SmoothCam looks terrible

I have some footage shot using the JVC GY-HD110 on HDV 720p24 from a car mount. We pulled the vehicle using a trailer and every little bump causes slight vibration. I am trying my best to edit around the huge shakes but some are unavoidable. I am experienced using SmoothCam in Shake and was always happy with the results but the FCP filter look terrible to me. I don't blow the image up above 110% but it still is out of focus looking and has terrible motion blur. Is there anything I can do to help make the image more clear?
BTW I export each clip as a self contained movie to prevent the 2 minute takes from being analyzed for hours and hours. Does that have anything to do with it?
thanks,
cja

I've got to think that this is a tough shot to begin with depending on how tightly focused your shot is on the talent in the car as opposed to the movement in the background.
Anyway, I've had fairly decent success with Smoothcam, but often times it really takes tweaking the "Translation Smooth", "Rotation Smooth", and "Scale Smooth" parameters. You might try re-visiting those controls and maybe even the "Auto Scale."

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