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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 02:23 PM
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What do you think about having different stiffness ratings among mounts? I was thinking about doing 75a on the sides and 95a in the rear. I wanted to do this to cut down on vibration through the car, but have a stiff mount wear it counts. I was also planning on using the stock front mount with inserts.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 03:04 PM
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thats actually something interesting never thought about that curious to see what others say
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 03:23 PM
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Sounds like you'd probably put extra stress on the harder mounts since the softer ones will be giving into more movement.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 05:42 PM
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nice thought, but your not going to get rid of any vibration by doing that
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Acidcrakker
nice thought, but your not going to get rid of any vibration by doing that


Why do you say that? I was thinking this too, I figure most of the vibration comes from the rear mount anyway
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 12:14 PM
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stiffer rear mount = more car shaking.
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by preludeNApower
Why do you say that? I was thinking this too, I figure most of the vibration comes from the rear mount anyway
Using a 75a over 95a is not going to be that noticeably different.

I run 60A mounts and it still vibrates like a bitch. Your not going to get that much more comfort driving a set up like that.
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 08:35 AM
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We use 70A polyurethane. Our material is 100% polyurethane not a mixed material which some Co's use which can cause issues. 60 is pretty soft, next is 70 which we feel does about everyone up to 500hp+. 80-90 will have a lot of vibration recommended for race applications. Having different grades of poly on each mount probably isn't the best idea. It should cause a different ryhthm and vibration putting more stress on the less grade mounts.
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