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Old 09-14-2009, 05:12 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
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I don't know exactly where the Corolla's motor mounts are, but my Honda has three motor mounts, and all three are six-axis connections, and they all resist driving torque. You should get out a crowbar and see how stiff your mounts are in the relevant directions, and from there decide whether you're comfortable with the assumptions you want to make.
I took a good look at my engine mounts, pushed and twisted them around and realized that my best bet is to let the left and right mounts bear all the weight of the engine/gearbox. My load cell would then be arranged so that it only (as cleanly as possible) sees "torque reaction" around the left/right engine mount "axis".

Can the two side engine mounts take all the load? They seem stiffer overall than the two "fore/aft" mounts (of which one looks "cracked" already).
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