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Hey, all! I’m replacing the engine in my 2007 Honda Civic Si soon, and I was looking for some recommendations for motor mounts. Does anyone have a link to a set of motor mounts and transmission mounts for my engine that are similar stiffness to stock, but there are no hydraulic mounts? Also, what on Earth was Honda thinking with their hydraulic motor mounts?! Both of the hydraulic mounts for my engine have failed after less than 10,000 miles of rough driving. Ugh. Any help is appreciated!

 
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Your OEM mounts failed after 10k miles!?!

OEM is always best unless you want stiffer ones then go aftermarket. K sport, Hasport, innovative come to mind.

 
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Yeah, maybe less than that. I’ll do some research into K sport. I don’t really want stiffer mounts. I just want mounts that actually last, but I’ll see what I can find.

 
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10 k is too short, some other underlying condition that have not been discovered yet...

 
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Yeah there's something else going on to make them fail so quick

 
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Could it be my lack of skill with a manual transmission? I only just learned how to heel-toe a few months ago, and I’m still practicing my rev-matching.

 
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Definitely could be a factor. Just learn how to drive normally. Dont bother with any of that nonsense for now.

 
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I already know how to drive normally, which was why I started learning how to heel-toe. Once I’ve learned that and practiced, I’ll learn how to double-clutch. I’ll keep in mind that rough shifting could cause these mounts to fail. Thanks for the advice!

 
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why are you heel-toeing? Just to say you want to?

 
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Just to say I can. Lol

But actually I’m doing it as a way to practice rev-matching and it helps me feel more connected to the car. It adds just a little bit more excitement and joy to my day when I’m driving about 150 miles a day delivering pizzas. I like to listen to my engine and shifting gears up and down as smoothly as possible has become part of my daily routine that I try to enjoy like life’s other simple pleasures. Sometimes I get a compliment from a customer that hears me pulling up.

 
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pretty expensive to break mounts doing a heel-toe... Don't think i would like to have a re-mixed pizza during transport...
first memorize what speed you are at the the gear you are trying to shift to when engine is about 2k RPM (4 k is too high for novices). Do the training without shifting gears - put in neutral, brake and blip the throttle and see if you can actually get it to the rev you are aiming for. (preferably in straight line, no one around).
then you can start trying to actually shift, up the revs.

only then recommend trying that before corners.

 
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That actually sounds like great advice! Thanks! I don’t know anyone who can teach me more about stick shift. I’ve had to learn everything myself, so it’s super helpful finding someone online who can actually give me advice! As for ruining customers’ pizzas, that tends to happen when I take turns or bumps too quick. I’m not shifting poorly enough to jolt the car more than a speed bump or corner would, and I’ve never broken a motor mount with a single bad shift. These hydraulic mounts seem to degrade over time until they are so loose they’re useless, and I think every bad shift I perform wears them out just a little bit more each time. It’s next to impossible to get used to how this car shifts, because the motor mounts are softer every day, so it shifts differently every day.

 
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you can also learn rev matching without including the braking from the equation... just adjust the revs to speed/gear and if the car start to lurch you step back on clutch. see where the engine does force the car

I did heel-toe on the autoX course or track so that I would not spin out, matter of necessity
heel-toe is a technique to not spin, really.

 
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Yeah, that was what I started with before I started heel-toeing. My motor recently blew, but I’ll get back to practicing once I replace it. Thanks again!

 
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Oh, that's this car.

It's all starting to make sense now lol