motor mounts

[nate-00neon]

so on the stock motor mounts they have those fins or whatever you wanna call them.
i was wondering what pupose do they serve if any?

thanks
nate

[Wenuden]

if you're talking about the upper torque strut, the piece bolted on to the end, they serve no purpose. And they don't all have them. My sxt didn't and my srt does.

[nate-00neon]

yeah
i have one on the upper and the lower
i didnt think that they did anything at all but i wasnt totally sure lol

thanks

[aperson]

How much do they weigh? They could just be there for vibration control like on exhaust systems that have a weight mounted on an arm to them.

[Wenuden]

I'd say next to nothing. Its small, maybe a square inch by a couple mm thick, lightweight aluminum.

[Paul56]

so on the stock motor mounts they have those fins or whatever you wanna call them.
i was wondering what pupose do they serve if any?

thanks
nate

Yes, I've seen that part... my old upper torque strut had one and so does my new one.

Must be there for some reason... if it is there for no reason then that goes back to the days when cars were boat like, had rear fins and several other parts that served no useful purpose.

Oh wait... maybe those fins were guidance systems to keep the car on the straight and narrow as it barreled down the highways. <shrug>

Now the "fins" are on a horizontal plane instead of mostly vertical and we call them spoilers.

[03blackrt]

They could just be there for vibration control like on exhaust systems that have a weight mounted on an arm to them.

Yep, they are there to dampen harmonic vibrations. You won't see much of a difference with or without them.

[NSDPerformance]

^You just hit the nail on the head.