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Old 07-08-2019, 08:11 AM
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I had original rubber motor mounts and one of them was starting to collapse. I replaced both with solid motor mounts from cobrakiwi (very high quality pieces). My passenger side motor mount was previously shimmed about 1/8" and it made sense to leave it that way. After putting the headers and side pipes back on, but before tightening them up, I loosened up the motor mounts and used a transmission jack and 2x4 to tweak how the motor sat on the chassis to center the pipes in the cut out. It's perfect now.

I haven't repaired the fiberglass at the bottom of the cutout. It's not very noticeable. I'll probably do it someday.
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