Date:         Sun, 23 Feb 2003 23:48:43 -0800
Reply-To:     Nock <McNock@EASYSTREET.COM>
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From:         Nock <McNock@EASYSTREET.COM>
Subject:      Re: potential hydraulic mounts for vanagon
Comments: To: FrankGRUN@aol.com
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can you tell my the year engine of the saab you are looking at?

I was looking at the setup, and it seems both height and diameter are
important.

I would need to measure all of them, and following that you allready have, I
would be easiest to pick up on your work to date.

----- Original Message -----
From: <FrankGRUN@aol.com>
To: <McNock@easystreet.com>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: potential hydraulic mounts for vanagon


>
> 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
>