Got it. It was late last night. I was tired.

 

FYI, if you feel you need a bit more than the stage 1's can handle, but don't want to upgrade to a stage 2... just go down to your dealership and spend the whopping $45 on an LNF rear mount.
It kind of turns the stage 1 into a stage 1.5. It's stiffer, but isolates the sound and vibes better than the Stage 2 mount.


Funny thing is, it's not really a 'trick' at all... it's right in the GM service manuals.
John and I even stated, in that RLF thread back in the day, the exact excerpt from the service book.

 

Can someone post the 'how to' on the ottp mount?

I know I have seen one before.

 

^ look at this guy thinkin he runs **** . jaykaaa hahaha

what do you mean. you jack the car up on stands. then jack up on the tranny with a wood block inbetween just a little then unbolt the 3 bolts on the rear and theres 1 going through it..then the front one has 3 i believe 1 going through the middle. and loosen the passenger mount like said. oh and u gotta push the one sensor out of the hole on the rear mount then put it back in (biggest pita of this).

 

I just like pictures?

Found it.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-guide-43/how-install-ottp-rotated-mount-stage-1-a-154615/

 

I may have done a tour on another forum...

 

Oh. One of THOSE kids. .


orly .

 

haha thats why I quoted the word trick. But I have never read the manuals, John just told me to do that.

 

im going to the track friday with the stage 1 mounts for the first time. ill let you kno how they treat me

 

Yeah, that would be good. Mine wont ship till the 25th, so any info would be good before I go thru the trouble of putting them on right away.

 

Bump.

Will the ingalls help any along with the stage 1?

 

soooooo i went to the track last night and the mounts worked very well but for the pwr im putting down my axle didnt do so well
stage 1 will do just fine for a street car and every now n' then to the track

pixs of destruction






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h8IdcECwtk

 

Ingalls is garbage.

and you sir. you get some 's. . I got stage ones sitting on my garage freezer lols.

 

Dont you have like 400hp?

I think my car will be good. Thanks for the info.

 

Does stage 1 also reduced engine movement enough so that I wont break any downpipes on hard shifts?

 

never broken a dp even on stock mounts

 

Might have been because I hit **** with my down pipe like a really tall man hole and a speed bump that I didn't see. Not sure. But I read that the stock mounts allow the engine to move too much which sometimes causes the flex pipe to break and zzp even has a disclaimer pretty much saying its not their fault if you break one of there flex pipes if you don't have mounts.

 

your right sir! i have a 2005 and with the stock mounts my engine wanted to hop out on hard pulls on top of that my flex pipe on the d/p cracked so bad my car sounded like a lawn mower for a month
after installing the mounts, shes as solid as a rock with no wheel hop