I met up with one of my friends today who hadn't seen my S/C and he asked me to rev it for him to hear it. I reved it up to redline and he said the engine made a little "jump" and told me to check my engine mounts. Is there anything strange about the engine shaking a little when it hits redline?

could there be something wrong with my engine mounts?

 

that means u hit the rev limiter...i noticed it alot when i got tuned...but yeah, it could use better engine mounts

 

hmm might have to definitely look into that, thanks Buddha

 

Jump? As in it physically moved? That's normal. There's a lot of torque that's applied on the engine through the crankshaft when you rev it really high.

Your friend is right though. Aftermarket engine mounts would put a big brake on that engine movement.

 

yeah, if you ever watched caranddriver television, they usually opened the hood of the cars they were testing and revved the engine so you could hear it, and you could see it move, in this case, i think it is called the engine "torquing" or something.

nothing to worry about normal.

 

nothing an Engine Torque Damper can't solve...

 

Quite normal, just torque on the engine, although you can decrease it by having better mounts and ETD, it looks pretty awesome though:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rberk07Lozs

For comparison (just a video I found that really shows you).

 

I used to do brake stands in my camaro and as the torque went though the drive shaft the car would twist, it was cool as hell.

 

You would be AMAZED at what a good set of motor mounts will do for you.
TurboToyotas came out with a billet front mount (I only ahve the front right now) that looks sick as hell!
I got the speed source set, and with just the front in, I was able to take my buddy of the line whith his intake (before boost, of course) because the excessive engine movement also cause wheel hop at hard acceleration.

 

only problem with ETD's is they shake everything loose

 

Still motor mounts don't do the same?

 

i have no idea. my ETD broke welds on my hatch and my sunroof rattles now. also my headliner is falling off from it. now i can't say forsure it's all from the ETD but it's all on the right side of my car.

 

that is a big no no! you DO NOT want to hit rev limiter over and over again! i know its there to keep your motor from over reving, but it IS NOGT GOOD to 'bounce' the rev limiter!

 

normal.

 

My motor mounts make everythign vibrate right at about 1000rpm and anything above 5200rpm or so. Other then that, you dont' even notice it.
And after boost, my idle (with the air off) is at 800rpm, so it's fine...but with the air on...yeah...it's shakes pretty bad at idle.

 

Damn, I got the Ingalls ETD, so I hope nothing gets loose or falls apart.

 

Well...all I know is Brett bent the fk out of his ETD pushing over 400whp.

 

Good thing the OP isnt pushing near 400whp. As long as its adjusted correctly and lined up it shouldnt run into any issues.

 

um...the OP didnt' say anything about the ETD. 20tcdude did.
I'm STILL recomending motor mounts over the ETD.

 

I suppose I could get mounts, I wanna do the front and rears, so which mounts do you suggest Phil?