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I haven't been on much the past couple months but I wanted to provide a review on AWR's new transmission mount they have available for pre-order!
I believe I mentioned in a couple threads awhile back that I was talking to Tony and Ali abojt a passenger-side engine mount and a trans mount to go with their RMM. The trans mount was delivered mid-October and I've got about 1000 miles on it now.
This is the prototype, and installation required me to enlarge the side mount holes before I could pass a bolt through each side. I got it installed after getting my basemap tune from DrTuned and had time between the basemap flash and the trans mount so I could identify any changes.
First impressions:
My god the cabin noise and vibration was insane but not in a terrible or annoying way. I can hear everything the transmission is doing, and in 2nd and 3rd, low RPMs, it vibrates like you couldn't believe. There was zero slop/slip when shifting from a stop, all the way to 6th. Putting the pedal down has an immediate response whether it's only a tad or to the floor.
It's been about 800 miles now, and it has been well worth it. The vibrations have subsided a lot and it's not something I notice anymore. The one odd thing that surprised me was that having the AC on did not increase NVH at all like it can with a firm RMM. The only real negative impact that it has played into was my already-leaking transmission. It has accelerated the leak a bit, which may also have caused some of the additional cabin noise and vibration. I am having the transmission replaced as soon as I find a used one for a decent price/low-ish miles and will get to compare the mount with 2 transmissions which should clear up any speculation I have.
The passenger-side mount prototype is being shipped to have me test fit it and function so I'll have an update on that in the coming weeks as well!
I haven't been on much the past couple months but I wanted to provide a review on AWR's new transmission mount they have available for pre-order!
I believe I mentioned in a couple threads awhile back that I was talking to Tony and Ali abojt a passenger-side engine mount and a trans mount to go with their RMM. The trans mount was delivered mid-October and I've got about 1000 miles on it now.
This is the prototype, and installation required me to enlarge the side mount holes before I could pass a bolt through each side. I got it installed after getting my basemap tune from DrTuned and had time between the basemap flash and the trans mount so I could identify any changes.
First impressions:
My god the cabin noise and vibration was insane but not in a terrible or annoying way. I can hear everything the transmission is doing, and in 2nd and 3rd, low RPMs, it vibrates like you couldn't believe. There was zero slop/slip when shifting from a stop, all the way to 6th. Putting the pedal down has an immediate response whether it's only a tad or to the floor.
It's been about 800 miles now, and it has been well worth it. The vibrations have subsided a lot and it's not something I notice anymore. The one odd thing that surprised me was that having the AC on did not increase NVH at all like it can with a firm RMM. The only real negative impact that it has played into was my already-leaking transmission. It has accelerated the leak a bit, which may also have caused some of the additional cabin noise and vibration. I am having the transmission replaced as soon as I find a used one for a decent price/low-ish miles and will get to compare the mount with 2 transmissions which should clear up any speculation I have.
The passenger-side mount prototype is being shipped to have me test fit it and function so I'll have an update on that in the coming weeks as well!
