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Whats up tuners, once again i'm having a problem that's left me stumped. I was on my way to a restaurant and everything seemed normal. The car was running fine and not giving me any issues at all. Then seemingly out of nowhere, the car died. I tried starting it and it fired up but immediately...

Whats up guys, I've been having an ongoing boost creep issue with my 2 bolt style tial 33mm ewg. It has a 1 bar spring (thats what i ordered, haven't opened the wastegate to confirm) and the boost signal is sourced from my lower intercooler pipe. The turbo is a tdo6 20g with billet ett...

Hi everyone, I've been searching around and trying to find the answer to this for a while now. Does anyone know at what hp/tq level the stock main bolts fail? It seems like most people upgrade to arp studs when they do an engine build, but I have yet to hear when the oem bolt actually become a...

Hi everyone, so i am going through my 1g 7 bolt head and i have a question about the head stud hole diameter. I took this head off of a 6 bolt block that had been run for quite some time to put on my block (my stock head had bent valves)c, and ran it on my stock block for about 800 miles. Since...

Let me start off by saying that I'm putting this in the newbie forum because i'm sure similar topics have been covered before. And, well, im a newbie when it comes to building shortblocks. So I pulled the oil pan off of my 90' tsi awd the other day and discovered about 20 large pieces of...

Hi everyone, so while doing my last oil change I noticed what looked like the "glitter of death" in my oil. So I decided to investigate and removed my oil pan. This is what I found.Obviously bearing material so I started pulling the rod caps. Starting with #3:#2:#1:And #4:None of them...

Hey everybody, the title says it all. The tach on my 1990 tsi awd does not work, but when I have dsmlink open on my laptop it displays a normal tach signal. Is it safe to assume my issue is somewhere between the ecu and the tach itself?

So I was at a stop light earlier today, and when the light turned green my car would not go into first. It would go about halfway in then put up lots of resistance. After fumbling around for a few seconds, I put it in reverse, slightly let the clutch out, and it popped right back into first. My...

Hey everyone, I recently got my car back on the road and im having a hell of a time finishing my exhaust system. I have a punishment racing o2 housing, megan racing downpipe, and an srs catback. The mr downpipe seemed to bolt up ok with a bit of encouragement, but after driving the car I noticed...

Hello, first off I am posting this in the newbie section because I'm pretty sure there are already plenty of discussions on wiring in a wideband. However, I have researched for 3 days and have yet to find the answer I'm looking for. I am trying to wire in an aem eugo wideband on my 1990 tsi awd...

Hey guys, I am trying to fit my godspeed fmic and I have run into a number of problems regarding the piping and clearance for my external wg dump tube. The lower ic pipe is not a tight enough bend to go through the "d" hole (yes, I enlarged it) and meet up with my down firing 20g. The only way...

Hey everybody, I've been on this forum for about a year now and I think its time to lose my probationary status. So here I am LOL. I have a 1990 talon tsi awd that has been a big project of mine for the last 7 months or so. I bought it bone stock in pretty rough condition and have been doing my...

Hey everyone, I have a 1990 tsi awd that was 100% stock when I got it. It has 99k and has never seen more than stock boost. Long story short, im in the middle of a head gasket job and I was wondering if anyone has a sure fire way to test the health of rings with the head off. Sadly, I already...

Hey everybody, before I start off, my name is Jay and I am a high school student from Alaska. I work on my car into free time between school and work so please bare with me, I will try to give updates when I make progress. Also, if you see me doing something the hard way feel free to give...