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The Turblown Low Mount Turbo System

Old Aug 6, 2012 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by firecran
Box in the sides of the mount and it will be fine..... It's not like the renny (boosted or not) makes any power...... lol
thats what i was thinking... just box it. the renny may not make great power but i am gonna try!
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by hoss -05
thats what i was thinking... just box it. the renny may not make great power but i am gonna try!
Can you box it and make it fit???

I broke one of those stock mounts hitting a hole in the road to hard sooooo?

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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 02:22 PM
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I think you guys should just go with the simple race roots solid motor mounts.....
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 02:45 PM
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^ most likely still in the way with that crap too
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by FazdaRX_8
I think you guys should just go with the simple race roots solid motor mounts.....
Those suck *** mounts wouldn't work either. Not to mention I would never buy anything from them either.
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 03:03 PM
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I would have to see the RR parts mounted. but the Turblown part only replaces the stock cast on the engine part not the rubber dampener part.
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 03:11 PM
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/7727984676/

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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 03:18 PM
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yikes
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 03:21 PM
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IMO, it needs the 3rd leg attached to the middle of the block, otherwise it puts all the stress on the two bolts that go into the bottom of the housings. But I'm no engineer so..............
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 03:23 PM
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Wholly huge picture! no it will not even come close to fitting.
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 03:25 PM
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I copied it to my flickr and reduced it
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
IMO, it needs the 3rd leg attached to the middle of the block, otherwise it puts all the stress on the two bolts that go into the bottom of the housings. But I'm no engineer so..............
Turblowns mount is the same, it too only has the two bolts attached.

the only difference I see here is the arm that extrudes from the engine mount is attached to the top, where turblowns is attached to the bottom.

and then there is the material, turblowns part looks aluminum, RR's is Steel.
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by FazdaRX_8
Turblowns mount is the same, it too only has the two bolts attached.

the only difference I see here is the arm that extrudes from the engine mount is attached to the top, where turblowns is attached to the bottom.

and then there is the material, turblowns part looks aluminum, RR's is Steel.

Yeah they are both crap mounts but the RR is welded better. I still would not risk running either. Turblown's second version is pieces of steel welded together.

I just don't get how you can be so talented at welding a manifold together and then turn around and make that shitty of an engine mount bracket. It's like he let some high school shop class come up with the engine mount bracket as a class project and this one was the best one.
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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by hoss -05
thats what i was thinking... just box it. the renny may not make great power but i am gonna try!
Just joking with you, I'm sure your set up will make some great power once completed/tuned.

Have to spoke to Elliot about the mount?
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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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Wow, I would have thought Elliot would have improved the mount's look by now. but hell it's under the car.

I showed the "2.0" design to one of the snubber engineers and his quip was that looks sound. Albeit a little rough.
Boxing the sides would give it some additional lateral strengh.
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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 11:43 AM
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Those popsicle sticks look like they are glued together really well. Whose kid's project is it? Did they get a good grade?
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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 11:44 AM
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A little rough? Hopefully the bolt holes even line up, they appear to be off in the second pic I posted.
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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 11:50 AM
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wow, great pics guys. the V1 looks like the type of work I'd pull off if I ever tried to weld.
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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
A little rough? Hopefully the bolt holes even line up, they appear to be off in the second pic I posted.
he was being nice. btw the tab that sits on top of the motor mount may eventually bend. what thickness bar stock is your piece of artwork built out of?
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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
IMO, it needs the 3rd leg attached to the middle of the block, otherwise it puts all the stress on the two bolts that go into the bottom of the housings. But I'm no engineer so..............
The whole point is to make room for a turbo kit that was never intended to fit in the area

Originally Posted by 09Factor
I showed the "2.0" design to one of the snubber engineers and his quip was that looks sound.
it might be sound, but it looks like a metal dog took a big dookey


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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 04:52 PM
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it might be sound, but it looks like a metal dog took a big dookey.
i do not disagree.
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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 05:52 PM
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The steel on the part is 1/4 inch thick.
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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Just got off the phone with TB, the mount is going back to him. It will be boxed proper. Also fex-ex sucks to deal with on insurance claims.
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 05:11 PM
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I wonder what the next version will look like.
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 05:14 PM
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I am curious to see. He had me send my mount back as well, along with other parts to resolve the underbrace and plumbing around the battery. He received my parts on 8/2 and estimated 4 weeks turnaround.
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