View Poll Results: Engine Torque Dampeners
Have one and I love it!
20
27.78%
Don't have one, but would get one that performed well for a good price.
38
52.78%
Have one but could have spent $$ on something else
1
1.39%
Don't have one and don't need one.
13
18.06%
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Engine Torque Dampener
I prefer the one that has a dampener (almost like a air shock) which is found at rotaryextreme. I think the straight bar ones seem a lil iffy I am afraid of chasis wear or flex. But the having this torque brace is way awesome for smoother shifts from what I heard.
Bought one and installed it today. I could tell the difference immediatley, plus it's polished for a little bling, bling. I got it at Gotham Racing. Not solid, fits great. Installed in 20 mins. Even helped with the shifting.
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From: HuntsVEGAS, AL
Originally Posted by prrex4ever
The one I got is the air shock type, about $170. Worth it in my opinion. No more trying to find the next gear. It really helped!
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I have FEED ETB which I bought off Fritz Flynn and love it. Shifts are so smooth now and missing a gear doesnt happen as often anymore (can still happen on the track sometimes when I get too excited 
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From: HuntsVEGAS, AL
Originally Posted by 2ndGenV8RX-7
i dont know what it is. i feel dumb... :'(
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does that really do much for 230 bucks? It kinda looks like a stabilizer stock for trucks that cant steer. You could probably make one. I am thinking of a 13B-REW swap into my FC....hmmm....
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From: HuntsVEGAS, AL
Originally Posted by 2ndGenV8RX-7
You could probably make one.
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I have the garfinkle solid brace and I like it. I also have the eurathane motor mounts before I got the brace...They aren't solid but more solid than stock. I noticed a bigger difference when i got those than when I got the brace...Right now I like it because it looks perdy 
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From: HuntsVEGAS, AL
Originally Posted by apneablue
I have the garfinkle solid brace and I like it. I also have the eurathane motor mounts before I got the brace...They aren't solid but more solid than stock. I noticed a bigger difference when i got those than when I got the brace...Right now I like it because it looks perdy
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Just to get this pet peeve off my chest: When you "dampen" something you make it wet. When you "damp" something you remove energy from the something's oscillations. "Dampen" only refers to things that are wet.
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From: Stockton, CA
Are you sure about this?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dampen
dampen
v 1: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn: stifle] [ant: stimulate] 2: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten, wash] 3: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, tone down] 4: reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) 5: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" [syn: deaden, damp] 6: check; keep in check (a fire) 7: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" [syn: damp, soften, weaken, break]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
Chuck
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dampen
dampen
v 1: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn: stifle] [ant: stimulate] 2: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten, wash] 3: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, tone down] 4: reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) 5: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" [syn: deaden, damp] 6: check; keep in check (a fire) 7: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" [syn: damp, soften, weaken, break]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
Chuck
Originally Posted by DamonB
Just to get this pet peeve off my chest: When you "dampen" something you make it wet. When you "damp" something you remove energy from the something's oscillations. "Dampen" only refers to things that are wet.
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From: Dallas
Originally Posted by rotaryextreme
An engine torque dampener would be a device that makes the engine wet; "dampen" is a verb.
An "engine torque damper" is a noun. "Dampen" is a verb and so is not correct.
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From: HuntsVEGAS, AL
Originally Posted by DamonB
Chuck, the definintion you found is true, but that is when the word is used as a verb. That's what the "V" means at the very beginning.
An engine torque dampener would be a device that makes the engine wet; "dampen" is a verb.
An "engine torque damper" is a noun. "Dampen" is a verb and so is not correct.
An engine torque dampener would be a device that makes the engine wet; "dampen" is a verb.
An "engine torque damper" is a noun. "Dampen" is a verb and so is not correct.
n: A device that dampens or moistens something.
I think the noun can be used to represent either.
