Solid motor mounts or tranny brace?
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Melting Slicks
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Solid motor mounts or tranny brace?
So Im looking at getting one or the other and I dont know which would be better to get. I have some pretty bad wheel hop right now so which would help that the most?
Burning Brakes
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Check out Pfadts video on their website with and without their motor mounts.
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Melting Slicks
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I would get both. I bought the Pfadt trans mount only 2 years ago and ended up getting the motor mounts later. Factory engine and tranny mounts have a little cushion and cause movement throughout the drivetrain. If you put just the trans mount on, you move more of that vibration to the engine. Check out Pfadts video on their website with and without their motor mounts.
Check out Pfadts video on their website with and without their motor mounts.
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Melting Slicks
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How hard are these to install, Ive read that you can do it without too much trouble and you just need to jack up the motor or trans to do the swap.
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If you can only get one, the trans mount would be the cheaper way as far as the cost of part and installation.
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I did not install these myself. My car was in the shop getting a lot of other upgrades, so my mechanic installed these at the same time. I was having the bell housing replaced with the scatter shield, my torque tube was rebuilt with a larger prop shaft, a new RPM Level 3 diff, a new RPM Stage VI 4L65E tranny, the RSI Dual fuel pumps, new fuel lines and rails, I had the valley plate replaced to use an LS3 type, stainless hoses, and a few other things...
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Melting Slicks
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I did not install these myself. My car was in the shop getting a lot of other upgrades, so my mechanic installed these at the same time. I was having the bell housing replaced with the scatter shield, my torque tube was rebuilt with a larger prop shaft, a new RPM Level 3 diff, a new RPM Stage VI 4L65E tranny, the RSI Dual fuel pumps, new fuel lines and rails, I had the valley plate replaced to use an LS3 type, stainless hoses, and a few other things...
but I wouldnt think it would be all that hard to install the engine mounts just need to support the engine for a while.
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Melting Slicks
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So do you think the trans brace will help with that more?
Burning Brakes
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Ok thats what I thought but I wasnt sure. And Ill be doing the install myself so it doesnt really cost anything just time and blood. One thing I want to do is reduce the amount of wheel hop/drive train shake which is pretty bad unless Im sideways.
So do you think the trans brace will help with that more?
So do you think the trans brace will help with that more?
