Hey,i am thinking about taking a piece of square stock (aluminium or steel) the same width as the stock one,and drill two holes through it.Then just use the stock bolts and bolt it on.The i would either get an upper insert or fill the mount with jb weld.What do you people think of this idea?Trav
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Solid homemade dogbone mount?
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You will get a lot more engine noise/vibration transmitted into the car.'99 Z-28 - Weekend Driver
'98 Dodge Neon - Winter Beater
'84 X-11 - Time and Money Pit
'88 Fiero Formula - Bone stock for now
Quote of the week:Originally posted by AaronThis is why I don't build crappy headers. I'm not sure, I don't know too much about welding.
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No it wont ruin anything. And yes you can just use square bar stock. You will feel more vibration but it is not too bad. It does help reduce wheel hop alot.1993 EXT. CAB, 3.4L V6 TBI, 5spd manual. Sonoma
1990 4Door, 3.2L V6 TBI, 5spd manual. 4X4. Trooper
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So in other word you want to replace the dogbone with a solid piece of metal directly bolted from the engine to the dogbone mount? I had an 88 Celebrity that for some reason use to eat up the rubber in those mounts every 6 months or so. I did something similar and 3 days later the head broke right where the mount bolted on, and it had the 2.5l 4 banger (less than 100HP). Maybe I had something else wrong or maybe I just had bad luck. I wasn't exactly easy on the car when I drove it..
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i have a solid dogbone trans mount i made out of square tube, worked really good. i didnt notice anymore vibration for some reason...sigpic
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77 Celica GT- 3400/3500 swap in progress (engine from the beretta)
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