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Originally Posted by Rotorhead John
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Originally Posted by stickmantijuana
weird thing that scott told me was he said I only should use one engine mount on the driver's side and no engine mount on the passenger side. it seemed like a very dumb idea, but i thought i'd ask here before i have someone fab the missing mount for me. scott said something about windshield breaking if i have solid mounts on both sides.
that torque brace that mounts to the front of the engine & to the chassis is made of aluminum and is not very thick. initially scott told me that's all the car needs to hold the engine. he can be right; it just didn't make much sense to me. i just wanted to double check here.
i'll take some pics tomorrow & post.
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This is from his "20b must go on" thread.
Do you guys think it's a good idea to run with only one engine mount? With the power that the 20b puts out, I don't think one engine mount is going to work with the engine brace that Stick described. |
Come on guys. It sounds to me like you're taking the words literally. That he would only have 1 mount. I believe the point Scott was making was that 2 solid aluminum mounts would provide no room for flex, so the chassis would absorb it all. As the front of the frame flexes, the twist is carried to the cockpit, thus potentially causing the window to break. 1 solid mount would suffice but it is implied that the other would be a standard rubber bushing type.
When sitting there both supports are needed. But when accelerating, only One side will be taking the brunt of the force, the other side is more or less holding the engine steady. It's absurd to imply or believe 1 engine mount would suffice. What makes sense is that 1 mount is special, it's solid aluminum.... and the other is just normal.
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Last edited by RXtreme8; 10-31-2008 at 06:20 PM.
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