Re: Passenger side mount info.

[Gary Huff <scirocco86@home.com>]

Aha young jedi! But you hath not lined up the bolt holes and looked!
they are different, the hole is just a little bit lower on the 533 mount
which makes the 16v motor nice and level :)



Ben Rogowski wrote:
> 
> Actually Gary, the two I have are both offset.  They look exactly the same,
> but the thumbnail durometer test seems to indicate that the 533 mount is
> harder.  This may be only because the 171 mount is brand new, and the 533
> mount is probably 12 years old though.
> 
> Ben R
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> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > YES! Bad. *VERY* bad..... the 16v motor with the 533 mount is offset.
> > The center hub where the bolt goes through is offset as compared to your
> > average 8v A1 mount...... The previous owner of my scirocco put a
> > regular 8v mount in, and when I took it out a few days ago it was
> > completely flat......  the motor sat 1" lower on the passenger side,
> > destroyed my down pipe and caused all sorts of other catastrophies. Get
> > the right 16v mount and have that pressed in. It's about 35$ I
> > believe........
> >
> >
> > Ben Rogowski wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Scott.  I've got the heavy duty front and rear already.  I don't
> want
> > > to have to do this again since the motor is already out, so I want the
> > > stiffest mount I can get.  So does anyone know if the 533p.n. mount is
> > > different form the 171p.n. mount?

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