On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, jimvish wrote: > Well, I took my rear motor mount off today to put the poly insert I have > here into it and I can see why the motor was jumping around... The center of > the rubber mount was sheared clean off of the outside. Pulled the one off of > my Golf and put it into the GTI. WOW, what a difference. I haven't got on it > yet, but just from driving a mile down the road and back it's way different. > Shakes the crap outta the car but there is NO movement anywhere now. I > wouldn't recommend it if you like things smooth. I can feel the motor > vibration at any rpm (so far it's only been to about 4000, but I'll see what > it does after I take a cruise tonight) through the seat and pedals. Shifts > are sooo smooth too. If you don't mind vibration, it's the way to go. >
I did the same thing, only using some pieces of a broken serpentine belt from my friend's corrado stuffed in until I couldn't see any light through the holes in the mount. Even with the front hydro mount I can get a little chirp shifting hard into 2nd gear. It was rough at first but it's smoothed out some, I think the stuff I packed it may have compressed a bit, but it still prevents the motor from rocking too much. I'm planning on doing the same thing with one of the old school front mounts, too... gotta be more solid than these hydraulic pieces of junk. :) _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
