Hello everyone am John i live in Pensacola FL.. I got me an 03 R53... Am going to seacrh as well but just in case i dont find my answers am going to ask them. First is changing the bushings for the motor mounts with the ones that alta offers does anyone have a how to do for that also for the main engine belt? Well thats about it see you guys around.

 

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The engine bushings are snap and shouldn't take more than an hour or two. The transmission bushing is a bit trickier, you have to remove the ECU and airbox to get to it.

The basic idea is to put the front of the car on jack-stands and support the bottom of the engine with a jack, use a piece of wood between the engine and the jack and DON"T lift the car with the engine, just provide it with support so it doesn't rotate or move. Then, just unbolt the mounts one at a time and slip the inserts in and bolt everything back up.

The belt takes a bit more monkeying around and just takes some time and patience. Pop off the passenger wheel and take out the wheel liner and the belt is right there. You'll need a tensioner tool and then you slip a nail or something in the holes that pop up out of the tensioner (you'll know it when you see it.) Then just grab the old belt out and put the new one it. Be super careful to put it back in the same way the old one came out or it won't fit!

If you have a 15% pulley you'll need a 537 length belt, or a JCW belt and 16% and up you want a 535.

 

Oh, and you'll probably have to remove a ground wire and some plumbing directly to the passenger side of the intercooler horns to get the belt tensioner in there.

 

Thats some good stuff thanks man