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Subject:Re: potential hydraulic mounts for vanagon
From:Frank Grunthaner
Date:Mon, 24 Feb 2003 02:22:31 EST

In a message dated 2/23/03 9:44:05 PM, McNock@EASYSTREET.COM writes:

<< Clear me up.  I checked a couple of saab engine mounts, and they were
priced at over $100

I check the mounts for golf/jetta 2.0 litter manual circa , 1998, they where
only about $50 each,

It would make "simple" sense to a green guy like me that the hyrdo mounts for
a jetta 2.0 might well be tuned for the 2.0 liter in the ticco kit. They also
look as "mountable" as any. >>

As mountable ... do proceed! The issue is the diameter of the mount. The VW
Jetta/Golf version is (my opinion) too large to fit. I tried the VW, Audi
(5000T), Mercedes (190), Volvo (740), and the SAAB for fitment. I liked the
SAAB because it was smaller and closer to the size I needed, supported a 2.0
to 2.3L thumper and a hot turbo to boot. Now the Toyota Camry is a long,
slender, pricey unit I haven't tried. Be my guest.

As to costs, my partsbin scan shows $77 for the SAAB, $62 for the VW, $47 for
the Audi, $81 for the Merc, $62 for the Volvo and $132 for the Toyota, and
216 for the Honda. I'd say that all the Euro's are the same. BTW, I paid $57
each for the OEM units from a SAAB house.

You can also contact Lord's.

Frank Grunthaner