well against my better judgement i decided you all should know...

[A//// Guy]

Wow, I thought this would happen but not that quick! Im the one who asked in the other thread if there were any longetivity issues with the TCUGO ;) I knew it would push the tranny too hard. Just build the tranny up stronger than stock and then maybe the TCUGO will be a good mod.

Sucks to hear though, I would say sell the car after you replace the tranny and get something else ;) Non-DSM hehe.

[JET]

You probably just burnt out the torque converter. That should be pretty damn easy to swap.

[howslowcanyougo]

you paid 19 for it didn't you?

Bought my 98 Tsi for $11K with 55k miles, I'm down to <$5K left now @ 80K miles!

Add another ~$3-4K in mods and I'll have an easy $15k into her total.

Bet even after "I'm done" with modding her <like never> I won't be able to get even that $5K out of her if I could sell it at all!

DSM's NOT the Best investment!

[tim]

You probably just burnt out the torque converter. That should be pretty damn easy to swap.
I agree about the torque converter comment. However, some people will have different opinions on weather it is an easy swap. In my opinion I would say it is easy but time consuming and requires tools and space.

[howslowcanyougo]

You probably just burnt out the torque converter. That should be pretty damn easy to swap.

I'd be REAL interested into what happened to the internals of that TCUGO-to the junkyard's crusher managed Tranny one way or the other!

[slowbubblecar]

I heard you should still replace the tranny even if it is just to torque converter though. I talked to a mechanic about my friends car that had the cell on for the torque converter. He said he would replace the whole thing as he has had problems with just replacing the torque converter in cars.

[howslowcanyougo]

Ok I just talked with th guys over IPT and they basically said beating on any stock tranny is a crap shoot, but there are things you can do that can improve your odds against premature failure.

always use some Good Fresh Fluid <Ams oil>, a fresh fliter <OEM>, a good <aftermarket cooler>, a reworked valve body/shiftkit <Will help slow clutch ware> , and new stall IPT <For better launches>.

I just finished ordering the valvebody/shift kit combo from IPT, and also locked LSE in for the install in early May.

After all of this gets setup right, then I MAY install the TCUGO, but then again I might not really need to with that new shiftkit!

14 seconds here I come!

I can't wait!

[tpunx99GSX]

Well after talking to hugo im going to go home and run the TCUGO as a standalone without the stock TCU even hooked up, Put the tcugo on stage 5 and try it to see if it will go, and how long it will go for. We want to make sure that it is not an electrical problem.
From the sound the tranny was making this morning i am thinking that it is the tranny. but we will see.
Hugo has been very helpful in this i must say. He emailed me this morning after he had heard what happened, as i hadnt even emailed him yet.