well i was bored and decided to take a ride over to 'cobalt addictions' shop here on long island. i ended up buying a poly engine mount. its nice and solid. i wasnt planning on installing it tonight but my ex got home and i was depressed. so i took a ride over to my shop and threw it on. very ez install, took me 5mins. took it for a ride...holy hell, no more wheel hop. i retightened the bolts and took it for another spin. let the clutch out at 1500 rpms and i got 1 hop and tons of spin. i couldnt believe that the hop is virtually gone. if anyone wants to get rid of the hop, i strongly urge the poly engine mount.



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sweet, i have the poly cabs, puttin on my mount on tuesday

 

What is poly engine mounts? Just redoing your engine mounts with UMHW?

 

its the mount on the passenger side of the engine. the stock one is filled with some fluid and it is very soft. the new poly ureathane (sp?) is alot stiffer. it justs bolts in place of the old one. 5 bolts and ur done.

 

the billet engine mount from ZZPerformance also works very well. No wheel hop at all. (I also got their poly tranny mount)

 

Ok so its UHMW or no? I can make my own UHMW from some round stock... Aren't any of you guys maintenance literate?

 

dunno what the f*ck UHMW is...

 

Ultra High Molecular W.... something it is like the strongest plastic you can buy... Need machines to cut it

 

hey mike glad to see u finally got out to the shop. :-) and got to see my car.

 

Does the new engine mount cause the car to vibrate more because I heard that they do that occasionally.

 

I have the ZZP mount and its basicaly the same thing and I have no vibes. But I still have alot of wheel hop. When I had stock power it had almost no wheel hop though.

Later

 

I have one for sale.

 

which do you have the JBP or ZZP?
your not switch ing to braces are you, cause if your I suggest you drive around with the brace for a bit, and you'll see the motor mount is better

 

zzp and on the braces. I'm gonna wait to get more power and then I may custom a solid mount up or something but I need the $$ now. PM me if you want it.

 

I already got the JBP Motor mount, but if I were you I'd sell the braces, good luck

 

The passenger side mount won't fit his 2.2L auto, he doesn't have many options.