I was driving my car yesterday and it started throwing a CEL...I thought maybe my CAS plug came loose a little but that's not the CEL. issue I need to hook up my laptop and check the CEL, but late last night I noticed my dash lights and headlights get really bright and I looked down at my turbo...

ok guys so i was driving my car the other night and I had my laptop hooked up and capturing a log with my link. I went back and looked at the log and noticed my internal temp was reading 97 degrees, and my factory gauge is right where its supposed to be and my aftermarket gauge was reading like...

OK guys I'm going to delete my ABS I bought the STM ABS delete kit I noticed that the two short lines have right angles on them am I supposed to use the lines with the right angles on them on the proportioning valve itself Or do I use the right angles on the master cylinder???? Help would be...

Ok. Guys so my clutch is toast and I haven't had to buy a clutch in about 7 years...I'm just curious what everyone is using for their clutches these days I always used ACT's but I was thinking of going a diff route this time my HP goal are gonna be atleast 500 so I want something that's gonna...

Well guys I have been having some issues with my clutch/trans and it just decided to take a crap....I was about to pull up a hill and it popped out of gear and would not go back into any gear even when the car is at a dead stop and it's in gear the car just rolls like it's not in gear at all...

so I'm gonna be installing the recirculated model of the forge Motorsport BOV as soon as I took it out of he box the spring setup hats in it from the factory just seems like it is way to light considering I can push it all the way in with my fingers I kind of want to have he correct spring setup...

Ok guys so I have been having some issues with my clutch I have an ACT 2600 with a 6 puck unsprung plate and an ACT street lite flywheel....a few months ago out of no where my clutch got soft all of a sudden I replaced my Slave and master and bled it properly...and my clutch has been soft for a...

ok guys so I have a fuel lab AFPR with the fuel lab gauge and the gauge itself is all sloppy and flops around on my regulator....I am in the market to buy a new gauge for my regulator and I was curios as to what gauge I should go with like should I go with a fluid filled gauge or a dry gauge and...

not sure if this is the place for this thread, but I will be ready to get my car tuned very shortly, and i will be in need of a place to get my car tuned and a place that I can trust enough to tune my ECM link with S/D to do a good job tuning the car. I live in North east Pennsylvania I will be...

ok so I'm in a bad spot right now one of my spark plugs just broke off in my head and the porcelain, nut and electrode came out in 1 piece so the threaded part is still in my head need to try and figure a way to get it out help me out here guys tell me what you think please

looking to possibly flipping my waste gate tube and making it so it dumps out of the hood....just curious to see if anyone else has done this and how it looked and turned out some pics would be great thanks.

so I have had an ACT clutch and streetlite flywheel in my car for some time now. Ever since I had this setup in anyone of my DSM's I always get a squealing/screeching noise when the starter is engaged and it's always been like that with the setup I have I tried swapping out starters 3 diff times...

so I was driving my car, wasn't beating on it or anything and I went to push in the clutch and I felt something in the Pedal and all of a sudden the pedal got really soft and it's normally really hard because I do have a ACT 2600 in it. I changed out the master b/c it was leaking on the inside...

ok guys I've been searching around for a few days now and I can't seem to find anything about wiring my PLX wbo2 to my egr input on my ecu so I can log with my wideband with my ECM link I kno about wiring it to the egr input wire but I'm trying to figure out what wire on the actual wideband to...

I was told that these were precision 680cc injectors but I don't kno how accurate that is and it was almost 4 years ago when I got them and was told that....so like the title says help me identify these injectors pictures are included....thanks guys

Ok guys I've been messing with this car since I got it 6 months ago fixing things that I come across here and there. Well I've had a mysterious oil leak that I could not find, today I degreased my whole engine bay so I could try and find the leak then drove the car and when I popped the hood I...

well guys im a newbie when it comes to ecm link. i just finally got my new cable today and was able to get it hooked up to my car. well i hooked it up and started my ECM libnk application, I think i set my TPS and my fuel injectors correctly. and i did a log at idle with a few full throttle...

ive been tinkering with a lot of the issues I've been having on my car since I got it back together. I have a set of bpr6es in it now gapped at about .028, and I've tried a couple other gaps too and still the same issues. I'm pretty much running stock boost with a ported 14b, MBC, Hacked 1g...

so my ECM link cable I think is one of the older ones made right around the time when v3 came out. The cable is malfunctioning right where the wire comes out of the little black box that the green light is on, and on the USB side of the cable. I've read on a few forums that they have replaced...

ok guys I'm having issues with my link not connecting to the car. It keeps saying no response received trying to connect. I've tried 2 diff laptops, I've downloaded all the latest updates and drivers, the little green light on my cable blinks when plugged into the USB port but it still won't...

ok everyone I've been trying to figure out why I have fuel cut at 12psi. I have a full 3in Megan turbo back, on a stock ported 14b, hard intake pipe with K&N filter, VRSF short route FMIC with a 1g crushed BOV, hacked 1g maf, fuel lab AFPR set at 46-47psi, EGR block off plate, and a hallman pro...

Ok guys I'm having issues going into boost once I hit operating temp. When the car is still a little cold like inbetween 130-160 degrees the car run great and hold a sold 14psi. Once the car gets to operating temp the car runs like poop even when starting to get into boost the car stutters and...

i just finally got my car back together on Thursday I've been driving it since then and had no issues. Well I was just driving then saw my ABS light pop on and it was on for a few min then I came to a stop and the car died and it has no power to start back up. I have a bran new battery in the...

was wondering if anyone could tell me what the thickness is on a bean new ACT 6 puck disk? And I'm talking about the thickness of the material to the rivets on the disk. I just pulled mine out of my parts car and the clutch only has about 6k miles on it and it just seems a little low on the...

I'm wondering if anyone could help me out. I have v3 ECMLink full converted to speed density. I have no boost or vac leaks what so ever, all timing marks are lined up correctly and have brand new plugs and wires. I'm running 680cc injectors, fuel lab AFPR, stock motor/stock compression, have a...

Hey everyone just thought I would post some pics of what left of the trans that came out of the car I bought a few months back...about 5 months ago I purchased a 92 TSI and I had bought it with some trans issues as it would not go into 1st gear when I started taking the car apart I had noticed...

ok guys so I'm about to get 6k for a retro disability payment and in all the years I have owned a DSM I have always had trans issues. So I am thinking of Mabey getting like a TRE stage 2 rebuild just wanted some input from everyone I'm looking for the best bang for my buck but still have s good...

ok guys I'm trying to mount my AFPR under my hood somewhere im curious where some of you guys mounted yours....would really like to see some pictures of where you guys mounted yours some input would be great guys thanks

This is a dumb question guys, ive been out of the DSM game for a couple years due to financial issues. but i finally bought another dsm and have loads of parts and ECM link with Speed density to throw on....well my question is guys can i log with my PLX wideband, or do i need to buy the USB...

so im thinking about picking up my buddys percision 50 trim just needs new seals because it smoked alot before he replaced it with a 16g. just curious if its worth picking up for 50 bucks and getting it rebuilt?

Ok guys so i am currently in process of a 1g awd build right now. I know that lubrication is always a problem in any engine. and it seems in alot of cases the the oil gets to the topend faster than it gets to the bottom. Well i am looking for some pan to ground clearences. My machinest offered...

ok so im just about ready to take my stuff to the machine shop gonna be running eagle rods Wiseco pistons .20 over with the HD wrist pins ACL race bearings ARP mains oil squirters blocked off new freeze out plugs ECM link v3 680cc injectors ect.....but i am looking for a machine shop i can trust...

ok so im building another one almost just like the last build i did.. using 6 bolt block, weisco pistons .20 over 8:3:1 using my old 1g big rods machined for floaters, a crank with less than 60k on it and ARP main studs and rod bolts that are already on the rods. bran new oil pump cover, mitsu...

Ok so my buddy has always had problems with the rear in his GVR4. I would be goin in reverse and its like it would bind up and the car would have trouble moving in reverse. well i was driving down the highway yesterday and i noticed smoke coming out of the back of my car so i got off the highway...

ok well im redoing a head for my daily driver well and a bottom end too but im going to be putting new guides, seals, getting the valves reground and all that stuff but i came accross these guides wanted to kno what you guys think And they are 9 cents cheaper than the toplinesSBI's or...

Ok so my car started making a knocking noise from 2100rpms to like 3100 i took everything apart and realized the timming was off one tooth on the crank. so im guessing my tensinor failed. Do you guys think i bent any valves? and the car still starts right up

ok so i have been having the worst luck with clutches. For some reason i keep breaking springs. I was running an exeddy stage 1 clutch put about 3600 miles on it and i broke springs im tired of these sprung disks. I want something that is streetable (daily driving) that wont break. i once ran a...

IM just curious what you guys think of these 2 clutches im gonna be running an ACT streetlite flywheel i used to have an act 2600 in my old car and i loved it but i sold it. i would just like some input because im going out for surgery in febuary and i am curently not working and have no money...

ok was driving around town for a bit so i pull into the bar parking lot to go get a drink. well i let off the clutch and i hear a loud noise dont remember what it sounded like. but after that the car would not go in gear. all of a sudden the clutch Stiffened....i have the normal bit of free play...

ok so i have been having some engaugement issues last night i was driving my car and i pushed my clutch in and half way down to the floor there was nothing then it got solid tight and the car wouldnt go into gear. now i have been having this problem alot. but when it was happening i would bleed...

ok my clutch was working just fine i put in a new slave cylinder about 3 weeks ago. if i start the car in gear with the clutch down it works. then when i push it in and try to shift its like theres nothing there. and it will not go in gear when the car is running at a dead stop. i was also...

ok so this just strarted today i got some blue smoke between shifts. did a compression test i got 155 across the board. even when i do get on it and start to boost the car barley goes anywhere. and i hear a winning sound under boost almost like a super charger. My bottome end has about 12k on it...

ok well the other day i was having slave cylinder issues i replaced it and the problem was fixed. so today i leave for work tranny shifts fine. went out on my lunch break and the trans shiftted fine. i get in my car at about 5pm start it up let it warm up for 5 to 10 min and i push in the clutch...

ok so i parked my car last at around 10:00 the clutch worked fine and there was plenty of pedel. i got out this morning when i wake up and in the pedel goes right to the floor and it didnt come back up. popped the hood and there is no fluid put more fluid in it blead it and still nothing i...

well i noticed the other day my car started idleing weird almost like a miss fire thought nothing of it. well it has gotten worse. i have no boost leaks what so ever running all stock IC pipeing. when im just cruising not boosting at all the car is studdering real bad then i start to boost once...

ok so i just put a new head on my 1g been driving it for the past couple days and everyday it gets harder and harder to get into gear just to get it in first i have to jam it to the left then throw it up hard it dosent gring its just hard to get in. and im having problems getting it into 3rd and...

ok so i fixed my cooling prolblem and now my manifold is turning cherry red after i drive it. the manifold gasket is bran new and the manifold to turbo gasket is bran new same with the turbo to o2 gasket. My o2 to dp gasket is deff leaking. and my cat is bad i think b/c theres a 3in on a stock...

ok so i was driving up my street in 3rd gear boostin at like 6psi i go to downshift the rpms droped to 0. The car has about 4800 miles on a stock rebuild. a local machine shop put it all togeather. i have full 3in turbo back uicp a boost controller and a wideband o2. i dropped it off at my...

Ok so i just bought this 91 TSI on tuesday. My 3rd dsm to be exact. car has 4000 on rebuilt motor. has an exeddy oem clutch kit in it. well the car was fine untill it started raining yesterday. when i push the clutch in about half way down i head this horrible grinding noise. and it is hard to...

Just wondering the diffrences between the two. Is the final drive ratio different.