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[xnamerxx]

I just read your blog and I'm liking the custom bushing you've made for the engine/transmission. How bad if the vibration in the car? With my shore 60a poly tranny mount the vibration is pretty awful when the AC is on.

Also how are you liking the Cusco uppers, I've been on the fence about buying them but I'm having a hard time in deciding if they're actually worth the money or not.

[NJ Drive]

Originally Posted by xnamerxx

I just read your blog and I'm liking the custom bushing you've made for the engine/transmission. How bad if the vibration in the car? With my shore 60a poly tranny mount the vibration is pretty awful when the AC is on.

Also how are you liking the Cusco uppers, I've been on the fence about buying them but I'm having a hard time in deciding if they're actually worth the money or not.

Thanks!

Since I did all the mounts at the same time, I cannot comment on individual NVH issues. With all three done though(including an all-steel custom passenger mount), it is horrendous, lol. I've had 95A mounts in my STR S2000 CR and these are 5x worse.

In retrospect, I would have just done the lower pitch mount and call it a day, but there are side benefits to locking everything down.

First is the braking... it just stops way better while in gear. Secondly, the front end just seems to respond to harsh steering inputs better. Lastly, wheel hop has been reduced but still present. I plan on removing the pitch mount again to also replace the front bushing with Delrin.

I've only driven a couple days with the Cusco tops and haven't really been aggressive enough to offer a performance opinion. I'll tell you that they're worth the money just to be able to change shocks out in five minutes and springs in ten!

I would like to get the control arm bushings in tomorrow to see if that kills the wheel hop for good.

[xnamerxx]

Hmm guess the Cuscos on the short list after I get my new springs in.

Also on another note with your custom springs, do you still have spring travel in full droop are are you holding the springs in place with zip ties or something like that? If its the zip tie solution, I found a way a better way to handle it by using steel rope and steel tabs bolted to the frame rails. There is a open bolt hole on the frame that uses an M10x1 bolt that was almost directly in line with the second hole for the RSB. Its not the best way to deal with it but it works without having to get the shocks shortened.

[NJ Drive]

Originally Posted by xnamerxx

Hmm guess the Cuscos on the short list after I get my new springs in.

I found a way a better way to handle it by using steel rope and steel tabs bolted to the frame rails.

Brilliant minds think alike- I was considering doing this very thing. Thanks for sharing.