Innovative Mounts 92-93 Integra Motor Mounts (Cable)

Innovative Mounts 92-93 Integra Motor Mounts (Cable)

A DA9 Integra with original mounts is thirty plus years into a job the rubber was never going to survive. You feel it as a thump on throttle tip-in and a shudder when the B18A1 loads up in second. This Innovative Mounts kit is the straight replacement for that car, specifically a 1992-1993 Integra RS, LS or GS with the factory manual cable transmission.

What It Is and Why It Works

Part number 19351 is Innovative's steel mount kit for the second generation Integra DA9 chassis with a B-series engine and a cable transmission. Steel is what the housings are, not marketing. Innovative also sells a billet aluminum version of the same kit under part number B19351, and the B prefix is how you tell them apart across the whole catalog. This page is the steel one, finished in wrinkle black.

Honda's original DA9 mounts are fluid-filled dampers. They isolate a stock engine well when new and they fail quietly, splitting internally so the engine gets progressively more rope. Innovative removes the fluid can entirely and presses a polyurethane bushing into a steel housing. The B18A1 stops walking, the axles stay closer to their intended angle, and the slop between your right foot and the tires goes away. Innovative also states this is a direct fit with no hood notching or trimming, which matters because plenty of DA9 mount solutions do require clearance work.

Here is the trade-off the old copy on this page got exactly backwards. A urethane bushing is stiffer than the OEM rubber and fluid it replaces, so it transmits MORE engine vibration and noise into the chassis, not less. That is the mechanism working as designed. You will hear and feel the engine more at idle and through the 1000 to 2000 rpm range. Owners consistently report the harshness eases after a few hundred miles of break-in and consistently report it never returns to factory smooth.

This SKU ships with Innovative's 60A red bushing, which is the softest rung on their ladder and is rated up to 250 horsepower. On a stock or lightly built B18A1 DA9 that gets driven on the street, 60A is genuinely the right call. Innovative also builds 19351 in 75A black (250 to 400 hp), 85A grey (400 to 500 hp) and 95A red (500 plus hp), and every step up the scale costs you comfort. Do not buy stiffer than your power level asks for.

Specs

Fitment

Manual cable transmission cars only. Innovative states this kit covers the GS, GSL, RS, LS and LS Special trims and explicitly will not work on the GS-R with the B17A1, which uses part number 19350 or B19350. Automatic DA9 cars are a different part number again.

What to Know Before You Buy

The mistake that costs people the most on this platform is transmission type. A DA9 with a clutch cable running to a lever on the transmission takes this kit. A DA9 that has been converted to a hydraulic transmission, or is about to be, takes Innovative's hydro kit (49351) instead, and that one includes a cable to hydro actuator. Walk out and look at the car before you order.

The second mistake is the GS-R. The 1992-1993 GS-R runs the B17A1 and sits on a different mount arrangement. It is not covered here no matter how similar the car looks in the driveway.

Know what is not in the box. This kit gives you the driver side, passenger/transmission and rear mounts. The front mount is a separate purchase (Innovative 19340, available in the same durometer range). If you are pulling the engine anyway, buy it at the same time. Doing three of four mounts and leaving a thirty year old front mount in place undoes half the point of the job.

On install, get all the mounts started loose, set the car down so the engine sits on its own weight, then torque everything. Preloading a firm mount with the engine hanging is the number one cause of a car that vibrates worse after the job than before it. And once these are bolted down and the bolt heads mark the coating, they cannot be returned or exchanged, so confirm fitment before the wrench comes out.

If the goal is a DA9 that drives tight without becoming unpleasant, this 60A kit plus the matching 19340 front mount is the sensible package. Save the 85A and 95A bushings for a car that is actually making the power those tiers describe.