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Re: Powerflex Engine and Trans Inserts
« Reply #45 on: December 14, 2019, 08:20:52 pm »
Annoying isn't it.  Did you feel any kind of torque steer from that?  I was surprised by how violent the torque steer was on mine from the insert popping out, and mine's 100lbft less than yours!

The upper insert started walking out on mine as well, hence tying that down with the bolts also.  But not inserted too far otherwise the pendulum arm will contact the bolts when accelerating.  I don't think any kind of glue or silicon will be man enough to keep them in place unfortunately.


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Re: Powerflex Engine and Trans Inserts
« Reply #46 on: December 14, 2019, 08:41:35 pm »
Yeah its a pain im going to have to have to get it off again.Will get it done proper this time though.
I never noticed any difference with the mount squeezed out.The other side of the mount still looks all in place.
I have a wavetrac diff in mine and when it spins up which it still does very easy the car still keeps a fairly steady forward motion where before it pulled to one side.

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Re: Powerflex Engine and Trans Inserts
« Reply #47 on: December 14, 2019, 09:04:05 pm »
It's more of a pain having to replace the bolts every time, and they're not cheap!  I think I've got through 5 or 6 sets of bolts messing around with engine mounts over the years.  No wonder the M12 engine bracket threads threw the towel in.

Yeah I had a Quaife and still got lots of wheel spin.  I think a combination of a diff and MK6 XDS ABS unit is the way forward.  The MK5 traction control only works up to 40mph or something low like that.
 



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