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Old 08-11-2003, 11:26 PM   #5
Bill Roberts
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No...the tranny shock is the direct replacement part for a Nissan King cab 4X4 using the Z24 engine. it was noticeable...but not like this...at all.

A search for this tiny tranny shock is of no use. no one talks about them, Nissan does no longer have them and it is a fluke of nature that that thing even exists at all. What is staggering, it directly bolts up beside the torque mount that comes standard with our 240's.

It is only 6 inches long and had a 3/4 inch throw...but very stiff.


This completly overshoaws the tranny mount to the point that if I were to take the tranny shock off, I may not feel its absence.
This engine shock is RADICAL in its effects IMO.

The higher up it can be mounted to the engine, the better. If you have your hood up and crank your engine, I get less than 1/8th inch deflection, used to get more than an inch. And this is with the tranny shock.


The shock is so powerful that you have to compress it to mount it. It has tension. A monster shock (for an F350 ford) is about the same, only it is too long to be practical..this was research for about 1 year. That is worth something I hope.


Their is a thermodynamic character at play here too. The mount I started with overheated the shock and caused it to be uneffective. The Ghetto mount is actually a heat sinc. Painted black it is a keeper. I used a series of spring compressors (7/32 thick) for my head to shock mount. The shock must be level. It matters dynamically and statically (physics rule)

I want to offer at a profit for ziliva to pay for the server..it is about value actually.

It works...and it works great.

If I get 50 orders, the shocks go for 34 bucks, not 40...but if anyone sends me a request to buy (this is the first actual offer) I will get them in.


Thanks for the kind words.

Last edited by Bill Roberts; 08-12-2003 at 12:23 AM..
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