Excessive vibration from Ingalls Torque Damper
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Excessive vibration from Ingalls Torque Damper
I installed my torque damper today and the only thing i really noticed was that the car had alot of vibration. When the car is idle its shakin pretty bad, my hood rattles from all the vibration. Has anyone else had this problem? If so how did you fix it? I need some troubleshooting help here. Help me out guys.
I set the damper at 15mm as it said on the directions and place the washers and rubber rings in the right place as well. Please help the vibration is annoying.
here is what it looks like installed.
I set the damper at 15mm as it said on the directions and place the washers and rubber rings in the right place as well. Please help the vibration is annoying.
here is what it looks like installed.
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Rep Power: 305 extra vibration from a torque dampner is normal. think about it, you're stiffening up the engine and transfering the access movement the motor makes directly into the body of the vehicle. its pretty much the same as getting polyurathene motor mounts.
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Originally Posted by KINGCHILE
but is it normal for the hood to rattle, i understand a lil but this is alot. Can anything be done to reduce the vibration?
ESMM is worse than Torque damper.
K20 swap + Esmm is worse 
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Originally Posted by KINGCHILE
but is it normal for the hood to rattle, i understand a lil but this is alot. Can anything be done to reduce the vibration?
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Originally Posted by TeLLy
I've got the Ingalls ETD installed on my car as well, there's a noticable amount of vibration on idle, but it's tolerable in my car. I saw a thread on Honda-Tech where someone put a little sound dampener on the chassis where the mount bracket goes (for us around the upper strut mount bolts), on a suggestion from Ingalls. Couldn't hurt to try.
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Rep Power: 812 you can also adjust the hood so it closes tighter. my moms accord would vibrate like a **** and its stock. i just loosened those rubber stopper and now its nice and tight.
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