Abstract: A vehicle engine mounting arrangement 70 for a transverse mounted engine 54 vehicle is provided. The mounting system 70 includes a vehicle frame 60 for supporting the engine 54 in the vehicle. A U-shaped torsion bar and lever arms combination 76 are connected between the engine 54 and the frame for resisting roll motion of engine 54 with respect to frame 60 in first and second angular directions generally opposite one another. The torsion bar and lever arm combination 76 is tubular with a head 78 of the U-shaped tubular torsion bar and lever arm combination 76 being bracketed 66, 74 to the engine 54.

Abstract: A torsional damper significantly reduces vibrations in a steering system of a motor vehicle. The torsional damper (12) includes a housing (30) defining an interior (42) and flanges (34) for secure attachment to a structural member (28) of the motor vehicle. The torsional damper also includes a pump (78) driven by rotational movement of a steering shaft. The housing includes first and second chambers (120, 124) disposed within the interior and in fluid communication with the pump and each other through a fluid track (60). The housing also includes a diaphragm partitioning the first and second chambers and a predetermined stiffness. The fluid track is sized so as to establish a critical frequency above which steering shaft cyclic rotational motions are attenuated and below which steering shaft cyclic rotational motions are unaffected.