Interesting. Very interesting.

Being such a newb to all this, I'm not sure what to do, as you, also,
have made a good point.

Is "steering feedback" the same as, or part of, the torque steering
that the older mid '70's Hondas were famous for? i.e. accelerate and
get pulled slightly left (or right?) Regardless.....

The good news is that I can change the way they're mounted quite
easily after this conversion is done.

On 3/25/08, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> Neil, the way you oriented your mounts was in fact correct as far as the
> Fox orientation was done. The Fox subframe has contoured mounting
> platforms for those rubber mounts that only allow them to be oriented
> the way you did them.
>
> I still think you should turn them 90 degrees now though because the way
> the FOX had them was I think a reflection of the fact that it had a
> front wheel drive, to reduce steering feedback.
>
> Mark
>
> neil N wrote:
> > This is for a Jetta 2.0 engine with Fox mounts and brackets in my Vanagon.
> >
> > So, ok.
> >
> > In ETKA I'm viewing:
> >
> > '89 Fox "MG": 1 "SG": 99 "Illustration Stock": 199-00. The Fox
> > mounts look like they're mounted at 90 degree's to engine crank.
> >
> > ?
> >
> > I'm looking at a small image of this.
> >
> > IF I'm seeing it correctly, then the mount appears to be designed to
> > handle fore/aft movement when power applied to wheels. Not side to
> > side movement.
> >
> > Not taking issue with anyones helpful opinions, just curious and want
> > to set it up as close to "stock" as possible.
> >
> > If this isn't too misguided on my part! --- :^)
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> >
>
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