Thanks! Do you think the Fluidampr dampers could help/negate some of the vibration?

 

Not really.

 

Well... damn.

I'm getting the sense from people to just deal with it. But other ideas would be nice. I'll have a chat with my tuner to see if there is anything he can do. I'm paying him a visit anyways for a retune.

 

You could switch to smaller cams since you are not going spin the stroker very high RPM. HKS 264 or 272 will be very smooth and makes Tons of TQ down low. This is the main reason I still have those S2 cams sitting in my garage and the HKS-272 are purring away in my 2.3L.

 

Not much you really going to be able to do, because your not going to pull the engine down hey and your mate ain't going to sell you a dud hey, seeing that your new to the car just go over all the usual checks and go out and have fun and don't be scared to take her out on the track, you might be surprised how much you enjoy opening up that big 2.3, they ain't meant to be show car cruising up the boulevard waving at the chicks

 

True, cant take the engine now and balance it. Thank you for all your replies.

 

Reliability wise my 2.3 has been great. I would definitely say check the motor mounts. Most people with solid mounts complain of steering wheel vibrations.

 

Would a OEM motor mount help in this case or which mounts should I get?

The car does have side mounts. I assume it would help to have it removed?

 

My vote is solid motor mounts and until you check them we can't rule it out. My friend had all solid motor mounts in his evo x and that thing shook hard at idle.

 

Yes the oem motor mounts are pretty soft and don't really vibrate at all. With the cams you may still feel a little but not enough to make the steering wheel vibrate like you're describing.

 

You guys are awesome thanks for the help.

 

I think leave it and when your mates get in the car and feel that vibration tell them the motor is so powerful it's trying to shake the whole car to pieces like a nitro dragster lol

 

That's what we're here for

 

Ha, I have different goals for the car. It only makes about 400-430whp on E85 so its not putting down an absurd amount of power.

Anyways went over and took a look at the car again. It actually looks look the side mounts are stock. It has the letter "M" lazily written on the top left side mount and I think that is a stocker.

I'm betting its the driveshaft delete at this point. The 272 cams shouldn't make it idle that harshly.

 

Driveshaft delete? lol Are all the mounts stock? I have stock mounts except the front motor mount (replaced with a Blox mount) and have no noticeable vibrations like you are describing.