Engine Damper

[STATUS]

heheh like i said.. probably more suited for the SR motors..

yeah i can vouch for the beneifits on SR (but i still prefer to use decent engine mounts but not NISMO on sr they aint flash at all... URAS or KAZAMA are the go)

[Psymon]

A little off topic... but who else can i get good engine mounts for an rb20 from besides Nismo?

[siddr20]

anyone got pics of these mounts installed?

curious to see..

[MANWHORE]

sid, the mounts look exactly like the stock ones. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference looking at what you've got on your car now (e.g. look at the mount under the gearbox). They just have a harder duro rubber in there.

I think the issue with the engine damper for the r33, is the bracketing on both sides is no good. i've used engine dampers on sr20s, like the other guys say, they are noticeable. You feel more harshness etc. On the r33, wasn't noticeable.

the problem is how the r33 has that flimsy bracket which mounts on the strut tower which looks like the harbour bridge. Also, like uras said, how it just mounts off the engine lifting bracket.

If someone actually made a decent damper, it would work.

In regards to the mounts, my car still has stock engine mounts. Even though they're a few years old, they're still OK compared to other cars out there. Drove another r33 with nismo mounts, and the difference was very noticeable. Harshness didn't really increase, but it really made a lot of difference to the gearstick wobble when you back the throttle and clutch in, the box move like crazy anymore.

[MANWHORE]

oh, also, for mounts, I lost the link, but I was reading this site where guys recommend filling the mount with this black silastic compound (works especially well with worn mounts). I think the compound was someothing like window sealant or something. really stiffens them up.

[hardsteppa]

thread revival...after buying one of the JJR engine dampers - they're cheap, I was curious - and getting it and pulling it apart, I can't see how it wouldn't do anything. I thought they were a shock absorber type thing but it's actually a couple of rubber mounts inside, so would stop any rocking of the engine but still cushioning so it's not vibrating against solid metal. The "harbour-bridge" bracket is reasonably thick metal, and mounts to both the strut tower top, and 2 points on side as well. Seems fairly solid now installed. Only just did it and yet to do any real driving on it, but from the construction of it, would seem it does what it says it's supposed to do, stop the engine moving around.