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03-18-2013, 11:03 AM | #1 |
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Custom Pitch Stop Mount
Well i felt ambitious again this weekend so I went out, bought some aluminum, and fabbed up myself a pitchstop mount for $18 in materials.
All i used was: -drill press -belt sander -drill with with tapered/round grinding bits -circular saw, -horizontal band saw -Tig It was a fun project and turned out good i think. Now its off to powdercoat today.
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03-18-2013, 11:13 AM | #2 |
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Very nice job!Do you get lots of NVH without bushings?
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03-18-2013, 11:19 AM | #3 |
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Thanks, I haven't driven with it in yet. I just didn't want to have to remove everything again to do powder coat. I would imagine the NVH will increase a little over the wimpy group N unit I have now. But I don't mind NVH at all. I was going to make bushing but I decided against it for simplicity.
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03-18-2013, 11:26 AM | #4 |
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lol, you will have LOTS, and i mean LOTS of NVH. it will most likly drive you insane. the groupN mounds i had increased NVH a bit, but not bad at all as the end result was awesome. but this thing. I ran a prototype of kartboys with hard race bushings and the amount of noise was crazy. if felt like the firewall was a huge speaker for the engine.
props for the DIY though. |
03-18-2013, 11:26 AM | #5 |
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I don't mind NVH either.I think your going to like the feel it gives when your accelerating hard through the gears.I went with a Perrin pitch stop and works great.I really couldn't believe how crappy the bushings are in a OEM unit.Also, nice welding!Good Luck.
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03-18-2013, 11:27 AM | #6 |
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No flex at all? One of those two mounting brackets WILL break.
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03-18-2013, 12:03 PM | #7 |
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03-18-2013, 12:06 PM | #8 |
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You MIGHT get away with not ripping the firewall apart if you run solid motor and transmission mounts. But if those have any flex, you WILL break things.
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03-18-2013, 12:47 PM | #9 |
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I took into account that it will cause extra stress on the brackets and will repair them if its ever an issue. But I googled a solid pitchstop mount and found others who had run them for years without issue and enjoyed them.
I also have cusco engine and tranny mounts. |
03-18-2013, 02:23 PM | #10 | |
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03-18-2013, 02:53 PM | #11 |
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yea, when i started mine up with hard bushings, it was comical loud. i installed it right before going to lunch with some friends so we all piled into the car and when i started it, they all looked at me like my engine was about to come though the firewall and kill us all
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03-18-2013, 03:03 PM | #12 |
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That's hilarious. Ill give feedback once I install it
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03-19-2013, 03:19 PM | #13 |
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might need to pair it with solid motor mounts...... thats my thought to help with breaking. Not sure though.
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04-22-2013, 09:58 PM | #14 |
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Well i got it all powder coated now and just installed it today. It doesn't sound nearly like what everyone had led me to believe. Start up is the only time i really notice a large difference in noise. But other than that, it just translates a bit more NVH but nothing crazy. However, this mount coupled with my cusco engine/tranny mounts has made a drastic improvement to the feel of the car. Everything is nice and tight and makes shifting feel a lot sportier. I will keep an eye on the mounting points for indications of stress, but im sure it will be just fine.
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04-24-2013, 02:02 AM | #15 |
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I drove with something similar for about a week before I couldn't stand it anymore. Especially if you already have trans/engine mounts, all the pitch stop mount is going to do is turn your firewall into a giant speaker.
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04-24-2013, 03:26 AM | #16 |
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i made a 'solid' pitch stop....had it on the car long enough to know that it hadda come out.....before i was gonna drive the car again
the stock one sucks....a solid one sucks....im thinking of doing one a lil different |
04-24-2013, 10:28 AM | #17 |
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This very well might happen after a couple weeks, but I honestly don't mind it at all at the moment.
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04-24-2013, 09:18 PM | #18 |
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Nice work man! And if you can't stand the NVH all it cost ya was $18, I'm sure you can make it all back and then some if you throw it up on the classifieds section LOL.
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04-24-2013, 09:59 PM | #19 |
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Thanks! Those are my thoughts exactly.
Now just to figure out something else to make. Until in a year ish when I go custom rotated. But that's a ways away yet. |
04-25-2013, 04:01 PM | #20 |
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That cam out nice I--RIDE--BIKES! I made a set of stuff for my show car a few years back looks similar.
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04-30-2013, 05:51 PM | #21 |
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Nice work guys! Keep em' comin'!
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05-05-2013, 12:12 PM | #22 |
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05-06-2013, 02:07 AM | #23 |
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Have considered doing similar. Was thinking about buying a bar of ploy for endlinks which would come in handy here as well.
Made a set of drex replica bumpstop extenders the other night on a mill since all the lathes were set up. |
05-06-2013, 11:45 AM | #24 | |
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that way you have much better contact area on drive (crank) pulley. |
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05-07-2013, 01:52 PM | #25 |
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maybe, but then he would have to run a new custom lower pulley that can accept two belts. what he has is fine as he has over 50% on the PS pulley and almost 50% on the alt.
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