nyTalonTsi
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- Sep 5, 2008
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Buffalo,
New York
Hey guys, ive done some searches but not the answers i was looking for.
Im looking into buying a '97 TSi AWD in the next couple months if the guy indeed does sell it in my local area. Its pretty clean, 60k original miles on the stock 7-bolt. Its fairly modded, Evo 3 16g, 17psi with supporting mods, wally 255 fp, afpr dsmlink and aftermarket gauges. It has a shep stage 3 trans and an ACT clutch. Its in storage for the winter and hes only driven it 400 miles in the last 2 years. Hes looking for around $6k+ if he decides to sell. I am 19 and yes i am buying it with my own money.
Now im in love with 2g's and i am really afraid of crankwalk. I know its overrated and can happen on any given motor but i can't really say that since i didn't have any luck with my 1st tsi with a 7-bolt. Ever since then my parents are pushing me to buy a "normal" car.
Now my question is, i know '96 was the worst year for CW and 97-99 bolt's were better built, i wanted to know if id be taking a risk buying a 2g this low in miles, my parents would agree with the mileage but don't know the risk that comes with dsms and its hard to explain to them. After i bought my 1st TSi modded i pledged to never buy another modded car, but this one is tastefully modded.
I know pretty much what to check for, when making sure CW hasn't already occurred. Plus all of that other good stuff, i know a dsmwiseman whom has worked on the car and would check it out to make sure its good.
Sorry for the long post, but i dont feel like fetching out 6k and have motor build downtime just yet. I know 6k is worth it especially shifting a shep tranny. Thanks GUYS!!!!
Im looking into buying a '97 TSi AWD in the next couple months if the guy indeed does sell it in my local area. Its pretty clean, 60k original miles on the stock 7-bolt. Its fairly modded, Evo 3 16g, 17psi with supporting mods, wally 255 fp, afpr dsmlink and aftermarket gauges. It has a shep stage 3 trans and an ACT clutch. Its in storage for the winter and hes only driven it 400 miles in the last 2 years. Hes looking for around $6k+ if he decides to sell. I am 19 and yes i am buying it with my own money.
Now im in love with 2g's and i am really afraid of crankwalk. I know its overrated and can happen on any given motor but i can't really say that since i didn't have any luck with my 1st tsi with a 7-bolt. Ever since then my parents are pushing me to buy a "normal" car.
Now my question is, i know '96 was the worst year for CW and 97-99 bolt's were better built, i wanted to know if id be taking a risk buying a 2g this low in miles, my parents would agree with the mileage but don't know the risk that comes with dsms and its hard to explain to them. After i bought my 1st TSi modded i pledged to never buy another modded car, but this one is tastefully modded.
I know pretty much what to check for, when making sure CW hasn't already occurred. Plus all of that other good stuff, i know a dsmwiseman whom has worked on the car and would check it out to make sure its good.
Sorry for the long post, but i dont feel like fetching out 6k and have motor build downtime just yet. I know 6k is worth it especially shifting a shep tranny. Thanks GUYS!!!!
. I also took that into thought that i will talk to guy to drop the price because of the CW issues that i don't want again. Thanks again guys.
Damn you thought you were all good till snap bent valve. Thanks alot timing.
haha anyway yea just dont beat the piss outta it until you buy it and do the maintenance on it and make sure everything is running right no point in getting a nice car with low miles and having to do a rebuild casue you didnt but 25$ worth of oil for an oil change or a 40$ timing belt 
the most possible thing i ever heard. He wont even get 3 seconds if he had a v8 352 in it manual. So if we want to go 0-60 thats like 2.34 seconds. Not happening. He should go home and
against a reinforced brick wall. but don't beat the piss out of it. Beat the $H!T out of it.
NAh but keep up on maintenance do it right and that car will treat you like a king............ or queen. Whatever floats your boat
