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purevenm

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Obviously, what the arrows are pointing at is the core of my question.
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I have read that this was mounted on the car to be a balancer or to stop vibrations. I read, it was to work with the stock gears and suspension. Since I have steeda lowering springs, Koni double adjustable rear shocks and FMS 373.1 gears, does anyone know if I can take this off or will it cause adverse effects.

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PUREVENM
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timeless2

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Dogbone....relatively useless weight. Ditch it.

Is this Darin from Omaha?
 

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Ya it's me.

Will I have any vibration or adverse causes by removing it? Is there any advantage to removing it?
 

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purevenm said:
Ya it's me.

Will I have any vibration or adverse causes by removing it? Is there any advantage to removing it?
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I deleted the "dog bone" when I installed the aluminum D/S. No vibrations that I detect.
 

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once aftermarket gears are installed the dog bone can be taken off. Its dead weight and its heavy. I took mine off last summer.
 

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I did not know that, mine will be coming off when I do my under car spring detailing.
 

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NIce cutouts! They electric??
 
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This also acts as a pinion snubber, so keep in mind if you remove it your drive shaft will start rubbing your e-brake cables when your rear suspension "squats".
 

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Smoking under the car
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Shamus O'toole said:
NIce cutouts! They electric??
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Yes, they are DMH e-cutouts. Very nice quality and from what research I've done, they are the only e-cutouts w/ a warranty.
 

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95LiterGT said:
This also acts as a pinion snubber, so keep in mind if you remove it your drive shaft will start rubbing your e-brake cables when your rear suspension "squats".
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I will be checking the pinion snubber and e-brake lines before I decide to take it off. Thanks for the heads up. Overall it sounds like it can go, but will check everything that is related to it (pinion snubber and brakelines) first.
 

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94GTLaserRC said:
Smoking under the car
RC
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That was the owner of the exhaust shop where the cutouts were put on and the down pipes fabercated. I didn't feel very comfortable with him smoking under my car but....It's his shop and I was lovin the detail and hardwork that was going into the exhaust setup.
 

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What is the purpose of this cutouts??? what do they do?
 

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Basically it strait pipes when the valve opens. Check out their website photos and videos. http://www.dmhperformance.com/photogallery.htm

It allows the exhaust to flow freely with no restriction, not like it does through the mufflers. I do not know the exact hp and trq increase yet, but with forced induction I will see an increase in both HP and TRQ. I going to get it dyno'd 2 weeks from to today(May 10th).
I have read that N/A cars have no gain and some have said they lost some low end Trq.
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$360...Wow...But i get the point for force induction. cool thanks man
 

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hollywoodstang said:
$360...Wow...But i get the point for force induction. cool thanks man
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I would say most people do it for the sound level increase...
 

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DDSTANG94 said:
I would say most people do it for the sound level increase...
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I would say that is probably 85% of the reason why I got them.
 

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95LiterGT said:
This also acts as a pinion snubber, so keep in mind if you remove it your drive shaft will start rubbing your e-brake cables when your rear suspension "squats".
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Why wouldn't you put the snubber bracket back on? I did. Just need shorter bolts.
 

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What's an electric cut out?
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Why wouldn't you put the snubber bracket back on? I did. Just need shorter bolts.
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That would be another option. For me, at the time, it was easier just to bolt it back on.
 
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