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Blog Title: $800 dsm
My build/resurrection of a 1990 Tsi AWD

DSM Project Car/Build Updates
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It Lives!

Posted 09-17-2011 at 12:59 AM by EZSpeed ($800 dsm)

So I patched up the leaky gas tank and now it doesn't leak anymore


Patched but still wet around the leak


Then I worked on fixing the routing of the boost gauge hose and wires. Before, it ran through the gap between...
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We're Getting There

Posted 09-10-2011 at 06:57 PM by EZSpeed ($800 dsm)

Well I touched up the valve cover and intake manifold and put it back together.




The JB Weld didn't hold up at all, like you guys predicted, so I cleaned up the cut around where the...
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Panda Painting

Posted 09-06-2011 at 11:09 PM by EZSpeed ($800 dsm)

After a few days of work, I've got a couple things done that I'm happy with. I wanted to take some things out of the engine bay to clean them up and paint them. First up was the throttle body, which I showed off in my last post. Here's a lousy shot of it painted.



Flat black,...
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Getting Clean

Posted 09-04-2011 at 08:06 PM by EZSpeed ($800 dsm)

I've been working on the car for a couple days but haven't really made much noticeable progress, which is fine with me because I'm not really in a hurry. I'm more concerned with doing things right with this car, something which must have never crossed the previous owner's mind. There's not a whole lot wrong with the car, so it's just gonna be minor details that will probably take some time. I've...
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Talon Resurrection

Posted 08-30-2011 at 02:01 AM by EZSpeed ($800 dsm)
Updated 09-04-2011 at 07:44 PM by EZSpeed (changing title)

I'm new to DSMs, I come from the LS1 part of the car world but have been more interested in cars in general lately. I was going away to school, but recently decided that I didn't want to be a high school teacher anymore because my interest in cars has progressed beyond obsession. I'm now going to community college to get an associate's degree in automotive technology. My parents were really cool...
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