Greetings from the UK

[clewlowm]

Greetings to one'n'all,

Just a quickie (oo-er missus), to introduce myself.

I owned an FJ a few years ago and stupidly got rid of it for a BMW K100RT.  What a bloody heap of junk that was. The FJ was a 3CV if memory serves me and I regretted getting rid of it almost straight away.

Anyway, I've got another one now. I picked up a 1990 3CV with 11,100 miles on the clock in superb condition and am loving being back on such a good rocketship.

Anyone got any comments on changing the 3CV engine mounts for 3XW ones?

[FJmonkey]

Mart, welcome back to FJ ownership. Randy at www.RPMracingca.com was developing some mounts to retrofit the earlier FJs with rubber mounts. Last I heard was he was not finding the right material. It was either too soft and it fell apart or too hard and not much different than a solid mount. Right now your best bet is a good carb sync, many have reported a smoother engine after a carb sync. 

[jscgdunn]

Welcome!
The 3xW and 3CV frames are totally different.....sorry no bolt on interchange between mounts possible.

Jeff

[clewlowm]

Thanks for the info Jeff & FJmonkey!

[Mark Olson]

Welcome Mart 

As mentioned a good carb sync will do wonders for vibration. Also add some bar end vibration eliminators , foam grips and wear padded gloves . That will make the fj more bearable on long rides and high rpm screaming runs. works for me.

[aviationfred]

Welcome to the forum. 

I have a 3CV and agree with the earlier comments. A good carb synch will do wonders for vibration and the bar end vibranators. Here is the link for the vibranators.

http://rpmracingca.com/proddetail.asp?prod=M%2FC%3AVibranator

Fred