Holy hell this trz tranny mount!!!!

[rodrigo]

so i bought the trz tranny mount last week .... put it on tonight with my son. the install was cake.... i thought i was gonna be able to slide the hydraulic jack under the car but no cigar.

so we put it on ramps and then placed the hydraulic jack under the tranny...gave it maybe 1/4 inch of preload... took out the stocker...was in perfect condition.... the bolt hole was 90% lined up and to my surprise i was able to move the tranny around by grabbing the front of it and pulling it towards the firewall to line the hole.

torqued it to 90ft lbs and buttoned it up . my son and i went for a ride and HOLY FUCKEN HELL..... same impression i got from my trz derlin way back when.... fucken blender now....jesus everything rattles, the new clutch sounds like a diesel , car at idle sounds like a '32 ford with glasspacks.... fuck ......

on the flip side.... car feels super solid.... barely give half throttle to 2nd and it lights em up....but zero hop.... im sure in about 300 it will settle in and the rest ill just get used to.

glad i did it, peace of mind for when the 30r goes in on sunday....

one thing that i noticed was some weight on the right hand side of the plate that fits over the mount.... wtf is that?? anti vibe counterweight???

anyways...car feels more like a fucken racecar every day.

[mr_mazda329]

hell yea man. the TRZ also makes the car whine like a supercharger too. Should help that 60ft a little now.

[pearl_ms3]

the vibes will go way down. i torqued all to 90 and it vibed like a bitch. then i did it to 60 lbs and locktight and its way better. maybe loosen them to 60 and it will be better.

[rodrigo]

fuck that.... 90 and locktite.... i aint tearing this shit apart.

i hate working on this car.... to get to a mount i gotta pull 3 things out first... fuck imports.

if they go away great..if they dont oh fucken well

[skeeter149]

where did you end up ordering it from?

[rodrigo]

i got it from ken... i hit him up on facebook cuz no one else carries the shit...and u cant even buy it from trz... i just told him to not bs me and tell me if he had em in stock... i even got a tracking number hahahahah

[skeeter149]

fml i want a rear trz byt will never deal with pg again. thanks man

[zx2man]

Originally Posted by skeeter149 fml i want a rear trz byt will never deal with pg again. thanks man

Fear not Skeet, you can get em at rpmstore I believe-

TRZ Rear Motor Mount for Mazda 3 / Mazdaspeed 3 - Revolution Performance Motorsports!

And if all fails you can order directly from the company -

TRZ Tubular Control Arms -Other Race Parts

[rodrigo]

thats just it.... i tried to order from trz.... but u cant click on shit lol


give it a try .... maybe ill see what i was doing wrong

[skeeter149]

i was gonna call

[hnda etr]

Vibes might diminish a bit, but you're stuck with a diesel now... Bahahaha

[08.5MS3]

Originally Posted by pearl_ms3 the vibes will go way down. i torqued all to 90 and it vibed like a bitch. then i did it to 60 lbs and locktight and its way better. maybe loosen them to 60 and it will be better.

Thought the minimum was 75 ft lb. I'm lazy and don't feel like looking.

I got mine torqued to 100 ft lb!!

[Haltech]

They are still breakable... even the derlin

[Nazarite]

Who broke one? And Lenny, you're right, people who get in the car are completely surprised at how loud it is, and I have fairly minor mods.

[IshiKage]

fuck that mount. after 10k miles, i had enough. it made the car way too loud.

[Haltech]

I broke the fucking thing...

[ms3brendan]

Dude the vibes don't settle. I had mine on for 4 months and after my last autocross session, I took it off until next season. The noise is ridiculous, sounds gross.. The vibes are too much and shifting makes me feel bad for the transmission because I can hear the clanking of gears going into place.. I don't like that. But, taking it off made my car with just the TRZ RMM feel like a smooth quiet luxury car haha.

But gotta say, the benefits were great. Zero wheel hop whereas I feel now the RMM isn't even doing anything.. Wheel hop galore compared to when I had the tranny mount on.

[Nazarite]

Originally Posted by Haltech I broke the fucking thing...

You broke the tranny? Or the rear? And how?

[phillyb]

kevin, this thread is about the side mount under the battery, not the rear mount

[rodrigo]

well.....i didnt buy slicks so i could cruise...fuck it..... im going deep!

[hnda etr]

Originally Posted by lenny127 well.....i didnt buy slicks so i could cruise...fuck it..... im going deep!

Balls Deep or Bust yo!

[rodrigo]

so anyways..... guys what is that weight that bolts on top of the brace that goes over the mount?? some counterweight?

anyone tried taking it off?

[aaronc7]

I think I forgot to reinstall it a time or two...didnt notice a difference. im sure its just some comfort thing, and either way probably designed specifically for the stock mount. trash it!!

[rodrigo]

mk

[Nazarite]

Yeah lenny, I don't even remember it.

[ms3brendan]

Yeah when I did the swap I forgot the counterweight thing.. I thought it might have been important, got pissed, kicked some shit, tore everything apart again just to put that piece back on.. Ugh.

[madvillain]

Hahahh the vibes won't go away, they will slightly improve, though.

That mount is the shit, makes the car feel so much more solid. I guess I had just had enough of the noise, and I was switching to a full MM set.

[blaggah]

Originally Posted by Haltech I broke the fucking thing...

Wasn't that like 2 years ago?

[mrFanel]

TRZ shook my fillings loose... I got an AWR 70d instead.

[phillyb]

definitely never replaced that vibe mount shit.
fuck all that

[mr_mazda329]

Originally Posted by mrFanel TRZ shook my fillings loose... I got an AWR 70d instead.

Are you serious? TRZ poly is perfect. Only my e-brake button makes a buzz.


The only reason I have been weary of the trans mount is becuase of ALL the vibes and sounds you gain. Another alternative would to get the kicker mount, but i dont know how those vibes are comparatively.

[treyclash]

hard on the tranny? do u catch/find gears any better with it?

[rodrigo]

seriously on the way here i was contemplating pulling this shit off. i measn i got noises at idle, accelerating, decelerating ....cruising.

idle i hear the clutch loud as fuck freewheelin in there
decel i hear dragging brakes sound..that i can only imagine is the clutch
accelerating i feel vibes on all pedals and might even get now KR at times i never did
dont get me wrong, there is zero wheelhop ..i mean zero!!! but its hard to trust your brain that everything is tight when the car sounds like its falling apart

im gonna give it 300 miles and then decide

[hnda etr]

Originally Posted by lenny127 so anyways..... guys what is that weight that bolts on top of the brace that goes over the mount?? some counterweight? anyone tried taking it off?

FSM says it's a "Dynamic Damper"

So sounds like it's there to counteract some of the vibration from the tranny...

Never put mine back on with the SU mount...

[wankular]

I wonder if the Street Unit one would be better or worse?

[Nazarite]

Hey Lenny, did you switch trans fluid? I just did the redline mt-90 with Amazon a couple weeks back and the car is somewhat quieter overall, plus it got rid of a lot of the "chatter" with the car out of gear and the clutch out at stoplights, which got on my nerves more than anything. Just a thought.

[hnda etr]

Originally Posted by wankular I wonder if the Street Unit one would be better or worse?

I haz and I never experienced what lenny's going through

[hnda etr]

Originally Posted by Nazarite Hey Lenny, did you switch trans fluid? I just did the redline mt-90 with Amazon a couple weeks back and the car is somewhat quieter overall, plus it got rid of a lot of the "chatter" with the car out of gear and the clutch out at stoplights, which got on my nerves more than anything. Just a thought.

He's running royal purple 75/90

[jack_hammer]

after 1000 miles or so my vibes were SIGNIFICANTLY diminished. 300 miles isn't enough.

[Nazarite]

Originally Posted by hnda etr He's running royal purple 75/90

Gotcha.