Here we go right before digging in on Project DC2.
The first step was to remove the air box and the air intake hose leading to the air box.
This gives us easy access to the front mount. Next, we simply unbolted the stock front mount.
You can see the big voids in the soft rubber that allow tons of movement in the stock mount. The rubber in the mount was old and cracked and the voids were larger than we thought they would be. No wonder why these cars often get wheel hop. There was a mass damper weight on the front of the mount as well. Would our replacement Hasport mount without the weight and with no voids make a rough and vibrating machine that would be annoying in daily driving? We will see!
With a little tapping from a soft dead blow mallet, the new mount dropped right into place and we bolted it down. We then reinstalled the intake system.
The mount on the front of the engine was easy to get to and we unbolted it in a few minutes.
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I had the 70 on my 98 DC2. Can 8points really make that much of a difference in NVH? I really hated the NVH at idle. With my DB8, I am eyeing the Hardrace hardened rubber kits.
These seemed to be really close to the clapped out stock parts for vibration and really controlled engine movement.
These seemed to be really close to the clapped out stock parts for vibration and really controlled engine movement.
Weird Trick: I usually make my own using roller skate wheels. You can get the in all kinds of hardness ranging from about 60A to 108A Shore strength. I usually cut them down and press them in. 60 is about stock. in most cases. 108 is about the hardness of aluminum. I usually settle on 82A. But I’m not the person to talk to about NVH, as I don’t care that much about it. But its usually the point you can safely go to without rattling…
I’ve used hockey pucks to make mounts for the Jetta/Golf Mk3 platform. Works great.
What about the other two mounts? Did you change those two? I am seeing kits that come with 3 pieces, some with 5. I guess the other two are the left lower and the transmission mount. Is it weird to use polyurethane on some and rubber on others?