SVT motor mounts installed

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Ford finally got my rear mount to me. Both mounts only took about 1.5 hours to install. What a difference. I used the inserts up front also. Torque steer almost gone, shifting is smoother. I got the front and the inserts from BAT and the rear from Ford.

FYI: All the nuts and bolts are 15mm

Ford dealer did confirm that the rear SVT mount has been discontinued.

The SVT is made of aluminum and is lighter as the stock one is made of steel (same as the front, SVT aluminum, stock steel). The rubber insert material on the SVT seemed stiffer but that could be the fact that the stock ones were shot.

I have pics of Stock and SVT rear if anyone is interested.

should've got pole's poly roll resistors.

Originally posted by hot3dog3lucky3:
should've got pole's poly roll resistors.

Had to get it on the road no time to wait for turn around

Quick question:
I have a front and rear motor mount here in front of me. The front I got from SPmotorsports and the rear I got from Josh (Pole120), the front is markedly heavier than the rear.

Is my front a true SVT alum mount or just a post 98 steel one? any way to tell?

Originally posted by MaddMike2:

Originally posted by hot3dog3lucky3:
should've got pole's poly roll resistors.

Had to get it on the road no time to wait for turn around

really? i received mine the day after i ordered them. oh well, i can see where you're coming from though.

anybody?

Originally posted by ohsigmachi:
Quick question:
I have a front and rear motor mount here in front of me. The front I got from SPmotorsports and the rear I got from Josh (Pole120), the front is markedly heavier than the rear.

Is my front a true SVT alum mount or just a post 98 steel one? any way to tell?

The SVT should be unpainted Alum. If your unsure take a magnet to it. It will not stick to the Alum, plus the front stock one on mine was Black painted steel and it was smooth, the SVT one was bare Alum and had I think 4 raised ribs going around it.

I just looked at the Spmotorsports site and the Bat Catalog both places have pics of Stock Steel Replacements, not the SVT Alums

Originally posted by MaddMike2:

The SVT should be unpainted Alum.

BULLSH!T

Plaine and simple. NO CONTOUR SVT OR NOT MADE BEOFORE Late 99\2000 has the AL mount

. They revised the front to Al at the same time. VERY rarely to i see an aluminum mount pass through my hands.

As far as the "waiting for turn around" that's what core exchanges are for

, i would have had a set of mounts on your door step in 2 days(pays to pm me or check the thread on core availability).

Weights are as follows for those that care:

steel rear poly filled 5 lbs
aluminum rear poly filled 3 lbs
steel front poly filled 3.5 lbs
aluminum front poly filled 2.5 lbs

Seriously, there is a ton of information i have gathered over the last year, if you have a question or something pm me or post in the roll resistor thread. I don't car what your Ford dealer has to say, they're full of sh!t.

Originally posted by pole120:

Originally posted by MaddMike2:

The SVT should be unpainted Alum.

BULLSH!T

Plaine and simple. NO CONTOUR SVT OR NOT MADE BEOFORE Late 99\2000 has the AL mount . They revised the front to Al at the same time. VERY rarely to i see an aluminum mount pass through my hands.

As far as the "waiting for turn around" that's what core exchanges are for , i would have had a set of mounts on your door step in 2 days(pays to pm me or check the thread on core availability).

Weights are as follows for those that care:

steel rear poly filled 5 lbs
aluminum rear poly filled 3 lbs

steel front poly filled 3.5 lbs
aluminum front poly filled 2.5 lbs

Seriously, there is a ton of information i have gathered over the last year, if you have a question or something pm me or post in the roll resistor thread. I don't car what your Ford dealer has to say, they're full of sh!t.

Look I did not know about your service till after I had all ready payed for the other mounts. I have no idea what you have seen or what you have not seen.

What I do know is what Ford and Bat have listed and what I recieved in the boxes with the Ford part numbers on them.

The Front mount:
Ford part#F8RZ.6038.EA is the SVT Alum. mount.
Ford part#F8RZ.6038.BA is the regular Steel mount.

The Rear mount:
Ford part#F8RZ.6068.BA is the SVT Alum. mount
Ford part#F7RZ.6068.BA is the regular Steel mount.

This is the listing for 98.5 and up SVT. I have no idea what Ford has done in the past and I do not really care, all that matters is what I can get when I go to the parts counter and order a part.

We all know about mid run changes and production variations. I have no idea how many of the Alum. mounts were used on SVT's. The number of SVT's produced vice the number of normal Contour's produced would be an indicater of how many Alum. vice Steel mounts you would incounter during rebuilding them. I'm sure you have seen more steel, the production number difference would dictate that happening.

All I was doing was passing on information so that we would all be more informed. If you disagree with Ford's information that is fine it's a free country.

Originally posted by MaddMike2:

I have no idea what Ford has done in the past and I do not really care, all that matters is what I can get when I go to the parts counter and order a part.

Well said.

I too am simply trying to educate the masses, that their SVT will most likely NOT have an AL mount in it. It's NOT just an SVT part as indicated(also something they my need to know). The Al mount is also found on most cougars.

What i can tell you is that out of the 75+ mounts i've had in my posession (85% from SVT's ranging through all years) AT BEST 5 of them were AL.

Josh

The difference in weight is also pointless - the difference in weight is about the same as you driving the car before or after you've taken a dump.

Originally posted by Stazi:
The difference in weight is also pointless - the difference in weight is about the same as you driving the car before or after you've taken a dump.

LMAO!

Well said Stazi!

Originally posted by Stazi:
- the difference in weight is about the same as you driving the car before or after you've taken a dump.

Anyone care to weigh thier dump to prove stazi wrong?

Originally posted by hot3dog3lucky3:

Originally posted by Stazi:
The difference in weight is also pointless - the difference in weight is about the same as you driving the car before or after you've taken a dump.

LMAO! Well said Stazi!

I'm not sure if I agree. I always make sure I take a dump before racing.

yep lol

Originally posted by Stazi:
The difference in weight is also pointless - the difference in weight is about the same as you driving the car before or after you've taken a dump.

You have averaged almost 5 posts a day for 5 years. I hope your other posts were more insightful.

Originally posted by MaddMike2:

Originally posted by Stazi:
The difference in weight is also pointless - the difference in weight is about the same as you driving the car before or after you've taken a dump.

You have averaged almost 5 posts a day for 5 years. I hope your other posts were more insightful.

This whole thread is pointless and uninsightful. What? Ford stopped making SVT motor mounts? What am i going to do!?!

Originally posted by hot3dog3lucky3:

Originally posted by MaddMike2:

Originally posted by Stazi:
The difference in weight is also pointless - the difference in weight is about the same as you driving the car before or after you've taken a dump.

You have averaged almost 5 posts a day for 5 years. I hope your other posts were more insightful.

This whole thread is pointless and uninsightful. What? Ford stopped making SVT motor mounts? What am i going to do!?!

I'm not exactly sure what YOU are are going to do and to be quite honest it's not on my top ten things to worry about.

Other than the new roll restritors being aluminum, the ID of the through bolt hole is also different. I have exact calipered measurements at home, but the new rear mount's ID is smaller and the new front ID is larger. I'm currious what their motivation is with changing these.... but I know when my rear mount is stuck rotated up, it feels like my powertrain is out of alignment. After loosening the through bolt and letting the mount fall back down, it runs normal again. I want to look into having a custom core machined that fits the bolt (not 1 1/2 bolts) and offset the core in the mount, to be in the same location when the original mount is rotated down.

Hmm... if that doesn't make any sence, let me know.