http://www.greedspeed.com/applicatio...eed_Snub_Mount

^ right there

 

HA! Don't think I didn't see your post about this. I really do want to wait and see how it goes but even if you do it today it will still take a bit for you to see the results.

By the way and slightly off topic, I dumped a 16oz can of seafoam in with a full tank of gas and 1/2 a can with oil yesterday. It may be placebo but I could swear I notice a change for the better. I'm going to do the intake manifold portion in the next few days and get the oil changed Monday w/the 60k service. The BKR7E plugs will replaced with the same later that day and was hoping for the transmission fluid within a few weeks after... but yea, I'll try to wait wood_e!


Do you have a B6 manual? Just curious. I see so many people weighing in on various topics here but it's growing to be a pain to find out what they drive to see if it applies to you since there are no minimum requirements for signatures (can you tell I work with standards for a living?).

 

cheers bro.

 

can someone explain what exactly an upgraded snub mount does and whether they will make a difference on a 12v engine with an auto tranny?

 

Your engine is mounted in your bay and certain pieces of shock-absorbing materials are used at those points to reduce vibration. When you shift into each gear, there is an initial shock when the clutch connects the engine and transmission. The front of the engine tends to be forced downward, where the snub mount is meant to absorb that shock so you don't feel it throughout the car. Manual transmission peeps can feel it with their hand on the shifter but shifting talents can make driveline shock better or wrose. Swapping out the stock snub mount for an aftermarket is meant to further reduce the vibration by using a stiffer material. Depending upon how you well of an install you do and it's fit, you may have vibration at idle where there wasn't one before. That's why people have to shave down some of the larger aftermarket snubs. If they touch the "slot" at idle the vibration carries it's way throughout so the goal is to have a bit of clearance on all sides.

At least that's what I got out of reading about them. Anyway, to answer your automatic transmission questions, in my reading I'd say the verdict is split. Most agree it's great for a manual.

 

your front engine mount isnt a typical vertical'mount' - itrides horizontallyin a basket and isnt 'fixed' to its mate(check out 034 motorsports snub mounts to see a visual.) the oem one is madelike anerf football, the upgrades are made like hockey pucks.

chances are your oem one is rotting away - even if you dont perceive a difference in performance, they need changed.

 

Swapping the mount is actually meant to reduce driveline shock - felt when the motor lurches upward when you hit the accelerator. If you have it you know it - and it means the stock mount is no longer up to the task and needs replacing. It's not just for manuals - auto have the problem just as bad.

The stock mount is made of urethane, while the aftermarkets are polyurethane - much harder and longer lasting.

I have bad vibration from the PureMSsnubmount. I will be switching it out this spring for the Greedspeed mount. I have used the greedspeed mount on my previous A4 and it was gravy.

 

I've ordered the ECS snub mounts and am going to try them out and see how they do. If i don't like them i'm just gonna fork over the money to go with the stock RS4 mounts, I've heard they are good and doesn't make your car really rough.

 

anyone know the best place to by rs4 mounts besides a dealer, so its cheaper obviously....

 

APR's snub mount is a nice quality piece.