Guess who joined the 2L club?

[jason at scirocco.org (Jason)]

At 06:28 PM 10/14/2003, Julie Macfarlane wrote:
>Ummm. I'll try that. It really smoothes out at about 3k rpm and up, but 
>between idle and 3k, I can feel it in the steering wheel, and its loud!
>I made an appt at monroe for them to re-support and weld the system as 
>well as a front end alignment.

Congratulations on your successful swap Julie!  Welcome to the 2L club!


>I must admit I am really amazed at the power band. Its a lot broader and 
>smoother than a 1.8L. But then the 1.8L motor had quite a few miles on it 
>by the looks of the dirt.

Remember that the 2.0 makes more torque off idle than the 1.8 does at its 
peak.  There is a huge difference in drivability... the 2L is just a much 
happier motor under "normal" driving conditions...

Congrats!
Jason






>Julie Macfarlane
>Menlo Park Research & Development
>Internet Application Developer
>www.menloparkrandd.com
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>Amsterdam NY
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>>From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
>>To: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: Re: Guess who joined the 2L club?
>>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:10:59 -0700 (PDT)
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>> > I added the poly inserts from Adirondac to the pass side and D side motor
>> > mounts. Man. I felt like I was on the INSIDE of a vibrator. Will addusting
>> > the timing help at all with this?
>>
>>No, but you should trying aligning the motor mounts before deciding that
>>it's "more vibrator than you can handle".
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>>The half-ass way to do this is just loosen the mounting bolts for all four
>>(only a little for the side mounts, though) and just grab ahold of the
>>intake manifold and shake the engine around as much as possible.. front
>>to back and side-to-side. It should sorta settle in one spot.. then
>>tighten the bolts back up. You should -not- have a jack supporting it
>>while you're doing this.
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>>With my car, this resulted in a notable decrease in vibration.. YMMV
>>
>>-Toby
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>>(You may wish to throw a jack under the oil pan while you're loosening the
>>motor mount bolts from below; just for safety's sake)
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