Engine torque damper, anyone using them?

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  • Entwicklung30
    Noobie
    • Apr 2009
    • 37

    #1

    Engine torque damper, anyone using them?

    I was thinking about using an engine torgue damper as I don't want to install urethane motor mounts.
    Anyone using these? Are these any good?
    Any recommendations and/or pics of it installed?
    Thank you!
    "I am not afraid of people who drive fast, i am afraid of people who think slow" - Walter Rohrl
  • Scallywagon
    E30 Fanatic
    • May 2010
    • 1200

    #2
    Why don't you want to run urethane mounts? Urethane is often the same hardness rating as the OEM rubber mounts, just take a better beating and last longer.

    I recommend Condor Speed Shop's UHMW Motor Mounts:

    While these are intentionally much stiffer hardness rating(solid), not too much real world NVH was added to the car. I will say that you will most likely put more of the torque harshness through into the transmission mounts, guibo and, differential bushings which may cause them to wear at an increased rate. Technically you should replace them all to be harder to follow but this can add significant NVH to the car.

    While it depends on your goals for the car, It sounds like you aught to use Urethane mounts with a similar hardness rating as OEM rubber.
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    • Entwicklung30
      Noobie
      • Apr 2009
      • 37

      #3
      I don't want to use urethane mounts exactly for the reason you mention, NVH.
      On the other hand, what you're telling me makes me give it a second thought..
      Thanks for the input!
      I'm curious though, nobody uses them?
      "I am not afraid of people who drive fast, i am afraid of people who think slow" - Walter Rohrl

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      • Northern
        R3V Elite
        • Nov 2010
        • 5049

        #4
        Not sure what an engine torque damper is, but I'm running bolt-through 90a polyurethane mounts and I wouldn't mind using them again.
        Originally posted by priapism
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        • mpowerful
          E30 Fanatic
          • Jul 2013
          • 1273

          #5
          Ive used them on hondas. They basically stiffen the drivetrain. On my s2000 it made it much easier to quickly find gears when shifting at very high rpms.

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