I replaced mine as preventative maintance prior to adding more power in hopes of avoiding any risk of my ps pulley hitting the subframe.
Well, guess what happened shortly after the mount “upgrade”? I shifted into 3rd getting on the highway and lost power steering. I immediately killed the motor and pulled over, my new mount failed, allowing the pulley to hit the subframe and shred my belt, I got lucky essentially, no belt material got pulled in the crank pulley but that could have easily cost me an engine.

This is the exact reason I said the ADE mounts are a terrible design too. The failure mode is catastrophic. If the mount never fails, no biggie...but if it does?

 

[Cornfed54]

This is the exact reason I said the ADE mounts are a terrible design too. The failure mode is catastrophic. If the mount never fails, no biggie...but if it does?

Exactly, I’ve only seen pics of the AD-e mounts and apparently they do work for their intended use. I’ve just had a string of bad luck with my car where anytime I bought a part that is not either, top dollar aftermarket, or new OEM, it comes back to bite me down the road. I could get away with some things in my Japanese boosted cars, this one however, pretty unforgiving in this regard