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I wasnt going to track day my car..

Was building it to nip to the shops in..

But now you have put the idea in my head....

Broadly, I would agree with what has been written there. I've seen the upper mounts fail too - both using adjustables and non-adjustables such as Bilsteins. As has been written, the Hydragas units have internal damping, and in fact were originally designed to not require an external damper at all, but clearly Rover engineers wanted a little more rebound countrol. The standard dampers have next to no compression resistance - so in fact, the mounts don't have to be particularly strong!

I've not seen lower mount failure - but that's not to say that this doesn't happen.

There are of course a good number of cars (mine included) that have never had any problems (I've used Bilsteins, done over 60k miles over many years and never had problems). Plus reinforced upper mounts are available if you need to reinforce the upper mounts: so solutions area available for those who need it.

Where was this originally posted Jan?

From a highly respected MGF'er

Ok jan we get the point

Good

Just to point out that none of the above applies to the TF.

Err....except the bottom bolts which should be replaced and torqued up correctly when fitting your Bilsteins.

Tipper wrote: wrote:

Just to point out that none of the above applies to the TF.

Err....except the bottom bolts which should be replaced and torqued up correctly when fitting your Bilsteins.

Because frankly it's a better car all round

The TF has less chance of the upper part of the tower failing.. But it has happened.. If you drop ya subframes its worth beefing up the upper part of the tower..

Ready for trip to Hellier in the morning

My Skoda has never been worth so much lol

Some more pics for any interested..

Nah. Stiffer, I say!

Viagra in the full tank?

Only way the shell can be stiffer now is a full weld in cage.. And I ain't doing that.. Want it to look factory with boot/bonnet shut

plus you dont want to make it too stiff if you plan road use.when do you think it will be finished.