Missing bolt?! HOW IMPORTANT?!?!

[Denny]

Hey guys, I was just overlooking the SHO today. And I found out I must have never put back a bolt on the front motor mount. There's like a little strut that appears to be in need of being bolted down. How critical is this? What does it do? Could this explain some clunking?

 

[Bizzy]

that the roll dampener on the front mount. If you have rinforced mounts then it isn't important, if you have stock mounts I'd say you want to get any old nut and bolt thru there so that it actually does waht it is supposed to... Slow the roll of the engin ein the bay and saving the mounts from ripping apart

 

[Denny]

I figured it had something to do with helping the engine movement...I was under the suspicion that my intake was rubbing against the hood insulation and the engine felt jerky when laying off the throttle. I went back home Friday night and pulled the bolt of my parts car and seems to have calmed things down.