Innovative Mounts 94-01 Integra Motor Mounts: 75A/85A/95A

Innovative Mounts Civic/Integra Automatic Mount Kit

Automatic Hondas get skipped by most of the aftermarket, which is annoying when your DC2 Integra LS or EG Civic still shudders into the firewall every time the trans grabs second. This Innovative Mounts kit is the one that actually fits an automatic car. It's built for B-series and D-series engines backed by the factory automatic, in chassis with the two bolt driver side timing belt post mount.

What It Is and Why It Works

Part number 40156 is a direct replacement kit, not a swap kit. It drops into a stock automatic 1992-1995 Civic (EG, EH, EJ), 1993-1997 del Sol, or 1994-2001 Integra (DC) and reuses the factory hardware. Innovative lists it as replacing three Honda part numbers: 50820-SR3-J11, 50805-SR3-981 and 50810-SR3-030, so you're getting the full three mount set that carries the powertrain.

Factory mounts on these cars are fluid-filled dampers. They're tuned to isolate a stock engine at idle and they age badly, splitting internally and letting the whole B18B1 or D16 walk around under load. Innovative deletes the fluid entirely and presses a polyurethane bushing into a steel housing. The engine stays put, the axles stay closer to their designed angle, and the driveline shock that used to hit the chassis as a lurch now goes into the tires instead. On an automatic that shows up mostly as cleaner shifts and less clunk on the 1 to 2 change.

Now the honest part, because the old copy on this page had it backwards. Urethane is stiffer than the rubber and fluid it replaces, so it passes MORE engine vibration and noise into the cabin, not less. That is the mechanism, not a defect. Expect a noticeable buzz at idle and in the 1000 to 2000 rpm range. Owners on these platforms consistently report it settles down after a few hundred miles as the bushings break in, and consistently report it never goes back to factory quiet. Innovative sells this kit in three bushing hardnesses and the durometer is the only difference between them.

The 75A black bushing is the one to start with on any car that still gets driven to work. Innovative rates it for the 250 to 400 horsepower band and it's the most livable of the group. The 85A grey is rated 400 to 500 horsepower and is a real step up in harshness. A 95A red option exists in Innovative's catalog for 500 plus horsepower builds. On an automatic B or D series car, the 75A is almost always the right answer.

Specs

Available Options

Fitment

Automatic transmission cars only. The engine block must have the two bolt post mount on the timing belt side. Cars with the three bolt block bracket use a different Innovative kit (40153). The Integra Type R is excluded, and GS-R models are not covered by this part number because they were not sold with an automatic.

What to Know Before You Buy

Check two things before you order, and check them on the car, not on a forum post. First, confirm the transmission is actually the factory automatic. If someone already swapped a five speed into your DC2 or EG, this is the wrong kit and Innovative's manual kits are the correct path. Second, pull the timing belt side cover and count the bolts on the block bracket. Two bolts means this kit. Three bolts means 40153. That bracket is the single most common reason one of these kits comes back.

The Type R exclusion is real but it's not the trap people think it is, since the DC2 Type R never came as an automatic. The trap is buyers reading "94-01 Integra" and assuming any DC2 qualifies. It doesn't. Manual cars need a different part.

Install it with the engine sitting on its own weight. Get all three mounts started loose, drop the car off the jack, let the powertrain settle, then torque everything. Preloading a firm urethane mount is how you build in a permanent vibration you'll blame on the mounts for the next two years. And read the return policy before the wrench comes out, because once these are bolted down and the bolt heads mark the coating they cannot go back.

While the subframe is exposed, look at the axle boots, the rear trans mount bracket, and the shifter linkage bushings on the automatic. Everything on a thirty year old Integra that was being held still by soft mounts is now going to be held still by these instead, and whatever was worn will make itself known. If you daily the car and only want the sag gone, take the 75A. Going stiffer on a stock automatic buys you almost nothing and costs you every mile.