Solid engine mounts - where's the vibration??

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Feb 11, 2005 | 09:13 PM

GrandSportC3

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Solid engine mounts - where's the vibration??

Everybody told me that I'll get a lot of vibration with solid engine mounts and a radical cammed engine... I'm pleasantly surprised that there are hardly any vibrations at all.. even less than my 383 with rubber mounts...

Could the fact that my engine was internally balanced have anything to do with that??

I always thought that it shouldn't matter how a engine was balanced as long as it is balanced... ???

Feb 11, 2005 | 10:25 PM

PatsLs1vette

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Well im not one that said it,i dont mind them at all,been running them for years.

Feb 11, 2005 | 10:33 PM

ZD75blue

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Must be like those hondas... once they get started they sit still!

Feb 12, 2005 | 12:04 AM

The Dude

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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

Everybody told me that I'll get a lot of vibration with solid engine mounts and a radical cammed engine...

I never told you that. It's B.S.

Feb 12, 2005 | 12:07 AM

backtrail69

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I would actually think that a engine would vibrate less when it was physically harder for it to move...think about it.

Feb 12, 2005 | 12:44 AM

Schmucker

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Originally Posted by backtrail69

I would actually think that a engine would vibrate less when it was physically harder for it to move...think about it.

Well, it would transfer the vibrations into the chassis so you could potentially feel it in the cockpit whereas with rubber it would be free to vibrate on its own.

Feb 12, 2005 | 01:16 AM

DREGSZ

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I have solid mounts on the 600 hp race motor and don't feel a thing.
Evan

Feb 12, 2005 | 03:01 AM

big632

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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

I always thought that it shouldn't matter how a engine was balanced as long as it is balanced... ???

Nothing to do with the balancing. I think the big tq engines make it more pronounced ,you feel it more as it pulls your car sideways.By itself might not be bad but with a tied in cage the whole car moves.