black97spyder
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- Oct 13, 2012
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independence,
Kansas
Okay so my dad just bought a '90 tsi awd 5 speed a week ago. Well I was driving the car with him in it, not boosting, and the turbo inducer nut backed off and tried to get sucked through the turbo... luckily it didnt get sucked through but it completely trashed the 16g that was on the car.
My 97 tsi awd is down for several months and getting a new turbo setup on it. He is wanting to buy an ebay 16g..... I told him that is definitely not the way to go and that instead of wasting his money on an ebay turbo, I offered to let him use my FP mani, FRESHLY rebuilt MHI 20g, oil feed line and j-pipe and told him to buy a VRSF FMIC with the money he was gonna use on an ebay turbo.... well he thinks it would be better to buy the ebay 16g and everything needed to run it, instead of buying an FMIC, "modifying the car" and using my great turbo setup. (And I will be doing 100% of the work)
He said he just wants the car to run... which a new turbo will cost the same as a FMIC pretty much, plus he would get to use my complete turbo setup. Which would save him lots of money for now (which he said he doesnt have much of)
so this comes to my advice question... is my advice the better advise for this situation or is his way the better way to "just get it running"??
Thanks for your opinion guys!
My 97 tsi awd is down for several months and getting a new turbo setup on it. He is wanting to buy an ebay 16g..... I told him that is definitely not the way to go and that instead of wasting his money on an ebay turbo, I offered to let him use my FP mani, FRESHLY rebuilt MHI 20g, oil feed line and j-pipe and told him to buy a VRSF FMIC with the money he was gonna use on an ebay turbo.... well he thinks it would be better to buy the ebay 16g and everything needed to run it, instead of buying an FMIC, "modifying the car" and using my great turbo setup. (And I will be doing 100% of the work)
He said he just wants the car to run... which a new turbo will cost the same as a FMIC pretty much, plus he would get to use my complete turbo setup. Which would save him lots of money for now (which he said he doesnt have much of)
so this comes to my advice question... is my advice the better advise for this situation or is his way the better way to "just get it running"??
Thanks for your opinion guys!