What is this?

[BSTD3]

Hey guys:

Was under my Speed3 this am installing my Cobb rear sway and saw this block of metal with a bracket attached to the frame.

Anyone know what it is for? I don't see any connection to it, just the 2 bolts for the bracket that attach it to the frame.

TIA!

 

[Young Roids]

I found a similar block of metal bolted near the driver side motor mount, puzzling.

 

[ForceFed]

Is the Block Rubber..or metal....It might be a Vibration Damper of some sort.
Not un-common to find things like this.

 

[Young Roids]

The one I found was metal. And yes I just called it a harmonic dampener.

 

[GhostMercury]

i didnt have one of those..hmm

 

[USMC98]

i didnt have one of those..hmm

Yours must have falling off or something... How do you like that Desert Eagle shift knob btw?

 

[BSTD3]

Is the Block Rubber..or metal....It might be a Vibration Damper of some sort.
Not un-common to find things like this.

It def was metal. I rapped my socket against it. Not sure if it was solid metal or hollow, but it was metal.

Must be a dampener.

 

[Neptune8]

very interesting indeed.

 

[udontknowjack]

its a black box....for dealer to check if u been driving over aggressive

 

[BSTD3]

its a black box....for dealer to check if u been driving over aggressive

ummm yeah ok....

 

[Lil Freek]

Remove it... Dead Weight IMO...

 

[07SilverSpeed6]

Just guessing...Ballast weight for more downforce or lower CG?

 

[MikeHTally]

That's the housing for the flux capacitor hyper-ventilation system.

 

[ragindark]

That is actually 3 kilos of cocaine wrapped up and painted black because your Mazda dealership is using you as a drug mule.

 

[controlo]

haha. does anybody actually know what it is?

 

[xDJ DUBx]

ahaha, funny s*** right here.

Maybe if your car blows up it will tell what went wrong, like a black box on a air plane (thumb)

 

[FrequentFlyer]

That is actually 3 kilos of cocaine wrapped up and painted black because your Mazda dealership is using you as a drug mule.

hahahaha

 

[gtlaw]

tuned mass damper. I would leave it in place, and I'm the idiot who thinks the billet oil cap is too heavy

 

[Rotus]

haha. does anybody actually know what it is?

I'm sure that previous posters nailed it when they identified it as a harmonic damper.

BTW, just for future reference, the word is DAMPER, not dampener. It's just a pet peeve of mine. Dampening somthing is to make it slightly wet. Damping something controls unwated oscillations.

Thank you for your time.

 

[controlo]

I'm sure that previous posters nailed it when they identified it as a harmonic damper.

BTW, just for future reference, the word is DAMPER, not dampener. It's just a pet peeve of mine. Dampening somthing is to make it slightly wet. Damping something controls unwated oscillations.

Thank you for your time.

haha. pet peeves ftw.

...(uhm) so what exactly would this damper be damping?