At 175,000, I spun a rod bearing so I decided to rebuild: 7 bolt, balance shaft elimination, eagle rods, Aries 20 over positions, clevite over sized main and rod bearings etc. I had a local machine shop machine my crank, balance and assemble the shortblock, just to be safe. I assembled the rest...

Just recently built my motor after a rod bearing failure. The bottom end was professionally machined, balanced, and assembled. I have almost 700 miles on it and noticed right from the start that when I pushed the clutch (act 2600 with a street disc on an act flywheel) in, my rpms drop a lot. I...

To make a long story short, I just broke in my built motor and am now looking to start tuning. Doing some logs, I noticed that my aem analog wideband (in the ecmlink log) sits at 15.8 until I get on it. When the wideband responds in link, it reads almost 2 afrs leaner than what the gauge is...

Here is my 10th log. Let me know what you think and I would appreciate some advice.Issues. Knock, (obviously). My wb gauge is reading about 1 afr more rich than its logging. For some reason and the car is cruising rich (about 12:1).Also, I have check the lock rear o2 voltage box as...

Im stuck in open loop. Coolant tps maf etc seem to be working properly. Front o2 was replaced about a year ago.

I noticed a few months ago a very slow leak coming off of my tcase. Pulling out of the parking lot today I noticed a metallic clatter almost like I ran over a few pop cans or something but I could feel it resonate through the car. I pulled over and there was fluid leaking from in between the...

Here goes my first blog:I bought this 95' talon last year and it has the worst paint on it so I decided to fix this problem and well as many of the other problems caused by the previous owners.I'll be brief. It had some holes in the hatch where a high rise wing was wood screwed in (yes, wood...

How can you tell if a rear axle is lsd, 5 speed or the left from the right? I'm trying to buy one but the guy doesnt know if its lsd or which side.Thanks

When I installed my skate bearing shifter bushings, I ever so slightly bent my forward/back shift cable. On my new tranny, 1-2 feels clunky. Could this be the culprit? I have no clutch issues.

OK. I've pulled the tranny in these before and I've read about the best ways etc. but for those of you who have had to pull these many times, what is the quickest way to pull this thing and what are the sequence of steps?Thanks

I pulled the end cover on the tranny to investigate a whirring noise. I found that I have a good amount of play in the intermediate shaft....The reverse synchro ring fell out. How does this go back in?ANSWER: Put the car in reverse and it is quite obvious how the ring site in there.

I had the tranny checked out by Jon at TRE and I was swindled. My tranny is not a tre. I will however have a positive writeup on here shortly about their oustanding services.I bought a awd TRE stage 2 off of a guy on here on the classifieds about 5 months ago. It was purchased for a build but...

Well, thanks to some help on here I finally got evoscan working on my 95. I was advised to download v2.5 and that worked for me.So I'm connected and I'm getting readings and about 8 samples/sec with my vag-com cable.... I don't know a ton about logging, especially with evoscan. So what should...

RESOLVED: Downloaded v2.5I have a 95 Talon with an Eprom ecu. I bought a vagcom usb/obd2 chord because I read that it is what I need. I cant get connected in evoscan. It says no response from the vehicles ecu. I tried it in all the settings but to no avail. I also downloaded the drivers by...

I've done some searching but couldn't find anything specific...I'll be installing the 16g soon and figured that I could feed the oil from the ofh and use a restrictor if needed.Whats a good size restrictor to use (stock motor)?Where is the best place to get them?Dan

Mine is looking rough and autozone doesnt carry it.

The head is at the machine shop and the mating surface of my block looks like s**t.What is the best way to clean and remove gasket remainance from the block as well as carbon from the piston tops? There is a fair amount of gasket material still stuck to the block. Should I plug the...

Couple questions:I'm doing a head gasket on a 95 tsi. I pulled the timing covers off to remove the timing belt and low and behold I have been driving my car ever since I bought it (4 months) with no balance shaft belt. It runs fine. Sure there is a little vibration at idle and around 3500...

Any good ones? The local store seems to be a bit pricey.

I've read they are being sold but where to buy them?

After I finished the bov flange leak. I noticed the tb elbow was leaking at the tb. After pulling it off and inspecting the surfaces, I noticed the elbow surface was not flat. I then put some 120 paper on a flat board ans flattened out the plate that bolts to the tb. I also made my own rubber...

Broke one of the bolts in my lower control arm that goes up into the frame. I also broke a huge extractor into the bolt I broke:cry:. Drilling into the extractor is impossible.Now what?

I'll get to the point:Ball joints are HORRIBLE. I located the recall via internet and called the dealer. The dealer said that the recalls were done in '01 BUT they last the lifetime of the vehicle so they would do them again. When the lady was searching for the availability of my ball...

Basically, I got the VR Speed fmic kit and the bov flange is a little sloppy. It leaks boost from the little breather hole on the bottom of the 1g bov out through the elongated bolt holes. I believe I fixed my problem temporarily by making a aluminum adapter to go in between the flange and the...

Im pretty sure the cause of my recently stripped stud is because the waster behind the lug got stuck in the wheel while trying to loosen it. What are some better lugs that would prevent this from happening again? Anything I could find at the local auto store?

95 Talon tsi. I put a Vr Speed Factory fmic on about a week ago. The UICP was flanged for a 1g or greddy bov. I put on a 1g that I bought in foresight when planning the fmic install. After the fmic install, I noticed a LACK of power and a new whistling coming from the motor under 10-14 psi. Not...

Anyone familiar with team rip? WELCOME TO TRE   WE SPECIALIZE IN MANUAL TRANSMISSION REPAIR I'm looking into a rebuild and from reading the site they look really good. Also, they are only about 1.5 hours west of me here in Michigan.

I bought a 95 Tsi chassis about a month ago. When I was checking out the car I first noticed the GSX wing on the back. Sweet right? I went around to the back of the car to lift up on the wing to open the hatch and I pulled the wing right off of the hatch (and yes I popped it first!). The wing...

I bought a 2g fmic in the VR Speed Factory group buy and I was wondering what U pip I would need off of my T25 so that everything lines up?

I'm pulling motor out of wrecked 95 GST and putting it in a 95 talon awd. Im pulling the GST motor with the trans cause its a piece of cake to pull the axles. I wanted to pull the Talon (awd) motor without pulling the trans but there doesnt look like theres enough room... What should I do? Any...

My life is a mess!I am new to the DSM world for starters. I bought a 95 gst about a month ago and the week after I bought it I got hit by a Fedex truck going 50 :cry:. He hit me in the pass. door so the motor is still perfect. My insurance did not cover the damages and in Mi it is no fault...