engine mounts vs headers

i just yanked out a broken engine mount which was severely melted. Now, which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Did the mount break, causing the engine to tilt, leaving the extractors resting on the mount which melted it..... or did the extractors cause the mount to melt and break in the first place.
I've got a bit over an inch clearance from the extractors to mount.
Has anyone ever had this problem? Are my pipes too close?

my escort has extractors (2ltr)

and i was running with the distributer timing stupidly retarted (dangerous i no, but it was just around my house, not road used)

and so the extractors were getting literally RED HOT

so hot they melted my clutch and speedo cable.

and the engine mount is still fine..

so yeah i second the opinion of engine mount faulty, not exhaust

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Originally posted by Sterling

so the extractors were getting literally RED HOT

so hot they melted my clutch and speedo cable.

and the engine mount is still fine..

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This was normal in my first escort(only thru thrashing it, and short hard driven trips around town....ah the good ol' days)....cable ties work wonders in holding cables where u want them and away from what you want too!! I had to replace a clutch cable due to it melting the outer into the main cable and not allowing it to move freely.

Bryan