Saturday, August 23, 2008

Anatomy of the engine mount

With uprated engine torque, I have a problem with engine movement. So it is time to think about some uprated engine mounts. There are few options, some more, some less expensive, but I would like to figure out some proprietary construction of my own ;).
First analysis needs to be done of what we have stock. I have taken old and teared away hydraulic engine mount:Cut top of it, to see what is inside. Quite complicated internals:Dismantled middle part:Nice pot to fill it with something (nylon? polyurethane?). Will think about it:
Burned remaining rubber with propane torch, however no pictures. It is interesting what would happen if to fill this area with polyester epoxy and glass fiber. Will it crack? We will see ;).

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Some photos from 2008.07.26 event

Haven't mentioned that I was attending per4m day on 26 of July. Event was run on old airfield. I
have done G-meter run and some auto-x (fast slalom) runs.

G-meter showed 0-100 5.4s, 1/4 13.8s. Not bad (with stock ECU).

Could not run high boost due to high ambient temperatures (black car, heat soak, etc.) and my chineese made clutch :(. Of course none of photographers was not interested in taking pictures of my tired old car, but luckily shiny 350z was always nearby, so ppl took photos of both cars :D. Here they are (no onboard footage yet, still struggling to get it out from DVR):
Photos - (C) by Duskin