Installed the ghetto torque strap...
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Installed the ghetto torque strap... the car seems to like it, feels snappier(for lack of a better description) for low rpm response. for the 1st time in 20 or so months, NO HEADER BANG!!!!
I'm not thrilled w/ looping the webbing through the alternator bracket, it looks like ther will be some abrasion rather quickly. Could not get the hooks into te bracket/bolts anywhere, though. These are 1200 lb ratcheting from Home Depot. monster size hooks. I hope someone can point me to a smaller hook size from somewhere else (Sears, maybe?)
I'm not thrilled w/ looping the webbing through the alternator bracket, it looks like ther will be some abrasion rather quickly. Could not get the hooks into te bracket/bolts anywhere, though. These are 1200 lb ratcheting from Home Depot. monster size hooks. I hope someone can point me to a smaller hook size from somewhere else (Sears, maybe?)
Re: Installed the ghetto torque strap... Just use an "energy suspensions" poly mount on the drivers side & engine won't move & it will look stock <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Installed the ghetto torque strap... I went to do this too, and had difficulty getting my alternator to come out once I removed the bolts. So I put it all back together )which was a bitch to get those holes re-aligned due to it being sooo tight.
I then went over to the other side of the vehicle and utilized the A/C compressor bracket which has a little more room to put a strap with hook through. Since the engine rotates towards the drivers side, the vibrations go the same way, right? With this logic, if I strapped it down on the passenger side instead, this would be more effective in quelling engine rock.
It seems to have worked, although I don't even have it really cranked down. Since mine is a '98, I also have an EGR bracket up top, I may try this next to see of it's more effective. I noticed that starting the car off from a start is much smoother as is acceleration at low rpm's in either 5th or 6th gears. My clutch being a SPEC that has a Kevlar/Carbon Fiber mix, is VERY grabby and will grab hard if I don't mix it a little and as such it still will rock the engine and transmission hard if I don't. Hopefully, using the EGR bracket, I may be able to crank it down some more due to better leverage and my results will be even better.
In essence after contemplating many different places to strap it, I came to this.
If you are going to use a turnbuckle type system, definitely do it on the driver's side. If you're doing a strap setup, do it on the passenger side.
<small>[ September 17, 2002, 11:00 AM: Message edited by: CMNTMXR57 ]</small>
I then went over to the other side of the vehicle and utilized the A/C compressor bracket which has a little more room to put a strap with hook through. Since the engine rotates towards the drivers side, the vibrations go the same way, right? With this logic, if I strapped it down on the passenger side instead, this would be more effective in quelling engine rock.
It seems to have worked, although I don't even have it really cranked down. Since mine is a '98, I also have an EGR bracket up top, I may try this next to see of it's more effective. I noticed that starting the car off from a start is much smoother as is acceleration at low rpm's in either 5th or 6th gears. My clutch being a SPEC that has a Kevlar/Carbon Fiber mix, is VERY grabby and will grab hard if I don't mix it a little and as such it still will rock the engine and transmission hard if I don't. Hopefully, using the EGR bracket, I may be able to crank it down some more due to better leverage and my results will be even better.
In essence after contemplating many different places to strap it, I came to this.
If you are going to use a turnbuckle type system, definitely do it on the driver's side. If you're doing a strap setup, do it on the passenger side.
<small>[ September 17, 2002, 11:00 AM: Message edited by: CMNTMXR57 ]</small>
