Who has an engine tie down strap?
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From: Warren, mi
Who has an engine tie down strap? Can someone please post a pic of your setup and how you have it hooked up?
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Re: Who has an engine tie down strap? try doing a search on torque strap in the external engine and drag racing sections. you should find what your looking for there. fwiw, i had the home depot torque strap and it was more trouble than it was worth. you had to tighten it about every 2 weeks, and listen to it rattle every time it came loose.
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Re: Who has an engine tie down strap? Well we have TQ straps that we use for grand nationals. they dont have the probs guys are having with the homemade ones.
If I can make it work then it may be something i can bring to the ls1 market for us guys with semi large to large cams
If I can make it work then it may be something i can bring to the ls1 market for us guys with semi large to large cams
Re: Who has an engine tie down strap? i dont have any strap links but i just wanted to let loose my opinion that they are a band-aid.
on top of that they are extra weight, look dumb, dont work to 'cure' the problem
i would look in to pulling one or both of the motor mounts and upgrading to polyurethane units.
if you have twist problems after that get an engine plate from madman. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />
on top of that they are extra weight, look dumb, dont work to 'cure' the problem
i would look in to pulling one or both of the motor mounts and upgrading to polyurethane units.
if you have twist problems after that get an engine plate from madman. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />
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From: Warren, mi
Re: Who has an engine tie down strap? Well, not everyone has the resorces to be "making" motor mounts work or installing a motor plate.
They are a band aid. but they are the next best thing to guys who dont have the money or time to do what really needs to be done.
They are a band aid. but they are the next best thing to guys who dont have the money or time to do what really needs to be done.
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Re: Who has an engine tie down strap? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Dave@Ramchargers:
<strong>Well we have TQ straps that we use for grand nationals. they dont have the probs guys are having with the homemade ones.
If I can make it work then it may be something i can bring to the ls1 market for us guys with semi large to large cams</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dave,
Great idea! I was wondering when one of the Turbo Buick suppliers would possibly make one up that actually worked. I mentioned this whole torque strap deal about 3 years ago on LS1.Com, but no body seemed very interested back then.
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"torque strap" of course
<strong>Well we have TQ straps that we use for grand nationals. they dont have the probs guys are having with the homemade ones.
If I can make it work then it may be something i can bring to the ls1 market for us guys with semi large to large cams</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dave,
Great idea! I was wondering when one of the Turbo Buick suppliers would possibly make one up that actually worked. I mentioned this whole torque strap deal about 3 years ago on LS1.Com, but no body seemed very interested back then.
Ron,
ex-owner 89 TTA 11.87 @ 114 daily driver
"torque strap" of course
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Re: Who has an engine tie down strap? I don't have any pics, but this is what I did. I bought a ratcheting tie down strap from Home Depot. I took one end and fed it through and around the lower alternator bolt. Then I hooked the other end into the hole on the passengers side of the K-member.
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Re: Who has an engine tie down strap? I have this also. No pics, but I don't think it does any good at all. I can still see the engine torque over. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> I am removing mine this weekend. <img border="0" alt="[barf]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_barf.gif" />
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Re: Who has an engine tie down strap? When I had mine in, the engine did not torque over at all!!! You could feel it trying to lift the car but the motor would not move. It also kept my SLP LT from banging. Right now I'm currently installing poly motor mounts. I have the drivers side in so far but not the passengers side(too much rain going on). So far I like the torque strap so far, hopefully it will change with both mounts in.
Re: Who has an engine tie down strap? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by felton316:
<strong>I don't have any pics, but this is what I did. I bought a ratcheting tie down strap from Home Depot. I took one end and fed it through and around the lower alternator bolt. Then I hooked the other end into the hole on the passengers side of the K-member.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I run one simular to this...
<strong>I don't have any pics, but this is what I did. I bought a ratcheting tie down strap from Home Depot. I took one end and fed it through and around the lower alternator bolt. Then I hooked the other end into the hole on the passengers side of the K-member.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I run one simular to this...
