Engine Damper Brace? Worth it?

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Old 04-11-2006, 01:16 PM
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Engine Damper Brace? Worth it?

Hey Guys. Ive ordered mt 2006 headlights from everythingg35.com just today. But as i was browsing the site these thing caught me eye!
http://www.g35parts.com/9083/osc/pro...roducts_id=140

Does anybody have these? Are they worth it? Do they work? I just would like to know?

BTW. Sorry i didnt know where these thread belongs so i put it here. If it needs to be relocated. Please do so.

Thx guys
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by vat_U_tink
Hey Guys. Ive ordered mt 2006 headlights from everythingg35.com just today. But as i was browsing the site these thing caught me eye!
http://www.g35parts.com/9083/osc/pro...roducts_id=140

Does anybody have these? Are they worth it? Do they work? I just would like to know?

BTW. Sorry i didnt know where these thread belongs so i put it here. If it needs to be relocated. Please do so.

Thx guys
Look for Tinman in the Socal forum he has that on his TT coupe.
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 01:31 PM
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it will add ALOT more vibration to your car. Just be prepared for it...
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 01:32 PM
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I wouldn't think this would be a big deal unless you do alot of drag racing. But, I could be full of Shi....
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 01:46 PM
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I was interested in this as well. In theory, it should help, but how much??? It's a nice dress piece for the engine bay. I don't know how much more power loss you can prevent w/ this. Probably minimal.

I didn't even think about how more vibration will be transferred to the frame of the car. Isn't it dampered though? But still a valid concern IMO.
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 01:54 PM
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this is a useless item. it adds a lot of vibration and in-cabin noise, but does not do **** for performance. yeah, a nice dress-up item, but useless otherwise.
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 03:42 PM
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this works great for fwd cars to reduce wheel hop, useless on the g
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 06:11 PM
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this was one of the first things I got for my g cuz it was cheap. It does cause more vibrations but I feel I have a little more cleaner shifts. But, it has come apart on me a couple of times, so I took some loc tite to it. Don't think it is necessary for everyday Gs.
 
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Old 04-12-2006, 04:53 AM
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reduces wear on your engine monnts. crisper shifts.
 
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Old 04-12-2006, 06:05 AM
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Worked great on my FWD...
 
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I found it removed more vibrations from the shifter and really stopped the shifter from moving around during high RPM to low RPM.

It really seemed to settle down the movement of the motor and transmission. I noticed a immediate improvement.

A worth while mod with minimal vibration transfer and good damping properties. A bit of pain to install but with patience it will get done.

Highly recommended!
 
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i dont think it reduces wear on the engine mounts....one of my good friends is a tech at the local nissan dealership and he works on my car all the time...so i asked him bout this stillen engine damper and he told me "you're a jacka ss if you get it"...lol...he said that its only for dressup and it will ruin the life of the engine mounts..he said that the people who designed the g and the z know what they are doing and mounted and dampened the engine the way it was supposed to be dampened and that it doesnt need any help from stillen...so i would probably stay away from it...but thats just the knowledge of a nissan tech....to each his own...
 
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Old 04-12-2006, 09:09 PM
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he said that the people who designed the g and the z know what they are doing and mounted and dampened the engine the way
I'd say that's very accurate...
Then again there's ppl out there who insist VDC will kill them unless they turn it off...
 
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I bought the dampner, installed it on my 06 G, as soon as i started the car i could feel the vibration and did not like that at all. I turned of the car and yanked the piece of sh*t out. I think its more usefull as a keychain or something.
 
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