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Hey guys,

Has anyone used or experienced using an engine damper to reduce the "rocking" when applying power/changing gears etc?

Seen some on G35Driver forum and these are the most common ones:

Stillen Engine Brace - Mounts lower to the block

Weapon R Damper - Mounts to the plenum

The 6 speed manuals would probably benefit from this more due to the shock in the driveline though I'm interested to see how a 5AT would feel.

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Peter

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180 wanabe Proficient

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Never bothered with these before, my 180sx busted its engine mounts when it was throwing out 308rwkw but a set of nismo ones fixed that

doubt the VQ35 in its NA form is going to give the stock mounts any problems

zei20l Grand Master

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Never bothered with these before, my 180sx busted its engine mounts when it was throwing out 308rwkw but a set of nismo ones fixed that

i think nissan decided to make them from play-doh! S chassis factory engine mounts sucked big time. nismo FTW!

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ClutchBurndout-:( Grand Master

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Engine dampers are particularly controversial, some say that it puts to much stress on the motor and its more detrimental to it than good because something has to give, whether its at the gearbox, or on the crank, but some say its fine.

Personally i dislike them, ive had one on my rb25det, and hardly experienced any change, i was more worried about losing more space in the bay since i saw no difference. the money is better spent else wear imo.

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I think I would steer clear, as Iain said, you are placing stresses to parts of the engine and body that were not designed for it. Especially with the version that bolts on the plenum. I can't image it is good to put extra stress and flexing on an aluminium plenum which was really only designed to direct airflow.

Engine movement is fairly minimal with good mounts anyway, if you are getting excessive movement then it is probably best to fix the mounts rather than add a damper.

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