another dogbone question
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Solid poly, or solid as in physically bolt the cylinder head mount to the radiator?
A did see a GP on clubgp that did solid mounts- ie mechanically connected the cylinder head mount and coil pack mount directly to the radiator support.
I could've swore he said it wasn't bad- not too much worse than the hardest polys out there (you've got the figure, the bulk of the engine weight is on the lower mounts- so you're only getting a small part of the total vibration transfer with solid uppers. If you're sticking with a stock cam, and its not your only car- I don't see a problem.
edit- found a thread on clubgp, looks like a few people have done them (one guy even claimed doing all 4 mounts out of steel):
dunno if this will work:
http://www.clubgp.com/newforum/tm.as...anguage=single
Seems like a lot of people in that thread replaced the square mount with either steel or aluminum, but left the round rubber mounts on the other side of the dogbone.
I do know I've seen one before that was physically bolted on both ends straight metal to metal, but I can't find the thread.
A did see a GP on clubgp that did solid mounts- ie mechanically connected the cylinder head mount and coil pack mount directly to the radiator support.
I could've swore he said it wasn't bad- not too much worse than the hardest polys out there (you've got the figure, the bulk of the engine weight is on the lower mounts- so you're only getting a small part of the total vibration transfer with solid uppers. If you're sticking with a stock cam, and its not your only car- I don't see a problem.
edit- found a thread on clubgp, looks like a few people have done them (one guy even claimed doing all 4 mounts out of steel):
dunno if this will work:
http://www.clubgp.com/newforum/tm.as...anguage=single
Seems like a lot of people in that thread replaced the square mount with either steel or aluminum, but left the round rubber mounts on the other side of the dogbone.
I do know I've seen one before that was physically bolted on both ends straight metal to metal, but I can't find the thread.
Last edited by bumpin96monte; 04-05-2010 at 01:56 AM.
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