[s-cars] Exhaust banging - APR snub mount

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Jeff and all:
Pipe's coming off tomorrow in favor of the straight
pipe.  Maybe I'll take the heat shielding off, too, as
it may be hitting there, also. The noise isn't so much
a ticking as a loud vibration now and I'll keep you
guys posted.

-Joe
--- jeff posto <jpostup at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Resend;;
> Hey eh Joe, where you gonna run to now.
>
>
> Man, when we talked about this last week, Joe told
> me he hit a speed bump hard enough to crack the
> exhaust near the cat. Heard some ticking noises and
> such. I suppose if that's true, he bent that unruly
> pipe, no?
>
> Recall Frank wrote about the snub mount last year,
> and reminds us often. It provides a stiffer mount
> for the engine nose, to prevent excessive twist,
> under load. This should be required for all of us,
> whether Stromung or not.
>
> JP
>
>
>  Joseph Pizzimenti
> wrote:Bob-
> I've had some exhaust interference lately, too. Hit
> a
> bump and have had a loud vibration coming from the
> cat
> area ever since. I'm going to try putting the
> straight pipe on tomorrow (emissions tests be
> damned,
> I "know a guy") and see if that helps things. Tell
> me
> more about how this engine mount is gonna help guys
> like you and me with unruly PostoSport Exhausts?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
> --- Robert Pastore wrote:
> > OK, so I got tired of my stromung cat hitting my
> > trans under hard
> > acceleration, and now I have the APR snub mount in
> > hand.
> >
> > Any BTDT with installation? Is it press fit or
> not?
> > How long should the
> > install take?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s4audinut [mailto:s4audinut at aol.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 2:01 PM
> > To: s-car-list at yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [s-cars] Re: Exhaust banging
> >
> >
> > Jim,
> > Bad motor/tranny mounts are probably the root of
> > this problem. A
> > special front (snub) motor mount in urethane is
> > obtainable from APR
> > (they dont know it works for s4 but it does) is
> very
> > helpful in
> > controlling wear on all other mounts. I replaced
> all
> > mounts including
> > snub and the car is way tight and I get no probs.
> > even w/big power.
> > Have the mounts checked out, and if you can afford
> > replace all.
> > Rod
> >
> > --- In s-car-list at y..., jimk at s... wrote:
> > > My exhaust pipe (I think) is making a loud
> banging
> > noise under hard
> > > acceleration. While I would like to believe that
> > I have the
> > special 500hp
> > > version of the Lehman software and the massive
> > torque is twisting
> > the frame,
> > > alas, I'm sure it's most likely a loose
> something
> > or other. I
> > crawled under
> > > the car and everything is attached securely
> except
> > I noticed that
> > at one point
> > > the exhaust is attached with something that
> almost
> > looks like a
> > spring of some
> > > sort. At that point there is also a rubber
> > bushing. One side of
> > this is
> > > pretty crumbly and not really intact anymore.
> > Anyone else BTDT?
> > > Jim
> >
> >
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