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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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A solid mount would TRASH your tranny / driveline. What are you doing to break these mounts? I've never heard of anyone breaking a poly tranny mount let alone 3 of them.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by LTX
lol ok Poly kit it is. should i got with prothane bushings too?
That I cant answer personally, I'm still sitting on my stock decarbons LOL nvm upgrading my suspesion. Ran out of money before I got there.

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A solid mount would TRASH your tranny / driveline. What are you doing to break these mounts? I've never heard of anyone breaking a poly tranny mount let alone 3 of them.
If you keep old rubber mounts they flex a lot, you hear people replacing them when they do long tube headers because the drivers side y/collector will hit the floor pan if the mounts flex under hard acceleration. I can attest to this. Which is why most people never break a poly trans mount because by the time they get to them everything else is replaced with poly lol

So now you have a harder poly trans mount trying to resist the movement of the engine/driveline, and not the engine mounts, because the poly is stiffer then the rubber, and snap. I bet him changing his mounts will fix the issue.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 10:03 PM
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I actually have a poly tranny mount but only did that when I did the tubular tranny crossmember.
I swapped the engine mounts a few years ago because the bolts were accessible when I was changing front springs.
Yes I have a Caprice so it is a bit different setup, BUT imagine the load those mounts endure when over 2 tons pulls a 1.5 60ft.

I have this car because I want a big comfortable car, as such it will get as little poly as practical.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 96capricemgr
I have this car because I want a big comfortable car, as such it will get as little poly as practical.
I wouldnt wanna run into it on the street, poly or not lol
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