Megan Racing Tranny and Engine hard rubber mounts
 

Hey everyone,

browsing FT86speedfactory last night and noticed they now sell Megan Racing Tranny and Engine mounts

http://ft86speedfactory.com/megan-ra...unts-1054.html
http://ft86speedfactory.com/megan-ra...ount-1055.html

Has anyone used Megan mount products? In all honesty im not a big Megan fan, but the price does seem reasonable, I don't want poly mounts and I really like to stick with hard rubber.
I was set to order the STI mounts until noticing these.

So my question is has anyone had previous experience with Megan mounts and how they hold up?

@ft86speedfactory maybe you can comment as well?


Cheers,

Well the pictures make them look like some nice pieces. I have been wanting to do a matching set of tranny and engine mounts, so I might give them a shot. I am surprised @FT-86 SpeedFactory hasn't made a thread about them.

I might jump on the tranny mount.

We have them here in the shop. Pretty standard parts for mounts. :) What info you guys looking for on them?

I'd like to know the durometer difference vs stock, how long the warranty is, the grade of fasteners used and finally how they're constructed.

Your site lists that they are durometer 70, which seems like it would work well for a daily driver, but it's hard to get an idea of how they'll feel with knowing how much stiffer they are then stock.

I've never used Megan parts before but I've heard a lot of negative. Knowing the grade of the fasteners used could help dispel any negative rumors before they start.

It looks like the engine mounts are cast aluminum with a mild steel top, and the tranny mount looks to be formed mild steel bar stock. Both look to be painted black.

Oh, and if you've had a chance to install them, some personal observations would be awesome, but I doubt you'd ave installed these on your race car.

As always, thanks guys.

We won't be installing these on either shop car, but I will spend a couple minutes with them tomorrow to get this info or as much as I can.

Usually the Megan mounts, and bars are okay products. The exhaust aren't horrible either but not great. The Coils are complete junk though.

Any reason why?

Honestly would u go install a Megan product when they get so much negative shit from the community on there parts. I wouldnt ever go near Megan parts u get what you pay for. Hearing of coils failing from many people. Can you imagine if those motors mounts fail like there coils.

Why would you sell a product that you don't stand behind or wouldn't install on your car?

all the negative that has been mentioned is the exact reason i'm nervous about there mounts, last thing I would want is for it to fail. I think I will just go with the STI/TRD mounts.

Speedfactory sells products on there site because they are a business. Whether you like it or not they are here to make money and having a selection of items is better for them in the end. They do have reviews on a lot of products and are a good vendor but like every other vendor they are here to make a profit.

If I remember correctly they said something along the lines of this.. They carry the Agency Power items to be able to make comparisons of a well designed product to a bad one like Agency Power if its brought up by a customer and if they have questions. Someone who made a comment just like you in a thread and thats what I remember them saying or something close to that.

This is a smart move on their part by carrying a variety of items. Just because they carry something doesnt mean they have to use it on there car. Lots of business's have things they wouldnt use that are for sale. They could outright lie and say they would use it on there car but they atleast tell the truth. Like a quick lube shop they sell crap recycled oil but do you honestly think the employees or owner would put that crap in there car? No. They have it for customers who cant afford the better product.

It's worth noting that on some previous Subaru models Megan Racing just repackaged the Group-N engine mounts and sold them under their own name for cheaper. I don't know if this is the case here or not.

These do not look the same as the group-n mounts, would be super sweet if they were though. I plan on doing a full set when i install my header.

Haha how this would sound out of context.

That is fine with me if that is what they want to do. Other vendors don't feel the same way about business. If Speedfactory has seen the mounts in peson and wouldn't install them on their own car, then I would hope they would let us know why so that the members of this site can be informed and not purchase the product. I am willing to be a guinea pig, but not if the data already exists.

It may be as simple as they already have mounts installed on all the shop cars and don't want to go to the trouble of doing it again.

Edit: nevermind me

Respectfully, I completely disagree with this. Grade 5 vs 8 fasteners, mild cold rolled vs high tensile steel, paint vs powder coat, cast vs machined aluminum, can all effect the longevity of the parts.

As for the durometer, I've seen companies sell street and race motor mounts, IIRC they were 60 and 80 respectively. Both sold because there was enough of a difference to warrant the different applications.

Doh.. I could have swore I looked at these before and they were just poly inserts. What you said. :thumbup:

Megan Racing mounts utilizes hardened rubber, which is rated at 70A on the Durometer scale

Although we haven't used these on our car, we have used the Nissan 240SX / 350Z / S2000 etc...
They are noticeably firmer then stock soft rubber, which in the 240sx you can move front to back, side to side with one hand.
Most customers that purchase these want something other then solid mounts, but still firmer then stock without breaking the bank.

Longevity wise, on the FR-S we do not have first hand experience.

On the other cars we have used these on, we have not experienced any premature failures.

Sorry if it does not belong here but could we install "Perrin Transmission Support Mount" & any of the "Transmission mount inserts" out there together?

I realize that this is old, but it seems like the most talk Megan's mounts have gotten that I've found. Did anyone go with them and have any input? Interested in the trans mount mostly. I had a Megan front engine mount in an Evo that I was very happy with. That particular mount in an Evo got rid of a good bit of off/on throttle rocking that I'm sensitive to without adding too much NVH. I just put a trans mount insert in my BRZ and while I feel the off/on throttle is better, I'm not sure I like the extra NVH. Gonna give it 500-1k mi to see for sure. Might try the Megan mount if I'm not happy after a while.

I had their trans mount in my SC300 and it helped the car a ton. I wouldn't be afraid to use their mounts again if it came down to it.

Any more reviews?

just bought the megan trans mount and the perrin trans support mount....they do NOT work together but I'm trying to find if I should just use the whiteline insert with the perrin support or just use the megan mount. ill let u guys know what I find

Hey, did you ever test the Megan Mount?


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**bump**
Any update on this Megan Trans Mount?
Looks like this is the only thread that mentions it.

I am debating whether it's worth getting the Megan Racing Reinforced Transmission Mount or just do the Whiteline insert.
I don't mind the extra work installing the full mount if it's a better product.

Bump, also looking for anyone else running this.

I actually have the cusco motor mounts bundled with the meghan tranny mount. I haven't had any issues so far, but I should get under there and take a look and see how they are doing. Been running them for about 15k miles or so I believe.