Originally posted by NChatch
[B]you are correct about the very simple design of the mount.. its not hard to understand or see the concept. but large, strong, and warranteed heim tie rod style ends are hard to come by. as far as what it does it works! and works well. it transfers torque unbelievably.
Not doubting that it would since you're limiting motor movement.
vice the type i ran on my hatch, i have a nitrogen filled dampner, sort of like a shock, after one track session it is now very loose, shaky, and i think it is leaking.
I wondered about the lifespan of those little dampeners. Sucks that the quality isn't better.
as for being attatched to the shock tower, that is one of the strongest points of your engine bay, and no its deffinetley not hooked to the upper control arm bolt, thats dangerous.
I don't agree. While it's stronger than say the firewall it's still just two layers of formed sheet metal. With the flexibility offered by a heim joint, why not try to mount it to a frame rail or something? Granted the angle would be more severe but at least the wall thickness of the frame rail is greater than that of the shock tower.
as for putting stress on a motor, we all do that with mount inserts, and stronger mounts, such as place racing, and hasport. it doesnt vibrate that much at all either, no more than any other mount out right now.......
Not talking about stressing the motor, I'm talking about stressing the chassis. Motor mount inserts lessen engine movement while still allowing for some. Your solution would appear to cease all engine movement. With the repeated push/pull movement of the motor on that single mount point, overtime it's bound to fatigue the sheet metal. If you're going to go with that design I'd seriously consider adding some type of passive dampening at least. Perhaps cut the hex bar and have some type of threaded rubber bushing between the parts. EDIT: On second thought the rubber would probably end up shearing. A dampener would be the best choice. Check out
www.truechoice.com if you're serious about these. They probably offer a small dampener that would perform the task well.