2SLOW2G
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- Apr 23, 2005
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Memphis,
Tennessee
Be prepared, this is a looong thread:
So, I was driving along one night in my 95 Talon tsi Awd at around 110mph for about 2 minutes straight and all of a sudden I hear a strange noise coming from my turbo. It's hard to explain the sound but it kinda sounded to me like the turbo "spooling" down but ten times louder than usual ( t-25, I'm wanting to get a Garrett GT35-R so if I ruined it, no big deal.) so I pull over, pop the hood and the turbo, manifold and down-pipe are glowing red. That was the fist time I've seen one look like that in person so I let the car cool down for a while and then proceed to go home. Car runs and drives like normal. The next morning, however, I back out of the driveway, put it in first and "waahhhhh" the clutch is slipping horribly. Out comes the tranny and my ACT 2600 with the street disc, in goes a new 8# Fidanza flywheel, Competition Clutch 2,500# pressure plate, ClutchNet 6-puck ceramic sprung-hub disc with a new plastic-sleeved throw-out bearing. I had a local manual transmission re-builder tear my tranny down and inspect it because I had a slight feeling that something was wrong with it. He said it was a little worn ( 2nd bearing and synchro's) but that it should be okay. Fast foward to today when I finally get everything put back together ( with a .5mm washer behind the pivot ball as I've heard they require), put it in first "waahhhhh" same kind of "slippage." The clutch engaged directly off the floor, like if the engine was running and in neutral and slammed it into first, the car would rock forwards a little. I adjusted it to the best of my ability, DSM's and their clutch-adjustment issues are new to me, to where it engages about halfway in the pedal travel and no luck, something's still slipping. I'm gonna fiddle with the adjustment some more to try to get it perfect, or damn near it, but I'm fairly certain that I won't fix the "slipping." I'm now thinking that it's got to be the viscous coupler or center differential. I'm sure that someone has seen this before and would like to know what could be the cause and how much more money is this damn car going to cost me?
WTF
Oh, and if there's anyone in Memphis TN that absolutely, positively knows how to adjust the clutch to work at it's best and last the longest, PM me please and I'll pay to have it done. I'm tired of f'in with it and almost tired of looking at this damn car!
So, I was driving along one night in my 95 Talon tsi Awd at around 110mph for about 2 minutes straight and all of a sudden I hear a strange noise coming from my turbo. It's hard to explain the sound but it kinda sounded to me like the turbo "spooling" down but ten times louder than usual ( t-25, I'm wanting to get a Garrett GT35-R so if I ruined it, no big deal.) so I pull over, pop the hood and the turbo, manifold and down-pipe are glowing red. That was the fist time I've seen one look like that in person so I let the car cool down for a while and then proceed to go home. Car runs and drives like normal. The next morning, however, I back out of the driveway, put it in first and "waahhhhh" the clutch is slipping horribly. Out comes the tranny and my ACT 2600 with the street disc, in goes a new 8# Fidanza flywheel, Competition Clutch 2,500# pressure plate, ClutchNet 6-puck ceramic sprung-hub disc with a new plastic-sleeved throw-out bearing. I had a local manual transmission re-builder tear my tranny down and inspect it because I had a slight feeling that something was wrong with it. He said it was a little worn ( 2nd bearing and synchro's) but that it should be okay. Fast foward to today when I finally get everything put back together ( with a .5mm washer behind the pivot ball as I've heard they require), put it in first "waahhhhh" same kind of "slippage." The clutch engaged directly off the floor, like if the engine was running and in neutral and slammed it into first, the car would rock forwards a little. I adjusted it to the best of my ability, DSM's and their clutch-adjustment issues are new to me, to where it engages about halfway in the pedal travel and no luck, something's still slipping. I'm gonna fiddle with the adjustment some more to try to get it perfect, or damn near it, but I'm fairly certain that I won't fix the "slipping." I'm now thinking that it's got to be the viscous coupler or center differential. I'm sure that someone has seen this before and would like to know what could be the cause and how much more money is this damn car going to cost me?
WTF
Oh, and if there's anyone in Memphis TN that absolutely, positively knows how to adjust the clutch to work at it's best and last the longest, PM me please and I'll pay to have it done. I'm tired of f'in with it and almost tired of looking at this damn car!
