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Old 08-20-2013, 11:17 AM
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Shifter movement with stock mounts - video

Hey,

Thought I'd share this video as it shows just how much the shifter walks around during maneuvers when using stock (but good condition) motor mounts. Go to about 1:05 to start.


I've been swapping back and forth between stock and aftermarket poly mounts because I really need my transmission to stay put at the track, but I really don't like the noise and vibration of poly mounts the rest of the time, so trying to work out a middle ground.

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The only thing you could do to get a middle ground is to drain the stock mounts of their oil, and use a fluid that has a higher viscosity. Now how you would manage to do that while keeping the structural integrity intact is something that would need to be thought out.
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I think that's actually a better solution that poly mounts. Poly doesn't really dampen anything, whereas a fluid mount does. All I really want to is to limit lateral motion, whereas I would venture to guess that most of the vibration is in the vertical axis of the mount.

Feels like you could design a mount that's laterally rigid but dampens vertical movement.
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Originally Posted by Loki
Hey,

Thought I'd share this video as it shows just how much the shifter walks around during maneuvers when using stock (but good condition) motor mounts. Go to about 1:05 to start.

RX-8 in-car at St-Eustache - YouTube

I've been swapping back and forth between stock and aftermarket poly mounts because I really need my transmission to stay put at the track, but I really don't like the noise and vibration of poly mounts the rest of the time, so trying to work out a middle ground.
Mazdaspeed mounts is your answer, it something between stock and poly mounts. but US does not have them. u gotta get it from Japan.
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