Glad to see people still at it with these cars!I sold my 98 tsi awd after 10 years in 2013, got an Evo 8 and sold that last year...itching to get another dsm to play with :)
Welcome to Florida...where in PA did you move from?We are now up to 208 members on the Miami DSM Facebook page and we even have classifieds page.https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/154147724607104/?bookmark_t=grouphttps://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/270908473035096/?bookmark_t=group
Most people use their cars as daily drivers/street cars so I doubt you will see alot of dsms on the track..plus it costs $ and most of us are young and poor :)194 members now :)
THIS SUNDAY AUGUST 26, alot of us are going to the street racing made legal event, so if ## free come thru, its all day and there will be ALOT of cars judging by the last event.Check the miami dsm facebook page and WELCOME TO COUNTYLINE DRAGWAY, INC. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL - an IHRA affiliate...
Who cares if its 10 years old...Fast forward 4 years later and I have had good luck with the following lights...DDM tuning regular sized ballasts kits...http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/Apexcone-Raptor-HID-Kit
I would lower the boost down to like 18.Once you have the boost down, if you still have knock, look at your air fuel (assuming you have a wideband); on pump gas you want to be in the 10.8-11.4 range.First try richening it up to about 10.5 max. If you are still knocking, then most likely...
Very nice work man, I will have to hit you up and swing by to check it out in person one day...you had pmed about this and we met at the tropical park meet last year.
It depends but I can tell you that I have been running FIC Blue Max 1550cc since 2009 on an almost daily driver without any issues (no aftermarket driver box).Some people can't get their cars to run right without spending money on one.Buy them, try them, and see how the car runs.
Just to update, I pulled the head on feb 15, the HG was done for, had the head ported and stuff and put it back together on feb 26. So far, I have driven it 3 times and all seems well. The boost is set at 18 for now, I wanna play with the tune at that level and then eventually raise it and see...