Engine dampers and mounts.

[Nathannnnn]

Hi guys

To my understanding Hardened engine mounts and engine dampers do similar, if not the same tasks.
My question is can an engine damper be somewhat used as a substitute for Hardened engine mounts?

[cartoon]

What are you trying to achieve

[knobosaurus]

In my opinion, torque dampers do little to nothing except add a bit of a bling factor

[45SET]

You get one or the other.

Damper if you think mounts are going to be too stiff... which they aren't.

[tinkerbell]

ive seen enough broken dampeners to know they are virtually useless for improving performance.

[ChargeR]

Agree with Tinkerbell. I had one of these engine damper things back in the day, then I got real mounts, turfed the damper and never looked back. To give some anecdotal evidence against them, with just the damper my Gruppe M airbox still moved around enough under hard use for it to be dislodged from it's slot in the cowl panel. Once I fitted ESMM inserts and then later Innovative mounts I didn't have this issue any more.

[Nathannnnn]

What are you trying to achieve

It's just a general question. But my own car eventually will probably be seeing the track once or twice a year.
So the general consensus is that engine dampers are pointless?

[Karl]

Looks nice. Thats about it

[tyk]

I had mounts first then added on damper. Vibrations increased notably so it SHOULD be doing something, maybe lessening the stress on the mounts ?