Shake Shake Shake

Detroit Iron said

I've got the thing tuned pretty well, as I have had it before.



I feel like if I had some more firm motor mounts the shake might go away all together. The mounts on the car now are the ones that came with the Schumacher 273 to 340 conversion brackets. I bought them about 15 years ago or more. They are rubber, not the cool urethane poly locks.

Check out the photos, the driver side mount is sagging quite a bit. Passenger side looks good. With one side failing and the other side firm.... I'd say that would create a bizarre shake. Agree?

Taken from the front of the car, driver side.
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Taken from the front of the car, passenger side.
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That's why I don't use rubber mounts unless you are stuck with the JUNK 73 and later mounts.

You can buy solid mounts for that. I would do it in a heart beat. It will locate the engine in the chassis where it should be, never fail, and the car will drive better.

I have to admit...I didn't bother with the video. There is no way I could hear anything unless I was there. I have hearing loss that makes listening to a video or something to hear an issue almost impossible.

With that said, I don't care how "radical" an engine is, it shouldn't shake like that. Something is certainly wrong. That this should idle and run smooth as butter, not sit there and shake like a dog pooping peach seeds.