hey all i have a 1985 (gsl) with a 1982 engine....my questions are:


1. what do i need to swap second gen seats to my first gen? do they bolt right up? or do i have to mod it for them to fit?


2. i just put brand new motor mounts and a new trans mount on my car and for some reason theres still vibrations in the car, i wanna say worse then before but before was pretty bad, sooo i wont say that....so what could be causing that? is there a brake in period to soften the rubber? or did i "f" up ??
i got all the mounts from mazdatrix...what im thinking is that he gave me the comp. mounts witch are stiffer them o.e.m. but i could be wrong...

thanks for any info that is given....


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vibrations when the car is moving or if you rev out of gear ?

jeff

 

it does it at idle, when i rev above 1500rpms the vibe goes away....

 

Driveshaft maybe an issue?

 

hey, whats up dave? you think so? hmm thats a good one where do i look to determine that? that or what are the signs? to look for on the driveshaft? unbalaced?

 

If its doing it at idle (car not moving), then it is not a driveshaft issue. Start looking for a contact point between the exhaust and the chassis. All mounting points should be using rubber isolators, but if the exhaust touchs the chassis at any point you will get nasty vibrations.

 

i think that i agree with the exhaust issue....its a good thing that im refabing the whole thing....hopefully thats the problem, i just want that crap gone....but then again it is an old car so we will see....does anyone know the answer to my first question....??


1. what do i need to swap second gen seats to my first gen? do they bolt right up? or do i have to mod it for them to fit?

im pretty sure that i have to do some kind of modding....so any info would be nice....

 

Iirc, FB seat rails. Not sure how modding is involved in bolting them to the FC seats.

 

oh crap!! your right....i never thought of that...damn thanks for the reality check trochoid...

 

well, the viberation stopped and it would figure that the real problem is me being parinoid....that and my secondairy's werent conneted so i reconnected them and..bam, smooth as silk....now i have to figure out how to adjust the idle in real time, on my carb....
thanks to all that responded....

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I believe that the bolt pattern for the 2nd gen seats are the exact same as the 1st gen...if I'm not mistaken!

 

your prolly right, but the both opinions sound very right, so id have to check on it when i aquire some good condition second gen seats, then i can go from there....

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dont know where im going to find some tho..prolly ask around the second gen. group....