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  • Solid homemade dogbone mount?

    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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    You will get a lot more engine noise/vibration transmitted into the car.
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    • #3
      I dont care about the vibrations.I just want to know if it will create any problems with the drivetrain or anything. Trav

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      • #4
        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.
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        • #5
          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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          • #6
            i have a solid dogbone trans mount i made out of square tube, worked really good. i didnt notice anymore vibration for some reason...
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            • #7
              I used the stock z24 tranny dogbone, took out the rubber, and put in Poly inserts(fiero torque strut bushings), worked great, no noticeable increase in vibrations.

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              • #8
                i put poly bushings in my stock dogbone and it was an improvment, however not enough of one. a couple weeks later i ended up welding my engine mounts solid.

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