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DIY Mondial t (or 348) engine mounts using 430 mounts

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  1. aec

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    #1 aec, Jun 13, 2021
    Mondial t (or 348) engine mounts are currently difficult to find new at a reasonable price. Fortunately, new 430 mounts are exactly the correct height and not expensive. (Thanks to 430 fchatter for measuring them for me!) Here are photos of how I adapted 430 mounts to fit in my 1990 Mondial t. Note use of a spacer.

    I include a photo of my old Mondial t mounts, one of them with the rubber burned out. I was thinking of using the flanges of my Mondial t mounts to adapt the 430 mounts, but this would have added a little extra height.
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  2. JLF

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    #2 JLF, Jun 14, 2021
    Cool man, very crafty.
     
  3. Ferrarium

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    #3 Ferrarium, Jun 30, 2021
    That metal bar you have weld along the outside of the mount, does that take any load? Looks like flux core 100 amp welder did it?

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  4. aec

    aec Karting

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    #4 aec, Jul 1, 2021
    The 430 mount actually overlaps the opening on the Mondial t frame, so the metal bars themselves do not really carry any load. I used a MIG wire welder.
     
  5. aec

    aec Karting

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    #5 aec, Jul 1, 2021
    Also, I have now taken it out on the road and I feel no difference between these 430 mounts and my original Mondial t mounts as far as vibrations are concerned.
     
  6. motomike8

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    #6 motomike8, Nov 26, 2021
    Getting ready to copy your setup here as the only mounts I can find guy wants $900 a piece.

    can you tell me is that 1/4” thick flat stock you used? Thanks, MIKE
     
  7. mike32

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    #7 mike32, Nov 27, 2021
    Look on superperformance site as listing mondial and the T mounts
     
  8. motomike8

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    #8 motomike8, Nov 27, 2021
    Thanks a bunch. But I’m in US and at 300 GBP each by the time they ship them to me we’ll be close to that $900 USD mark again. I guess “half price” from the ones available in US - but still too expensive compared to using alternates.
     
  9. mike32

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    #9 mike32, Nov 27, 2021
    There are companies in the uk who make them to pattern, any in the us
     
  10. aec

    aec Karting

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    #10 aec, Nov 30, 2021
    It is about 3/16". It is stocked at Home Depot.
     
  11. aec

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    #11 aec, Nov 30, 2021
    Great to now see Mondial t engine mounts on Superformance. I did not see them last summer!
     
  12. mike32

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    #12 mike32, Nov 30, 2021
    I got onto them to say people looking for them
     

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