Engine lift kit

Post by **justinshere** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:34 pm

Hey, Im thinking about putting in a engine lift kit - Snake Racing.
Does anyone know of any problems with it?
I will have to use the "Competition X member" also from snake.
Now, what ive heard is that you get alot of vibration through the whole car cos of the way that the X member is mounted to the chassis.
I have a hilux 2.8D and i dont want anymore vibration. Is what i heard true?
Anyone with this setup installed please let me know what u think, and its important that u state if u have a Diesel or Petrol!
Cheers

Post by **MissDrew** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:46 pm

When I had the 2.8 I had both in my hilux.

Both are very good but the cross member WILL give you more vibs if you have a desiel, all I did was up`ed the idol revs slightly to help smoot them out a bit. After about a week I never noticed it unless somebody said something about it.

Now I have the V8 it is all smooth as again. I don`t run the engine lift blocks anymore as I just made engine mounts to the hight I wanted. Cross member is still used.

Post by **justinshere** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:59 pm

Do u have, or are u able to take pics of how its (the Xmember) mounted to ur chassis? if so send them to myh145@hotmail.com
Also how much clearance its given you?
Cheers

Any one else got any thoughts...?

Post by **MissDrew** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:05 pm

The cross member gave me about 130mm extra clearance.

I`ll see what I can find

Post by **MissDrew** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:11 pm

Pics of cross member and its mounts here http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... hp?t=47233 about half way down the page.

Post by **justinshere** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:45 pm

This was the exact pic i was after. So its all rubber mounted i dont understand how it increases the vibration.
Is there any way to tweak the mounts or something that will eliminate vibe...? Ideas?????

Post by **justinshere** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:47 pm

Also isnt there a skid plate that goes on the bottom to protect the Tcase from abuse???

Post by **MissDrew** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:06 pm

Yes there is a skid plate, its sitting on the bench as I`m to lazy to put it back on

It vibrates because the rubber is to hard, but any softer and I think it would be to soft with this type of mounting.

You could cut the ends off and redo the mounting points differently if you want, I`m to lazy

Post by **justinshere** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:11 pm

Would mounting it on nolethanie bushes make any difference?
Or lowering the mounts and putting it on a bigger bit of rubber...?

Post by **GUJohnno** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:39 pm

justinshere wrote:Would mounting it on nolethanie bushes make any difference?
Or lowering the mounts and putting it on a bigger bit of rubber...?

I would've thought nolethanie would make it worse....?

Post by **justinshere** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:42 pm

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justinshere wrote:
Would mounting it on nolethanie bushes make any difference?
Or lowering the mounts and putting it on a bigger bit of rubber...?

I would've thought nolethanie would make it worse....?

Yeah thats what i thought but it was just an idea...?????

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