hahaha.. you want to talk about vibration?? :) ive got my entire exhaust bolted directly to the underside of my GLi. want to feel some vibration? go for a ride with me!
Story: I was in a pinch; my car was not running right at all. The cat had broken up from the inside and all the pieces has filled up and clogged my muffler and resonator. I had not the money to take it to an exhaust shop and i drove (putt.. putt..putt.) over to a friends place who works on air cooled vw's. He put the car up in the air, took off the exhaust, hollowed out the cat, cleaned out the resonator, and cut a flap in the muffler, peeled it open and pulled about a coffee cans' worth of cat pieces out of it. Then he welded the whole thing back together and welded and re-inforced the brackets on the ehaust becuase one had broke and one was cracked, unfortunately, we had nothing to put between the exhaust and the body to dampen vibration, so he just bolted the exhaust strait to the bottom of the car. the vibration isnt so bad except around 1500 rpm and then at 3200-3300 rpm you cant even hear the stereo its so loud in the car. Crusing though town its quiet, so its not that bad. i plan on getting it done RIGHT eventually, for now. its been like this for so long i dont even hear or feel it anymore. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holland J. Phillips" <[email protected]> To: "Denis Palmans" <[email protected]>; "16v" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Solid rear motor mount > Denis Palmans wrote: > > I've used it on this car for a tiny bit and found it to be too much for me as > > the whole car vibrates excessivly at idle. Its great the rest of the time as > > the engine doesnt move at all, and it gives a very nice feel but for a car > > that's still driven on the street it is too much. > > Is this the passenger side rear mount? I had the Vibratechnics front and > drivers side rear mounts in my '92 GTI 16V for a while, and they worked > (work) great. Then, I installed the Vibratechnics passenger side rear mount > with the race compound insert (the front mount has the race insert and I'm > not sure about the drivers side rear). With the first two installed, you > could barely feel any added vibration or noise, but when I put the VT > passenger side rear mount in, there is now a lot of vibration at idle that > causes everything in the passenger compartment to buzz. The whole drive > train feels like it's welded into the chassis, and the car feels very solid, > with zero drive train slop, which is good. I want to try the street-sport > insert in the passenger side rear mount, but I won't do business with the > only place I know to get the inserts. Anyone know of a source for > Vibratechnics stuff other than ND? > > --Holland > [email protected] > San Jose, California > > > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
