In a message dated 4/24/02 12:29:50 PM, poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU writes:

<< Has any tiico freak out there put a harmonic balancing pulley on their
tiicos (say, a pulley off of a jetta/golf/wabbit/rocco/fox.etc). Would it
help to chill out those burley vibes we get at 3.4K rpm?
 >>

Wow, burly vibrations right in the sweet spot of the torque curve.  What a
pain-in-the-ass.  Why not ask Peter?  I would think one of his crack
engineers at VWSA already has resolved the problem.

<<do the vanagons that have native inline 4's (as opposed to a conversion.
Not diesel) have this problem? What is different- engine mounts, exhaust??>>

They may very well have a hydraulic snubber between the engine and the
firewall in order to reign in the inherent rock n' roll of the longitudinal
I-4.  This damper may also tune out the vibration.

Rich