Solid Motor Mounts??
09-26-04, 12:41 PM
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Solid Motor Mounts??
09-27-04, 07:16 AM
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i recommend you contact Garfinkle and purchase his excellent engine torque brace (ETB)instead of changing your mounts. the ETB leverages off the top of the engine and takes all the load off the supportive engine mounts.
w the addition of an ETB the engine is supported at the top and the bottom making for a much better solution.
good luck,
howard coleman
w the addition of an ETB the engine is supported at the top and the bottom making for a much better solution.
good luck,
howard coleman
09-27-04, 09:18 AM
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i've got some very similar ones that i purchased from dragon. one of the better mods i made to my car IMO. there's a slight amount of increased vibration, but not near what people make it out to be.
09-27-04, 05:52 PM
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I have solid mounts in my car. The only noticable vibration is at idle, other than that it fine. The only question I have is on the knock sensor, is if it pulls timing out or if it dose nothing at all. I belive it is LT1 cars pull a couple of degrees of timing out when it reads knock or pinging.
After that whole thing. I can live with it, but I don't know if it hurts performance at all.
After that whole thing. I can live with it, but I don't know if it hurts performance at all.
09-28-04, 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by howard coleman
i recommend you contact Garfinkle and purchase his excellent engine torque brace (ETB)instead of changing your mounts. the ETB leverages off the top of the engine and takes all the load off the supportive engine mounts.
w the addition of an ETB the engine is supported at the top and the bottom making for a much better solution.
good luck,
howard coleman
w the addition of an ETB the engine is supported at the top and the bottom making for a much better solution.
good luck,
howard coleman
Not necessarily Howard. The ETB can cause problems especially if it's mounted to the UIM and you have really bad wheel hop at the strip. I currently have a small leak in my LIM because of it. With wheel hop, all the vibrations (load-unload)are transfered throughout the drivetrain. If your engine has a brace on the UIM, the brace will help the engine resist this shake from wheel hop but now all the stress is being applied to the mounting points of the LIM. The brace I fabed even had soft rubber bushings to absord shock & vibrations but that wasn't enough.
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09-28-04, 08:46 AM
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i have a set from Dragon also and i love them. like spoolin said there is very little added noise and vibrations. nothing like what a tranny brace added to my car.