Installed my ETD from Protege Garage this weekend and wow.
Last weekend I got to ride along in a speed3 with a TRZ rear mount and a custom side mount. The ride was firm but the vibrations were harsh and the guy wound up spending quite a good bit of money on the side mount, alone.
The torque damper from Weapon-R is my first mount upgrade and I can't even begin to explain what an outstanding addition this was. Just driving around town the car feels much more firm and planted. There are no noticable vibrations. There is some resonating sound in the cab, but they're all very ... satisfying sounds (You can really hear the engine screaming in the upper part of the power band).
Clutch engagement is unbelievably smooth and easy, and the biggest thing I was looking for, this has completely resolved... the grind from 2 to 3. I went around for about 2 hours last night just slamming it from second to third and not once did it grind. Everything at low RPM is much, much, more predictable and the feel is amazing.
Dropping the clutch at around 2500- the wheels chirp and the car takes off. No axle-hop, no drama. Even the first to second shift is more precise. The one difference I didn't really expect was through turns. I can accelerate through turns and the understeer is nowhere near what it was. The car is just so much more planted. I've spent the past day and half just having a blast pushing through corners.
Weapon-R was marketing this as a direct bolt-on and it wasn't. The bracket the bolts onto the block can't get on there as it is due to a screw in the timing cover. Some simple modification to the bracket (which will be done before PG starts shipping them out, I believe) and relocating an A/C line the fitment is almost perfect. You can see in the picture, a power steering line that is making some contact, but I'm planning on making the bracket an inch or three taller... or relocating the line and all will be perfect.
I only plan to get a rear mount now out of precaution, but as far as I'm concerned, this makes an aftermarket side mount unnecessary. It is ridiculously effective for the price. Anyway, I don't know that anyone else has one of these on their cars right now... just figured I'd share. And thanks to PG for working with me to get this on.
-Doc
Last weekend I got to ride along in a speed3 with a TRZ rear mount and a custom side mount. The ride was firm but the vibrations were harsh and the guy wound up spending quite a good bit of money on the side mount, alone.
The torque damper from Weapon-R is my first mount upgrade and I can't even begin to explain what an outstanding addition this was. Just driving around town the car feels much more firm and planted. There are no noticable vibrations. There is some resonating sound in the cab, but they're all very ... satisfying sounds (You can really hear the engine screaming in the upper part of the power band).
Clutch engagement is unbelievably smooth and easy, and the biggest thing I was looking for, this has completely resolved... the grind from 2 to 3. I went around for about 2 hours last night just slamming it from second to third and not once did it grind. Everything at low RPM is much, much, more predictable and the feel is amazing.
Dropping the clutch at around 2500- the wheels chirp and the car takes off. No axle-hop, no drama. Even the first to second shift is more precise. The one difference I didn't really expect was through turns. I can accelerate through turns and the understeer is nowhere near what it was. The car is just so much more planted. I've spent the past day and half just having a blast pushing through corners.
Weapon-R was marketing this as a direct bolt-on and it wasn't. The bracket the bolts onto the block can't get on there as it is due to a screw in the timing cover. Some simple modification to the bracket (which will be done before PG starts shipping them out, I believe) and relocating an A/C line the fitment is almost perfect. You can see in the picture, a power steering line that is making some contact, but I'm planning on making the bracket an inch or three taller... or relocating the line and all will be perfect.
I only plan to get a rear mount now out of precaution, but as far as I'm concerned, this makes an aftermarket side mount unnecessary. It is ridiculously effective for the price. Anyway, I don't know that anyone else has one of these on their cars right now... just figured I'd share. And thanks to PG for working with me to get this on.
-Doc
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