Solid rubber bonded motor mounts

[Anton <anton_gaidos@mentorg.com>]

All,
 I have put about 160 miles on my ur-quattro after completing the majority of the work on my project. One of the things I did was replace the tranny and motor mounts. I used the solid bonded rubber mounts. With all four new mounts in the car and before I ever drove it I noticed these mounts let the motor wiggle around a lot.
 Now that I've been driving it I can really feel it in the shift lever. If I get on some choppy pavement there is noticable movement. I suspect these mounts are satisfactory for the cruiser car because they isolate the motor vibration but when I replace them again I'll get the more expensive oil filled mounts for the motor.
 The good side to this is the motor no longer sits on the subframe!
Anton

Anton J. Gaidos, III
Mentor Graphics, Silicon Valley Headquarters
San Jose, Ca.