Ben vs Mk3. Round 2.

[dylan8]

Yeah im not sure how theyll be, but I figure theyll be much better then coilovers wound right down which is how id have them. the bags should be very practical (:

In other news, the bags are now on there way over finally

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When i rode in Doms passat I was amazed at the 'sporty' feel even at lower psi. could feel it was firm from the shocks, but then soft at the same time... dunno how it would go on the track but id imagine if you had all 4 corners on individual valves (not sharing both front struts on the same line) it would be ok.

What bags you end up getting???

[Ben J]

Yeah I've read they handle pretty good as long as its a 4 way not front and back, which make body roll even worse. And realistically I doubt I'll really get on the track much anyway, going to be moving to brisbane and starting uni full time next year so not going to have the money

I'll reveal further details when they get here, nothing overly special though. Still, should let me lay out after a couple notches etc

Got to leave work half an hour early at 4:30 yesterday so thought I'd give the car a little service while there was light, so new oil, oil filter and spark plugs. Is running very nicely now

Today, with all the christmas shopping done and the girlfriend working all day, I wandered into the garage and the BFI stage one mounts from my old vr6 caught my eye. A tip for all of you with 1.8s (and probably 2.0s too)... Stage one mounts are an AWFUL idea. Not only did it take me most of the day and made me incredibly frustrated (where as they were a 30 minute straight forward job on the vr6...) due to the transmission mount not wanting to come out until I dropped the subframe, which then ofcourse did not want to line back up and then stripped the bolts for it, but the car now vibrates like nothing else. Its insane. In the vr6 I noticed very little added vibrations, but in the little 1.8 the whole car viloently shakes at idle, and continues to rattle badly right up to about 4k rpm. Granted gear shifts are much nicer now, but at an extreme cost. Ohwell. Actually makes me giggle a bit its that bad, you can hear the engine through the entire car now, its almost louder in the car then my vr6 with its noisy exhaust was, and this has a standard exhaust!

A random photo to keep random people happy

[dark]

Ha, was just thinking about doing this to my vr6, half an hour you say? Was wondering about vibrations too.

[Tim]

Even the stealth mounts vibrate a fair bit on the 1.8s! Stage 1s would be pretty bonkers
Luckily the VR6 is much smoother.

[Ben J]

Maybe half an hour is an exaggeration, but from memory it wasnt a hard job on the vr6, and the vibrations with the stage one werent as bad as I was expecting. Just undo the front mount, jack up engine, swap, bolt it down, repeat for the back ones. On the cl the transmission mount just wouldnt fit becuase the exhaust would catch before I could get enough clearance to get it out. Tried to undo the downpipe from the exhaust manifold with no luck, rounded one of the bolts and gave up on that idea

The almost unbearable ride I might just live with for now as I cant be bothered changing them again, just more motivastyion to get the vr6 swapped in I guess!

[Ben J]

A bit of a teaser

[vdubin]

Same as mine ? They look it.
YOU will love the ride its sooo smoooth !

[Pmk]

Teasing is such a bad thing to do !!!

Let me know how your VR6 THing goes, and i'd be glad to see if i'd do it in the future. Would you say it's a hard operation ?

[dark]

Nice! Do work!!

[gldgti]

Maybe half an hour is an exaggeration, but from memory it wasnt a hard job on the vr6, and the vibrations with the stage one werent as bad as I was expecting. Just undo the front mount, jack up engine, swap, bolt it down, repeat for the back ones. On the cl the transmission mount just wouldnt fit becuase the exhaust would catch before I could get enough clearance to get it out. Tried to undo the downpipe from the exhaust manifold with no luck, rounded one of the bolts and gave up on that idea

dude - all you need to do is ubolt the mount bracket from the diff housing, no need to move the whole engine or subframe! atleast you know now for changing it back.