93 Talon TSI

[Anthony Hornback]

This is the Build Thread for 93 TSI. Reply below.

 

[Anthony Hornback]

Slowly getting it to where I want it. Next year suspension and hopefully get to making the body better. I believe The turbo is maxed out but its fun none the less

 

[Anthony Hornback]

had to fix yet another relay for the fuel pump. anyone got a good brand for hardwiring rather than spade connectors or soldering to the relay?

 

[19Eclipse90]

Not sure if this is what you’re going for considering it’s still some type of spade terminal in the connector, but Grote offers some pigtails for different relays.

 

[Anthony Hornback]

heck yeah! they have a 12g pigtail kit and it says they have a distributor down the road from me! Thanks!

 

[Anthony Hornback]

Dropped the rear subframe to install some fiba Inserts, New wheel bearings, toe eliminators, and clean up the trailing arms. I noticed that 1 of the rear diff threads is stripped where it bolts to the mustache bar.
Has anyone ever Helicoiled this or should I have it drilled and tapped the next size up? Any feedback is appreciated
On the bright side the rear sub looks super clean.

 

[Jooltz]

Dropped the rear subframe to install some fiba Inserts, New wheel bearings, toe eliminators, and clean up the trailing arms. I noticed that 1 of the rear diff threads is stripped where it bolts to the mustache bar.
Has anyone ever Helicoiled this or should I have it drilled and tapped the next size up? Any feedback is appreciated
On the bright side the rear sub looks super clean.

I am in the exact same boat, just tore everything apart and both the bolts on the mustache bar came out with the threads and all. I am going to step up a size and cross my fingers.

 

[Anthony Hornback]

I am in the exact same boat, just tore everything apart and both the bolts on the mustache bar came out with the threads and all. I am going to step up a size and cross my fingers.

I think thats what Im going to have done as well. I dont want to have to drill out the mustache bar as well though

 

[Anthony Hornback]

Subframe coated, Fiba inserts arrived, D2 installed

 

[Anthony Hornback]

Dropped a bolt in my timing cover so I had to remove that, Noticed there was some oil in the fresh cover. What is the most likely place to be leaking? All new seals and gaskets last yeah, but kept the same plug for my bs delete.

 

[pauleyman]

Look for obvious spots. Nicked one of the seals etc. You did ALL of them? Beyond that id say investigate crankcase pressure, pcv system etc.

 

[Anthony Hornback]

Yeah all new oem seals and gaskets but didn’t change the bs plug. Isn’t there something about a bolt that leaks after bs delete?

 

[pauleyman]

Yeah all new oem seals and gaskets but didn’t change the bs plug. Isn’t there something about a bolt that leaks after bs delete?

Sort of. There is no seal behind the balance shaft tensioner.

 

[Anthony Hornback]

I would hope this is my issue. Whats best practice for sealing? I did place a little rtv on the bolt when I installed it

 

[19Eclipse90]

With balance shafts removed, that is the best practice for sealing the tensioner pulley hole.

My concern at this point is if it is leaking from that hole, it means that the front case gasket may be toast. The balance shaft tensioner pulley bolt hole of indicated the picture below.

The only way for oil to leak out through that hole is seeping past the gasket that should be sealing on the surrounding face from one of the galleries on either side of that hole.

RTV may be able to seal it up externally, it’s obviously worth a try before going the route of addressing a front case gasket leak.

 

[Anthony Hornback]

Makes sense to me, terrible. If gasket is toasted that sucks for being 1 year mold and maybe 4k miles

 

[19Eclipse90]

Not that it helps at all, but I know the feeling!

 

[Anthony Hornback]

It happens though. haha just another day in the life

 

[Anthony Hornback]

Got the entire rear end all refreshed! Rebuilt calipers from Josh, Fiba sub inserts, stoptech rotors and pads and D2’s. Hoping for alignment next Saturday

 

[Anthony Hornback]

External cooler added. I was getting pretty warm in 3rd gear pulls with the water cooled ofh. What a nightmare this was. The housing I got didnt have a relief spring in it, and I didnt notice it. Had to pull the ofh and found it. Put it back on and had no oil pressure still. Manual primed it and pressure came back but the housing had a hairline crack at the oil sending unit. Had to tear it down and swap to another air cooled OFH, luckily a good guy in town had one from his GVR4 that he was nice enough to donate. What was a day upgrade took 3 weeks to sort out