I was at the exhaust shop fixing my muffler (it had a bad rattle at idle and start up, but problem solved) and they guy ask me have i looked into getting new motor mounts. I was puzzled when he asked me but he said that i should look into getting some that are poly-urethane. He popped my hood and he showed me the one in front of the header in the engine bay and the one to the left of the motor he said was fine. Ive never really heard of this and he said that it would give me more torque to the wheels.....


Any thoughts or comments on this? Ive never heard of it. Just thought id ask and see if yall knew anything about this

Thanks

 

its not really more torque.. the torque winds up there.. but much like an engine damper.. the torque transfer is instant
with the upgrade.. instead of the motor rocking back first.. an engine damper on my first gen really changed my off the
line launches as well as gear shifts for the better.. its only an instant that the power is transfred to rock the engine..
but when you gain that back, and you get instant power to the wheels, it can make a difference.. he wasnt lying..

 

i didnt think he was lying but i wanted to make sure he wasnt just flappin his gums....do they make what u have on ur gen1 for gen2's?

 

I don't know if it's the same brand xB_Crew has, but here's the Weapon-R engine damper thread:
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=209729

 

You're xb2 is going to rattle and make a lot of vibration if you install either one (worse with teh poly mounts).

 

new engine dampers are not a new thing. by stiffening up the motor mounts you transfer the torque better and by limiting the movement of the engine you get slightly better handling too because the engine doesnt shift around as much.
this will cause considerably more vibration though. because your engine mounts have gotten harder more vibration will be transfered to the car. youll definately feel it in stop and go traffic

i dont know if there are new mounts for us yet but i would think you can use the tC ones if you really wanted to...

 

well i do have an ingalls etd installed and you'll be surprised how quiet it is. most of my passengers didn't notice i have a etd until i tell them but they'll ask me what i do to my car before i told them. they notice how my car accelerate and brake the transition feel very smooth even while i change gears ( 5spd ) there's is a slight increase in the engine noise department but there's no vibrations

 

here's some pics

 

^ hey...not to get off-topic but WHERE did you get that grill??

 

Looks like the Fig grill from eGay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SCION...spagenameZWDVW

 

Tis nice, yes.

 

i got the figure its kinda weird to install.. but this is sort of the wrong thread to discuss this

 

the first pic is what me and a friend custom made it while the pic below is the FIG. i'm planning on selling the FIG set ( upper and lower grill ) later

 

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT TORQUE MOUNT KIT?

 

ebay

 

NoLimitz reps Weapon-R, and they have a nice engine damper.

http://www.nolimitzind.com/dampxb08.html

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=212910

 

with the damper installed...is there enough tread for a strut brace?

 

sorry to get off subject...the weapon r headers, is that from a TC?