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I was driving home from my fiancee's college 40 miles away on the interstate with very little traffic and noticed how wussy the car sounded and felt in general accelerating at high speeds. I mean it was fast enough, but the engine noise and steering wheel/shifter feedback was not satisfying. I have the "open airbox" thing and the airbox turned upside down to expose the air filter (and make it even louder), but it still wasn't loud enough and the wheel and shifter didn't feedback enough.
It's just too damn smooth.
I want it rougher to fit better with the car's spunky character. Would the full ES bushing kit satisfy me? Let me see if I can list all the bushings that come with the whole kit (if I miss any please add them)
-4 motor mounts
-front and rear swaybar mounts
-front and rear swaybar endlink bushings
-front control arm bushings
-shifter bushing?
Is that it? I know the motor mounts (and the shifter bushing if that's something I remember existing) should satisfy my need for feedback. I'm curious about what you guys think of the swaybar and control arm bushings. Like them? Worth the time/trouble? Do they squeak a lot? Can you keep them greased well enough to defeat the squeaking?
My "example" or "role model" for a fast, powerful car is a LS1 Camaro or Trans Am and God knows there's feedback with those things.
I want my Sentra to imitate one as much as possible, and that means FEEDBACK through the wheel, shifter, pedals, and ears (engine music
).
Comments?
It's just too damn smooth.
-4 motor mounts
-front and rear swaybar mounts
-front and rear swaybar endlink bushings
-front control arm bushings
-shifter bushing?
Is that it? I know the motor mounts (and the shifter bushing if that's something I remember existing) should satisfy my need for feedback. I'm curious about what you guys think of the swaybar and control arm bushings. Like them? Worth the time/trouble? Do they squeak a lot? Can you keep them greased well enough to defeat the squeaking?
My "example" or "role model" for a fast, powerful car is a LS1 Camaro or Trans Am and God knows there's feedback with those things.
Comments?