gage117
04-07-2013, 08:51 PM
I have my work cut out for me here, guys. Picked up a 92 AWD TSi about a month and a half ago, have since then been gathering parts and plenty of users here have been very helpful.
Let the truth be known to everyone, and I'm not embarrassed at all, I know absolutely nothing about performance upgrades. Right now I'm trying to get it up to stock which is hard enough, since it's my first ever fixerupper/project car. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated greatly, and I wouldn't even mind if anyone came to turn a wrench or two to help me out!
Now to the car, it's kind of a pile. But that's why I bought it, to expand my experience in fixing and upgrading cars. To the best of my knowledge; the synchro is out in first and it's kind of rough getting into other gears, I have to start out in second every time since first is definitely more miss than hit. The turbo has shaft play and is leaking oil into the intake so that's lovely. Recently learned a crack timing belt too, and then a bunch of random small things I won't waste your time with.
Here's an album of when I first brought it home: http://imgur.com/a/bENTT
It's kind of clean for a 92, minimal rust underneath, just a couple spots on the body, but a rather shotty rattle can black paint job over the purple it was before.
Any advice, tips, help would be gratefully appreciated, I don't know much about cars when it comes down to fixing them the right way, and i'm gonna need all the help I can get!
Let the truth be known to everyone, and I'm not embarrassed at all, I know absolutely nothing about performance upgrades. Right now I'm trying to get it up to stock which is hard enough, since it's my first ever fixerupper/project car. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated greatly, and I wouldn't even mind if anyone came to turn a wrench or two to help me out!
Now to the car, it's kind of a pile. But that's why I bought it, to expand my experience in fixing and upgrading cars. To the best of my knowledge; the synchro is out in first and it's kind of rough getting into other gears, I have to start out in second every time since first is definitely more miss than hit. The turbo has shaft play and is leaking oil into the intake so that's lovely. Recently learned a crack timing belt too, and then a bunch of random small things I won't waste your time with.
Here's an album of when I first brought it home: http://imgur.com/a/bENTT
It's kind of clean for a 92, minimal rust underneath, just a couple spots on the body, but a rather shotty rattle can black paint job over the purple it was before.
Any advice, tips, help would be gratefully appreciated, I don't know much about cars when it comes down to fixing them the right way, and i'm gonna need all the help I can get!