The Hamsterball

Oh, well, I appreciate the help.

I don't know wtf is up with that nut. Who the hell designs a car with a small assed nut holding 85 ft/lb of torque on such a shitty area lol.
they should have had the engine mounts have a slightly longer thread and used something like a lug nut on that same thread.


What I am going to do is remove my AIV, manifold and other emissions crap to access my driver side engine mount bolts (the 4 bolts of the engine mount that connect to the block).

For the left side, I'll have to remove my starter and get at them from under the car.

But they're held by considerably less torque so it's okay.


I'll be buying nismo engine mounts (cheaper than OEM, and i don't know of any polyurethane engine mounts for S13... i might be an idiot lol) so i don't care if i pull down my crossmember with the mounts attached.


So, for any of you guys swapping your crossmember and stripping the suspension member-to-engine mount bolt, don't worry, you guys have a 2nd chance.

Thanks for all the help guys.

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