50 trim in - lot's of smoke from exhaust

[Jacek]

how does the car run? misfires or other roughness?

[BKs50trimGST]

i figured out it's rods, i was drivngs to shindley's yesterday afternoon to take a look and it definately wasn't the lifters, car over heated, died on me up there on 494, radiator fluid came out of the resovoir, we thought it was the head gasket, but he turned the car on when he got it towed to his house and he's 99% sure engine needs rebuilding. so that's where i am with my car. the knocking i heard wasn't lifters, it was the rods. so now i'm looking into rebuilding the fucking thing. i dunno what to do anymore with this car. alot of money for rebuilding or getting a new engine.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Maybe it was detonating when you got on it hard without tuning it and it spun a rod bearing.

[howslowcanyougo]

i figured out it's rods, i was drivngs to shindley's yesterday afternoon to take a look and it definately wasn't the lifters, car over heated, died on me up there on 494, radiator fluid came out of the resovoir, we thought it was the head gasket, but he turned the car on when he got it towed to his house and he's 99% sure engine needs rebuilding. so that's where i am with my car. the knocking i heard wasn't lifters, it was the rods. so now i'm looking into rebuilding the fucking thing. i dunno what to do anymore with this car. alot of money for rebuilding or getting a new engine.

Sorry to hear about your motor man!

It's tough sometimes to have to live and learn.....:-<

I almost threw a 50 trim on my 2G Tsi a while back myself, but some the guys on the board here were kind enough to talk me out of it, cause I didn't have the correct supporting mods, and I'd wreck my car.

I'm glad I listened to them.

If I were you I'd talk to Mike now about a 2.4 and start saving my cash up for a nice upgrade!

[slowbubblecar]

don't bother rebuilding the 7 bolt. Either get a race motor or a used 6 bolt block.

[john]

Dont get a 2.4l. He is FWD, he already has traction problems. Whatever you do, go with a 6 bolt. Not much you could have done after the bearing already started spinning. Who tuned the car? Shindley???

As far as the BOV goes, my 50 trim didn't make much of a noise either. The turbo spool was louder. I couldn't even hear my blitz bov.

[BKs50trimGST]

Well right now i'm thinking of just building up my 7 bolt, i talked with shindley alot about it and if i build up my engine with high performance parts for the turbo my car will be fine, i know the reason why everyone gets a 6-bolt, cuz of the crankwalk issue. Any other reason's why i would love to hear them. Shindley is going to get my 7 bolt bored out .20, replace the rods and pistons, build it back up so that i can easily withstand the 18 pounds of boost that i'm going to run. Most likely do alittle head work, hoag out a couple of things, get the 1g intake manifold in.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

A stock 7-bolt will handle well over 18psi and 150-200whp more than you were probably making. Your motor didn't break because it was making too much power, something went wrong with it because of tuning or install or just bad luck. The reason to not build a 2G 7-bolt is because of the crankwalk, and that is a major problem which shouldn't be ignored. Putting aftermarket rod and pistons in it will not fix the crankwalk problem.

[Kracka]

I agree with Shane, it is best to buy a decent 6-bolt block and have that rebuilt. I have a buddy here in Duluth that is willing to sell one of his two 6-bolt engines. PM me if you're interested.

[BKs50trimGST]

what happens if i build up my 7bolt and it crankwalk's? what do i have to fix?