An inch or two may OK (clearly it works for Chris), and it's certainly appealing to use spacers rather than rebuilding the engine mount, but there must be a point beyond which inserting spacers will become a problem. For the same reasons the engine mount has bracing in various directions, surely spacers beyond a certain length should too? For example, I'd be surprised if 6 inch spacers didn't create an issue. I don't have the engineering background to do the maths, but intuitively I'd have reservations going beyond a couple of inches with this approach. Does anyone have any data on this?
Cheers, Tony King Queensland Australia On 4 April 2012 10:01, Chris Gardner <cgardn...@rogers.com> wrote: > Martin > Not a problem to use spacers. I have 2 inch aluminum spacers between the > engine and mount to move the CG forward and give more clearance to the > starter on my VW 2180 > Chris Gardiner K2RS
