OS 160 soft mount question

[Richard Strickland]

MessageI'm currently running ho'made Hyde mounts.  I used to run (4) Lord mounts on an oversized back-plate and no nose ring on my 60 sized stuff--and liked them very much. Very clean.  Does anyone still make them for the bigger stuff?  I haven't looked into it lately.  Didn't Sullivan buy the rights?  CRS disease.  In a couple of cases when we first got in to soft mounting, I was able to do a straight addition of Lord mounts to the back of my regular, hard mount and re-drill and tap new engine mount holes further back in the mount.  Worked fine if you had the engine originally mounted on the front of the mount.  I think some guys used (3) Lord mounts with a nose ring and (4) without.  The nice thing about those is there isn't ever a direct connection to the airframe. Man, I DO need to look in to these again!

Richard
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  From: Fletcher, Richard 
  To: 'vicenterc at comcast.net' ; discussion at nsrca.org ; 'discussion at nsrca.org' 
  Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 3:32 PM
  Subject: RE: OS 160 soft mount question


  Vincente, 

      Which Hyde mount should I use, and do you know where I can order a Mueller header? At this point I am inclined to go with a OS 160 because I can buy the engine, pipe, header and half the mount for the same money as an OS 140. I think the weight penalty will be 4 - 6 oz but with the power loading I don't think it will matter al that much. What do you think?



  Thanks, Rich


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    From: vicenterc at comcast.net [mailto:vicenterc at comcast.net] 
    Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:21 PM
    To: discussion at nsrca.org; 'discussion at nsrca.org'
    Cc: Fletcher, Richard
    Subject: Re: OS 160 soft mount question


    Yes, in the pattern community Hyde mounts could be considered the best option.  My personal recommendation is: do NOT hard mount the engine.  There are other options there, but the Hyde mount could be the best option for your particular situation.  Note: I am not sponsored by Mr. Hyde.

    Vicente Bortone

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      Guys, 
      Please let me know how you are mounting this engine. I assume most are using Hyde mounts, please let me know which one. Is anyone hard mounting the engine? Anyone using any home made mounts?
      Thanks, Rich 
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