Today's Best Mounts

[SmoothCat565]

Are people still doing BFI engine/dogbone/trans mounts over other brands? Still the better option over 034, ECS, and others? My mounts are absolutely gone, feels like im driving a water bed, need to fix.

 

[Diggs24]

yep

 

[SmoothCat565]

Should I bother doing the trans mount? Looks way harder to get to and also, I think most of my movement is coming from the engine and dogbone mounts.

 

[Diggs24]

yep

 

[SmoothCat565]

Agreed. Trans mount is not as bad as I initially thought, just need to remove the intake, battery, tray, and ECM.

 

[scrllock]

getting a socket underneath the harness over the trans mount sucks. the rest is easy-peasy. you don't need to remove the ECU.
BFI is the only engine/trans mount worth looking at. everything else is garbage. people have lots of opinions about the dogbone mount, I'd just say avoid anything with a spherical bearing (034, apr, ecs).

 

[tigeo]

The trans one will be loooooose...

https://youtube.com/shorts/kCCqRj7idR8?si=CkAKX7BMfvCtKJD0

 

[SmoothCat565]

Any tips for

getting a socket underneath the harness over the trans mount sucks. the rest is easy-peasy. you don't need to remove the ECU.
BFI is the only engine/trans mount worth looking at. everything else is garbage. people have lots of opinions about the dogbone mount, I'd just say avoid anything with a spherical bearing (034, apr, ecs).

Any tips for the bolts under the harness?

 

[GTI Jake]

I’ve had BFI on my car for 133,000 miles and counting.

Worth every penny.

Install guide

 

[SmoothCat565]

I’m confused about the dogbone. BFI has a dogbone insert, but what about the actual mount that connects to the transmission? There’s an ECS brand dogbone mount and insert bundle that’s on sale but BFI only sells an insert?

 

[GTI Jake]

BFI only makes a insert for two reasons.

I’m confused about the dogbone. BFI has a dogbone insert, but what about the actual mount that connects to the transmission? There’s an ECS brand dogbone mount and insert bundle that’s on sale but BFI only sells an insert?

1. That’s all you need (dog bone wise) from a performance standpoint.

2. The OEM “dog bone” is the engineered flex/failure point to prevent the transmission case from breaking if excessive wheel hop does occur.

 

[SmoothCat565]

BFI only makes a insert for two reasons.




1. That’s all you need (dog bone wise) from a performance standpoint.

2. The OEM “dog bone” is the engineered flex/failure point to prevent the transmission case from breaking if excessive wheel hop does occur.

To summarize, I should just keep the OEM dogbone and install the BFI insert and it’s all set - No need to upgrade the dogbone itself. If that’s wrong please let me know. I’m worried that my dogbone itself is worn out though, should I not be?

 

[2LEEGIT]

Torque solution engine mount plus inserts in factory trans mount, 3k miles and 8 track days with no issues.

 

[GTI Jake]

To summarize, I should just keep the OEM dogbone and install the BFI insert and it’s all set - No need to upgrade the dogbone itself. If that’s wrong please let me know. I’m worried that my dogbone itself is worn out though, should I not be?

Correct. Absolutely no reason to do anything else to the dog bone other than a BFI insert.

 

[jay745]

Yes, bfi is the way