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    NRG Engine Damper

    thought id better start a thread here please read this https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=2548

    Ill be contacting Funkypower on mon/ tues with numbers and see what discount they offer

    please only put your name down if you genuienly want to buy 1 of these dampers .

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    id want 1 but my engine set up differently??? so how would that work

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    its basically ,the damper your buying , the brakets will have to be adapted to suit where you want to fix it to

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    im planing on taking it from my strut brace or strut top and using the bolts where the engine lifting lug is , im sure there will be some place thats not to hard to get it fixed to on your .

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    im actually maybe considering get 1 fixed to the lower and top of engine but ill see how it goes.

    id say on yours it would be a good investment

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    any news on this then? what numbers do we need for a discount?

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Ill let this run till tuesday then ill give them a phone and see what they can offer , the 1's they sell on ebay were £57.95 incl postage so im thinking we may be able to save a small amount on that if we got enough peeps wanting 1 , was hoping to have a minimum of 5

    Funky power are the only uk stockists of these ive found , if anyone else knows somewhere else to get them from im happy to phone and haggle for the best deal .

    Im really wanting to get 1 before the end of next week

    Be nice to team,up and maybe get some sort of saving

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Rich, I don't mind helping out on getting a group discount. I do the club discounts currently and having mails coming from an official address always looks better. Just let me know

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    i woul be interested as my clio has a 5 engine in it but due to the carb i cannot fit a strut brace so are unsure of where it could be fixed it

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    u wouldnt fit these kits to the strut brace but to the top of the suspension turrot ( the bolts that hold the suspension up)

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    something like that..

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    D4WNO, ur more than welcome to try and source these if you want and try to negotiate a deal ,ive already spoke with http://www.funkypower.co.uk/ who seem to be the only uk supplier i can find .

    and they told me they would be more than happy to do a grp buy on these i never discussed prices ,i was just wanting to see how many peeps would want 1 , no harm in you giving them a phone being a committee member and trying to sort sommit out feel free , i will be ordering 1 on tuesday rgdless

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    may need a few more days if we want more member in on the buy?

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Ah hadn't realise you'd already spoken with them, I don't wanna tread on anybodys toes so will leave you to it since you have it in hand

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Quote Originally Posted by minty83 View Post
    something like that..
    looks like a lot of work to swap the engine to inline though. I prefer Mud's suggestion.

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    youve lost me? the picture was just an example?

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Quote Originally Posted by minty83 View Post
    youve lost me? the picture was just an example?
    an inline engine rocks side to side, so needs a stabiliser that sticks out the side, a transverse engine rocks fore and aft, so needs a damper that runs front to rear. If you mounted it like your picture in a GTT you'd do nothing more than scrape your knuckles and make yourself look like a nobber.

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    how would you suggest to do it then? where would you mount it on a gtt engine or even my vag engine? like a stabaliser of some sort pushing against the engine from the front of the subframe?

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Quote Originally Posted by minty83 View Post
    how would you suggest to do it then? where would you mount it on a gtt engine or even my vag engine? like a stabaliser of some sort pushing against the engine from the front of the subframe?
    you want it as high as possible, and attached to something solid. It's not easy to find solid places on something as thin as a GTT, hence the strut brace is a pretty good suggestion. Then attaching to the engine would need a bit of thought, Mud suggests the liftiing eye brackets, there, or maybe the plate that covers the water gallery on the end of the head might be possible. I'd be a little worried that it might lead to head gasket problems, dunno , just a thought. Maybe a bracket that pics up on the 2 top bolts that hold the gearbox to the engine?

    I'd guess that you'd want it high, horizontal, in line with the chassis, and probably in line with the diff, well central between the 2 inner driveshaft joints.

    As to VAG, you're on your own

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Cooke View Post

    As to VAG, you're on your own
    lol cheers

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    just type engine damper into google images and u can see all sorts of mounting possitions

    http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...h+Images&gbv=2
    Last edited by Mudslinger; 23-11-2008 at 19:26.

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    depending on the price id be into one

    mud any idea on how theyd be fitted???or anyone any ideas???
    Last edited by dgdogz; 23-11-2008 at 22:34.

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    OK ,im just of the phone to funckypower and the ebay price is basically the cheapest they would do them £49 for the damper kit and £9.99 for p+p

    although if we could get 10 sales they would knock £5 off that .

    not much but its something

    Im guessing getting 10 peeps wanting 1 will be pretty tough
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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    we could also save a bit if we just bought the damper , but i recon these brackets could come in handy in helping to adapt a fixing point

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    id say itd be best with the brackets
    save a lot of hassle trying to get somthin made up


    any clues on the fitting to a standard 5 engine???

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Quote Originally Posted by dgdogz View Post
    id say itd be best with the brackets
    save a lot of hassle trying to get somthin made up


    any clues on the fitting to a standard 5 engine???
    to be honest i wont no until i have a damper in hand and i can look at at the best mounting point , i have a few places in mind but the brackets will have to be alterd. going to be looking at adapting the strutt brace is some way

    im placing my order the morra so would be nice if those genuienly wanting 1 post here tonight or the morra morning

    if not you are free to contact Funcky power your self to get 1 .

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    ok
    tbh am not 100 percent as a dont wana buy it and have no place to put it.
    i hope u get on awryt with yours though.


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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Not much success with a group buy on these so im just going to order 1 for myself today .

    if the 2 guys that put there name down could contact me if they are still interested and ill pass on the details .

    really needed 10 peeps to see any sort of discount and its not looking like that will happen .

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    The Volvo 480 with the 1.7 renault block uses some kind of damper on the side of the block to the inner drivers side turret. Noticed when down the scrappie the other day it's down the same side as the alternator.

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    yup it sure does , there is a few cars that have engine dampers from standard .


    but not quite the same quality as the NRG 1 ,there is also cheaper 1's on ebay that are used on nissan 200sx and the like .

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    so wen you getting your one mud?

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    im ordering before the place closes tonight

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    hhaha good good

    i do want one but all im wondering is wer do i put the thing


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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    so how did you get on with this mud?

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Ive got 1 , but not fitted it yet
    It needs some work to make up a bracket / fixing point ,its a job for another day , ill post pics when i get fitted.

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    good stuff man ws jus wonderin
    as still interested in this

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    mud in defo interested in one of these keep us up to date mate

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    any joy with this yet mudslinger????
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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Just got some 3mm s/s plate to make up some new brakets the other day, probably be a few weeks before i get it fitted ill post pics when i do .

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    anymore news on this?

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    sorry not much news on this yet , ive made a bracket that picks up the 2 holes on the front of the block and the last 2 holes on the head using 3mm s/s , should work ideal with limited stress on the head just need to work out how to attach it to the strutt brace now and either paint or polish the brackets tbh ive not been near my car for 2 mths now its just been locked up in the garage due to me working 6 days and a serious lack of enthusiasm, ive still not got round to getting the boost problems sorted yet

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Would one of these be any good to help support a k-tec manifold?

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Quote Originally Posted by Nayls View Post
    Would one of these be any good to help support a k-tec manifold?
    Proabley better to make your own from scratch mate and cheaper

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Quote Originally Posted by Nayls View Post
    Would one of these be any good to help support a k-tec manifold?
    heres what i did to take the weight and support the turbo / manifold
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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    mud's picture is exactly what I was describing in the pm nayls, using rose joints.

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Quote Originally Posted by Scoff View Post
    mud's picture is exactly what I was describing in the pm nayls, using rose joints.

    ah ok,i see now!

    i dont always take it in properly just reading,pictures help me a lot.

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    Re: NRG Engine Damper

    Quote Originally Posted by Scoff View Post
    mud's picture is exactly what I was describing in the pm nayls, using rose joints.
    Just like the ones available for the trusty y.b

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