By looking at the second video with the insert the engine seems more controled and doesnt rock as much. No insert: Please go to 41 seconds into the video (Video created by Agent92 In no way am I the maker of this video)īy looking at the rocking motions of both videos, one might be able to see that in the first video with no insert the engine seems to rock in more of an uncontroled way, should I say.
Thank you for taking your time and reading this review and here are two videos to compare the amount of play of the engine with no insert to having an insert.
Black forest industries mount install manual#
This product works with any DSG or Manual transmissions. So all in all this was a great little purchase and I would recommend this product to any driving enthusiasts who would want a bit more out of their car. The only drawback of this mount is that when at idle you can feel the natural vibration of the 2.5L engine a bit more, but not a lot where the passenger could feel it, and when going in reverse it tends to vibrate more, but hey who needs reverse. The mount was still doing its job, shifting became a lot smoother, almost no wheel hop unless its wet, and I can definitely feel more power hitting the pavement. With this stiffness it will definitely cause the engine to rock less and shift smoother due to less play in the engine.Īfter driving for about a month in a half with this mount in, I recently checked the bolt to make sure it was all tight and it was. The reason why I chose to go with the Black Forest Industries Insert was due to the fact that after careful research with all the other brands, I noticed that BFI used the strongest grade of polyurethane, 90A. So now you may ask, "Ok ok Ive read enough, so how is it on the road, or does it withstand the pressures of driving after awhile on the road?" And my answer is that this was possibly a good $40 investment that went into the car. This insert was designed to specifically fit in the hollow voids to create one solid mount to prevent less rocking. That is why this polyurethane insert comes into play. You can also feel your engine rock without the insert when you are simply sitting in a stand still spot and revving. I dont know why Volkswagen decided to do this, but basically with these hollow spots being present, it causes the rubber to get "squishy" should I say and causes the engine to rock under hard acceleration or shifting. When looking at the bottom of the stock dogbone mount you notice a few hollow spots in the rubber. Thus I was hoping that this insert would help my shifting issues. No matter how slow or how fast I was driving, when I would shift the car would always lurch and you would feel a slight lag in your shifts due to the engine rocking. Shifting as quick as I can while trying to prevent the car from lurching, aka "achieving the smooth shift." I noticed that it was fairly hard to do so. To put this mount to the test I first drove really hard in my car before the install.
Black forest industries mount install install#
The steps were to support the bottom of the engine with a jack using a piece of wood to balance out the engine on the jack and to not damage the oil pan, take out the bolt in the rear of the dogbone mount, install the insert into the dogbone mount by using some effort, then install the bolt back. The install was fairly simple and only took about 20 minutes. The install of this mount went into a 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit 2.5L. With this review it will hopefully set your mind in the right path for if you want to spend $40 on this piece of rubber that may change the way your car drives.Īfter installing Black Forest Industries Dogbone Mount insert I decided to put it to the test. As you all may know people have been asking for a good bit if the polyurethane dogbone mount inserts are truely a good purchase for your car.
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