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notsostockgalant 08-07-2010 02:55 PM

95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Well i sold my 1g just as i was getting started on it lost intrest after blowing threw 3 transmissions. I said i wasnt going to get another dsm for a while........ well i stumbled on a great deal my buddy wanted to sell his 2g awd for cheap and ive been working on this car for the last 3 years and basically helped do 90% of the mods too it, it has a few small issues though. long story short i got a great car for a good price and couldnt be happier i only got one pic of it right now but its got quite a few mods.......
evo3 16g
aftermarket licp
aftermarket uicp
1g bov
1g throttle body
magnus smim
pacesetter header
Ebay 3" down pipe
3 inch Homemade exhaust to ebay carbon muffler
Aftermarket Oil pressure, water temp, boost, narrow band, and volt meter in pillar pod and steering bezel pod
db performance mbc
lowered on eibach springs on 17 inch konigs
2GB Talon bumper ( waiting for summer )
Projector halo headlights
ebay short shifter
Act 2100- ( XTD stage 4, 6 puck unsprung now)
fidanza flywheel
Magnus Fuel rail
Fuel lab fpr
-8an filter to rail / rail to fpr Stainless braided lines


Now For The small issues....
Tires are bald
bumpers busted
insane clear coat fade
Cracked intake ( right behind the weld on the #1 runner) Im a welder so thats first to get fixed lol.
and small exhaust leak where o2 housing meets downpipe.

ill up date this with pics as things get fixed but being as im on house arrest till the 17th there probably wont be much happening the next 10 days but after that it will be a mad dash for the cookout and i hope to get dsm link installed and some fic 1350s and get tuned on e85 this year yet.

heres the crappy pic ( looks tiny next too my truck lol)
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...er/newryde.jpg

scheides 08-07-2010 03:09 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Sweet! Find a 2Gb gsx front bumper, a nice fmic, and you'll be in business!

notsostockgalant 08-22-2010 09:31 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
alright well yesterday was a busy day got alot accomplished, i pulled the intake and uicp friday night
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00820-1805.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00820-1805.jpg

I found out there was also a crack in runners 3 and 2 also, and some gritty oily residue on the back of the plenum....
if u can see the edge of the weld look at the really dark spot thats all cracked of course i forgot too take a picture of it after i cleaned all the jb weld off.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00820-1806.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00820-1807.jpg
heres runner two small crack
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00820-1808.jpg
Runner three crack
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00820-1808.jpg

So i welded all of that up at work yesterday (forgot pics) , then me n my buddy got to work on the car, i repainted/rewelded some pinholes in the weld on the uicp, Painted my Valve cover, installed my polished stainless plug wire cover, did a full emissions removal, relocated the battery to the hatch, re installed the SMIM, and relocated some other stuff.
All in all it was a really hot long day but heres some pics even though they suck cause it was getting dark on me.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00821-2026.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00821-2026.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00821-2025.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00821-2020.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00821-2020.jpg

So ya plans for the cook out are.....
Bumper, Shave toenail spoiler, fix small exhaust leak where hanger ripped off, and hopefully tires.

thanks for looking,
Tom

notsostockgalant 09-06-2010 07:45 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
picked up some new tires, and started shaving the toenail spoiler got it off and plugged up the holes just startin on body work gunna have pics soon.

Having trouble with the shifter cable bracket on the trans staying tight tried locktite and it still came loose gunna look at it closer, also messed with an extension rod aswell this car wont shift for the life of me.

so thats about it for now still trying to locate a 2g bumper locally, then i can maybe make one of the wed meets if nothing else ill drive down without the bumper cover although its embarassing lol.

notsostockgalant 09-15-2010 07:38 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
well heres some pics now with front bumper lol, went up to Alexandria and picked up the 2ga talon bumper throwedgsx had for sale on here, makes the car look 100x better.
Heres some pics with the front bumper and without the toenail spoiler i was a little shakey in some of the pics so bear with me.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00915-1725.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00915-1725.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00915-1725.jpg

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http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00915-1724.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00915-1724.jpg

notsostockgalant 10-06-2010 07:07 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
figured id throw up a few more pics, the last three pics are test fitting my 2gb talon bumper i just picked up, gotta get it painted before i throw it on though.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00917-1822.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...00917-1822.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01005-1706.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01005-1657.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01005-1706.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01005-1706.jpg

After the 2gb bumper is painted which will probably be this weekend, ill pull off the license plate bracket and mount the plate to the factory 2gb plate holder for now.

Goat Blower 10-06-2010 07:37 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
The 2gb Talon rear spoiler is pretty easy to put on as well. I think I drilled two holes if I remember right.

notsostockgalant 11-16-2010 01:49 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
^^^^ Ya i looked into that as an option but i couldnt find one at the time so i sealed up all the holes for the spoiler in the hatch as well as the one for the wiper.

notsostockgalant 11-16-2010 02:03 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
I suppose im about due for an update, the car has been performing very well actually just been fixing things here and there.

The rear wheel bearing was making a good amount of noise so i decided to replace it who knew what a task that would become

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01105-1328.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01105-1328.jpg

little bit of heat and the axle came right out haha but then i looked at the tire i took off the drivers side because i put new pads on the rear brakes at the same time and saw this,

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01030-1800.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01030-1800.jpg

The cap seperated from the sidewall on the inside of the tire that was all in all not that good of a day lol.

Then on saturday out enjoying the snow it appeared as if my clutch was slipping, which i looked closer and rememberd this sound all too well, the front axle seperated once again, mind you this axle has like 500 miles on it because the one that was on the car when i bought it did the same thing.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01115-1705.jpg

So i figured if they want 65 for the reman which includes like a 70 dollar core id buy the brand new one instead for a whopping 75 bucks

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01115-1713.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01115-1713.jpg

All in all the axle job went well on the front.

I then turned my attention to the exhaust I only have two pics of where it rusted off in the back, it was also like swiss cheese around the O2 sensor so i rebuilt it with new pipe and welded a new bung in, damn 10 year old buschur racing exhaust and rusting itself away haha.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01105-1329.jpg


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01105-1329.jpg

thats about all i have for an update for now, I plan on possibly getting new motor mounts or using a writeup for DIY Poly mounts on dsmtalk, also a FMIC, and some new ball joints and suspension bushings along with an alignment.
Thx for looking

Tom

Constant_Project21 11-17-2010 05:13 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Looks like you're making pretty good progress as of late. Good choice on the 2gb talon front, they're prob my favorite combo when it comes to 2g's(2gb talon front on a 2ga talon body).

notsostockgalant 12-11-2010 09:02 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
thx ya i havent mounted up the 2gb bumper yet dont wanna catch it on some stupid ice chunk n destroy it haha.

notsostockgalant 12-11-2010 09:12 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
well i have some more carnage/ upgrade pics

apparently the 2g accelerator pedal arm is made of fuckin plastic.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01126-2036.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01126-2036.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01126-2035.jpg

i used a strip of aluminum to brace it on the back and some hose clamps and got it back together for now, but forgot to take pics of it was too frusturated.

I also finally got around to installing my -8an filter to rail line, magnus fuel rail, and -8an to Fuel Lab Fpr.
The first three pics are from when i first got it and then some of the remodeled engine bay, with the rail and fpr installed.

Also since the last time i updated i cleaned out my intercooler and piping and fixed a small boost leak. (dont mind my gear oil bottle catch can, i had it vented but it is now sealed works awesome as well.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...820-1849-1.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...820-1849-1.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...820-1848-1.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01128-1608.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01128-1608.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01128-1608.jpg

These are last ones are before the fuel rail was installed.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01123-1903.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01123-1902.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01123-1902.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01121-0212.jpg

notsostockgalant 12-11-2010 09:35 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Forgot to add, i got a pair of new WestLake SV308 tires mounted at National Tire n Battery in chaska yester day 225/45/17 $163.37 out the door not too bad, now for the bad, my rear toe is way way off on the drivers rear and passenger rear.
I tried to adjust it last night before the snow but the adjusters move very little so i sprayed the shit out of em with jb-80 and will probably take it in to get aligned on monday just the rear though.

I got 4x new tires installed in late july and the rear two were bald with wires sticking out and cords showing all the way across when i got the new ones put on last night, but the front two look like new, so the overall diameter of all 4 wheels is plenty close again for the sake of the center diff.

Plans are to re wire the fuel pump asap to see if it solves this lean condition I've been seeing as of late.

I Have good air fuel ratios via monitoring my o2 voltage, thru all of 1st and 2nd gear, but when i shift to third it just goes lean instantly, but if i let off for about ten seconds and put it back down itll be fine all the way through 3rd.

If some one has some ideas on the lean condition thatd be greatly appreciated.

Sorry for the novel i should update more frequently.

notsostockgalant 12-22-2010 08:17 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
The dsm gods strike down on me once again.......

Two weekends ago the car started overheating which was odd to me then i realized that the fan wasnt kicking on checked it out and , I had my fan bolt back out and the fan blade was just sitting in the shroud not attached, so i go to my buddies take it out since i was aways from my place and smashed my hand like 3x trying to get the bolt out on the bottom got pissed and punched the windsheild.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01217-1717.jpg

The night didnt end there though, so i get the fan off and repaired and proceed to head home for the evening and the alignment got the best of me, when going from a slick to a dry spot the rear end jerks all over the place and i lost control and met the ditch at like 45, the car at this point had started to over heat and reeked like coolant. Got pulled out and notice the entire exhaust is laying in the ditch in like 4x pieces threw em in my buddys truck n i was on my way once again. I made it all of a mile and the clutch started to slip then the car wouldnt move at all said fuck it and towed it home. ended up getting it apart last weekend.

Upon disassembly i realized the fan motor was shorted out or something stupid it got so hot it melted the blades off of the motor and melted its self out of the shroud.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01217-1729.jpg

so i got the radiator out and its cracked figured thats where the coolant went, nope one of the coolant lines for the turbo burst.
heres a couple pics of disassembly.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01217-1746.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01217-1747.jpg

and then it was out.....
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01218-0419.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01218-0419.jpg

heres a pic of whats left of my exhaust.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01218-0419.jpg

Got the pressure plate and clutch off
heres a massive crack in the pressure plate kinda hard to see though
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01218-0420.jpg

heres the clutch with no friction material left
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01218-0420.jpg

and a couple bolts decided to come out of the friction surface on the fidanza and Mar the piss out of the back of it, im undecided on whether or not ill run this Flywheel again because of the damage and all the friction surface screws were loose as were the starter ring gear retaining bolts.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01218-0420.jpg

and the kick in the nuts, leaking rear main seal
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...01218-0419.jpg

so massive amounts of destruction so far new parts listed in next post

notsostockgalant 12-22-2010 08:22 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
New parts include
XTD stage 4 UNSPRUNG 6 puck clutch and pressure plate (in the mail)
DIY full 3" exhaust with carbon wrapped ebay muffler (need to pick up pipe yet mufflers in the mail)
new windsheild (havent gotten yet)
picking up a rad n fan from a member on here tomorrow hopefully.
After everythings fixed then i need to get an alignment done and figure out some of the other small issues.

Looking for a dirt cheap usable 7bolt flywheel also

way2fastalon 12-22-2010 10:04 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
i feel your pain .... 4 turbos later and still dont run

Kevin 1G Drummer 12-22-2010 11:51 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
At least you found the leaking rear main seal now, when it's nice and easy to replace. Also, I just noticed the go kart in your pics. I have a single seater that has a 9hp motor for now, but will be getting a 440cc snowmobile engine come spring.

notsostockgalant 12-23-2010 12:22 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
its like i fix something then 2 things break fix them 2 then 4 other things go wrong haha.

ya that one was independent front and swing arm rear suspension with a 600cc articat snowmobile motor on it, was fun but I'm way too tall so i sold it earlier this winter.

notsostockgalant 12-26-2010 12:35 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
updated mod list in 1st post, 3" Exhaust will be made after i get the clutch and new radiator in and i order the down pipe. Ill take pics as i make progress just gathering parts right now.

notsostockgalant 01-12-2011 12:34 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
I have been slacking on fixing this thing due too lack of funds with christmas and the ol' ladys B-Day, but some of the stuff that was ordered showed up so with out further a dew heres a couple pics of the new stuff that has arrived.

XTD stage 4 UNSPRUNG 6 puck clutch kit ( pressure plate not pictured ) Just ordered it because there seems to be good reviews about it amongst alot of 3/s ers and DSMERs as well. Figured for the price it was worth a try.

I know most say unsprung is not for daily driving but i had the XTD stage 3 6 puck sprung clutch in my old civic, and even with that torqueless wonder it drove like a stock clutch and held the 250 FWHP no problem.
So hopefully this thing isnt too bad being that i dont deal with any stop n go traffic or do much city driving.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10106-1959.jpg

My front motor mount was sagging pretty bad like most 2g's, and being that I'm a welder I took the cheap way out, its not pretty due since there wasn't alot of time spent on it. I had though about getting another set of stock mounts and doing this with polished stainless just for shits n giggles.

I was going to do the rear one but I haven't a Clue how bad It would be vibration wise and annoying wise for a daily driver? If any one has any input on this it'd be greatly appreciated, so I can weld up the rear one if its not gunna be too bad before the trans goes back in.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10106-1959.jpg

And last but not least I was planning on Fabbing my own 3" Exhaust at the time I was going apeshit ordering stuff so I ended up purchasing this EBAY 3" inlet Carbon Fiber canister muffler, it says its real carbon fiber wrapped and it appears to be the quality appears to be alright, although on the one my buddy ordered the whole perforated inner portion basically fell out within 5000 miles.

Just figured if I do end up fabbing my exhaust it'll Hopefully Look alright and sound decent I was thinking of running a glass pack/resonator to mellow out the sound due to the mufflers lack of length.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10106-1957.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10106-1957.jpg

notsostockgalant 01-12-2011 01:04 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
After what happened with my fidanza flywheel, starter ring coming loose and the friction surface screws coming out, I wasn't about to buy another aluminum flywheel.
So I ordered up a chromoly lightweight one which should be here on friday.

Depending on funds by the ended of the weekend the following should be done....
new rear main seal installed
new flywheel, clutch, TOB, and pressure plate put in
Trans put back in
custom 3" turbo back exhaust
Used radiator and fans
New windsheild

If it gets done this weekend it wont get driven till it has an alignment to avoid this situation again.

Also I noticed excessive slop in my timing belt between the gears idk if its because its been sitting so long or what so after the car runs n drives again and i get the funds,

Ill be purchasing....

L19 headstuds
Perma-torque Headgasket
Gates T-Belt
OEM Hydraulic tensioner
OEM idler tensioner and idler pulleys
Balance shaft elim. With OEM parts
And Since its goin this far it will be finished out with a set of Crower Springs, Retainers, keepers and 280 cams.

After the head n timing stuffs done there will hopefully be quite a few worry free miles then I'll finally put that fuel setup to use with bigger injectors a FMIC and ECMlink, and go for broke on the 16g.

So theres my goals for the car as of now. They may change a little but not much hopefully the money comes in and it will all be accomplished before spring, pending the stock bottom end holds.

Thanks for reading all my random novel writing but now you have some idea which direction the car is heading.

notsostockgalant 01-22-2011 02:06 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
She lives once again..... *(Post is pretty darn long)*
After a few hard days work i got her all back together and shes doin pretty good for the most part. heres some pics from putting it back together ill take some of the completed project when it gets cleaned up a bit more.

Also got some bad news for some reason one of the ears broke off my starter and it scared the starter ring gear on the flywheel pretty good, I put a new starter in but it still sounds pretty rough.

On top of that its also got some clutch disengagement issues. I put a brand new slave in with the clutch and even shimmed the pivot ball while it was apart. I also extended the slave rod too about a 1/4 inch(with it extended the slave is damn close to being bottomed out). It got gravity bled last night for about 45 minutes of me watching it and was coming out steady and clean, still have to pump the shit out of it to get it to disengauge all the way, then a buddy and I bled it again today and I noticed that the clutch fork has about an an inch travel the first time the pedals depressed.

Any ideas on this issue? I know that the clutch master was replaced about 10,000 miles ago. When I first got the car it took a few pumps to get it to disengage but after a while of driving it seemed to work alright. If it makes any difference after it gets driven down the highway in the cold it seems to work just fine after the first push, but I assume thats just because the fluid gets thick right?



Well Last Friday I began prepping the trans to go back to its home. Shimmed the pivot ball with 1x thicker washer, greased the splines and the seals for the axles so they wouldn't rip on install.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10114-2109.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10114-2109.jpg

Cleaned up the clutch fork and lubed the pivot points

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10114-2110.jpg

And then put the fork and TOB in.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10114-2116.jpg

Then my attention got turned to the engine, installed the new rear main. Decided to only do the seal and not remove the whole housing it was really easy because,I found out why the old one was leaking it was pushed out of the block quite a ways.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10114-2110.jpg

checkin out my new 11.5lb chrome moly flywheel

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10114-2111.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10114-2110.jpg

installed the new xtd stage 4 clutch and pressure plate

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0159.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0159.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0159.jpg

then there was a big mistake on my part, the bolts were too long and when I was torquing the pressure plate it would set off my torque wrench before the pressure plate was flat against the flywheel.

that should have thrown a red flag but I got to the 2nd one and it snapped off in there.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-1639.jpg
Drilled it out and was able to get it with an easy out.... talk about a very nerve racking time, the holes are really close to the edge of the boss there tapped into.

after i did that you would think it would be ready to go, but then I slid the trans under and was about to pick it up to slide the jack under it from the top and caught sight of this.....

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0308.jpg

An oily,gritty,nasty ooze all over the side of the block and head.
It appeared to be coming from the headgasket at first, but it was coming out of the intake cam seal on the end of the head.

Nope it didn't stop there. I looked around the front of the block and it turns out the oil,grease, and grime were much more plentiful than what I had noticed previously.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0309.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0309.jpg

Figured I should take the header,turbo and O2 housing off to get a better look.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0555.jpg

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Alot of the oil on the front of the engine towards the timing belt side is because, the car has a universal cut to length dip stick on it and the dipstick only had felt to seal it to the tube,you can about imagine how good that worked once the heat from the header got to it.....

So I put some silicone where the sealing cap had the loop for the dipstick coming through it, glued an o-ring to the bottom of the sealing cap and put a pretty thick piece of hose in the top of the dipstick tube. All of that seemed to do pretty good but the dipstick would blow up some and oil would still come out of it so I put a small hose clamp lower down on the dipstick and hooked a carb spring running from that to the top of the dipstick. It looks crude but it works damn well, and the heat from the header didn't effect the springs tension at all suprisingly.

I have no doubt in my mind that a factory dipstick would have no problem staying in the tube on this car a failing PCV valve went unnoticed for sometime. Fortunately just took some time and it saved me $17 over a new OEM dipstick.This dipstick retention setup has been on the car for probably the last 4000 miles and Its easy to check the oil, doesnt get in the way of anything really, makes a great conversation piece and cost like 3 bucks haha.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0556.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0556.jpg

Then while I was pondering what to do when I remembered that the powersteering resivor had leaked and spit flid all over its lines, the frame rail, wiring harness for the alternator and the huge wiring harness that runs in the fenderwell.

I had also really wanted to keep the A/C on this car but I pushed the petcock valve on the fill nipple and nothing came out so I grabbed a refill kit I had layin around and tried it for shits n giggles. That was a no go it was leaking at the pump and somewhere in the middle of the condenser.


At this point I decided to do away with both the Power Steering and the A/C clean the engine bay and degrease/paint the engine, its no insane wire tuck or engine bay repaint but its way cleaner than it was before and easier to work on.

Heres before the cleaning started, the ac and ps were already removed and the engine is being degreased.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-1641.jpg

And all cleaned up,take a look at the floor in this pic and you can get an idea of the amount of oil that was on the engine. I didn't use any water to clean it, just Gunk Engine Brite a scrub brush and then rinsed it with some windex.(on the hardcore spots I used Brake/Carb cleaner).
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10116-0407.jpg

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http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10116-0406.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10116-0407.jpg

Well being that the motor and engine bay were nice and clean now, I couldn't hang the super oily/grease caked turbo off of it, so I cleaned it as well inside and out it was definitely well lubricated haha.

I learned that it has a polished compressor housing which i did not know till now lol as well as a ported inlet on the exhaust housing.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0335.jpg

Wiped it a little bit looking for some numbers on it, but only found a couple on the exhaust housing and when I googled them Everything said Big 16g, But Supposedly its a Evo 3 16g? If it is or isn't and someone would let me know that'd be greatly appreciated.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0336.jpg

Bad PCV valve with stock crankcase evacuation= a nasty mess my intercooler looked the same way within 1500 miles of being cleaned.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0336.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10115-0602.jpg

I forgot to take finished pics, but its nothin special just not all oily inside and out. Ill get a closeup of it when I take the finished pics tomorrow hopefully.
I was hesitant to port the wastegate area out due to severe cracking in there, and it was a huge mistake, When I built this 3" exhaust. It comes off the 2.5" crush bent down pipe right now but I'm planning to make a pie cut 3" one this weekend.

I had a hard time holding the exhaust up by myself and the jackstands were in use so the exhaust is rubbing on the bottom transfercase bolt a little right where it comes off the shitty downpipe.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...118-1335-1.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10118-1335.jpg

and installed it the turbo creeps..... like 13lbs worth of creep

MBC set at 9lbs, it'll hold 9lbs till about 4500rpm then the climb starts by the time you get to 7000rpm in 2nd your at about 22lbs of boost. Basically im debating on whether or not to just go external gate just simply due to having to get a bigger WG flapper, the cracking in the housing around the WG outlet and the problems others have had with them still creeping after the porting

notsostockgalant 01-22-2011 03:14 AM

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Issues currently still on the plate....


-Exhaust- Rubbing on T-case bolt, and although it sounds really good to me I need to add a Resonator,Glasspack or bullet muffler somewhere in the piping.
Its kinda loud with just 11ft of 3" piping and a 15" long ,3" inlet, 4.5" outlet canister muffler on it.
It has a Super Deep tone without any rasp/snapping/cracking/pinging/tinging or ear piercing cackle, and I would like to keep it that way just tone it down a little bit

-Cam seals are oozing a little down into the timing cover

-Starter now grinds on flywheel due to the ear breaking off of the other one, flywheel teeth look slightly worn from the old starter barely gripping when it was coming off. Flywheel has like 15 starts on it :(

-Clutch doesn't wanna disengage unless pedal is pumped???
~Brand new slave cylinder
~10000miles on the master cylinder
~FCU/Accumulator removed from slave line
~Clutch Pivot ball is shimmed
~Clutch fork had very little war to the pivot points
~Slave was gravity bled, then Pumped to bleed, then It was bled opening the valve while the pedal was being pushed down same result after all 3 bleeding attempts.
Any ideas/suggestions here would be great.

-One of the clips that holds one of the shifter cables to the bracket fell off, I made one up but need to get it properly installed. Its a pretty big issue because the way I mounted my Ignition transistor, it unplugs it because the clips broken on the plug when the cable bends up from not being mounted, thus leaving me dead in the water.

Issues that were pre existing

-Rear Toe Adjusters- the buschings on these are what caused me to go into the ditch in the first place. on my first drive since the repairs the back end was flyin round like a dogs tail. I have a homeade idea to replace/repair them gunna attempt it tomorrow.

-Front Passenger Tie Rod End- noticed the inside of the tire was wearing funny. You can feel it pretty good without the power steering.

-ISC/Base idle- Car will not idle sometimes and when it does it kinda just idles down to like 450rpm then catches its self and revs to 1300rpm, it does it slowly though not like the revving up and down real fast like most of them do.

Just want it to be back to being a reliable fun daily driver like it was when I first got it. Once the maintenance is done sucking my wallet dry then I can hopefully return to buying some more mods, and finally make this thread interesting. haha

Hopefully someones got a good idea of what the clutch issue is, because I'm at a loss. I've put a bunch of these in and the last one was on my 90 GSX that one was half ass gravity bled and it worked awesome, and since this one has to be pumped I know its a hydraulic problem rather than mechanical.

Kevin 1G Drummer 01-22-2011 11:33 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Do you have the number that you used to search what turbo it is? Can't really see it in the pic. Also, I vote that you go with an external wg off the o2 housing. I ran setup on my dsm with the 3076, and the evo3 16g and it held a perfect 20 psi all the way to 7500rpm. No creep, no taper.

scheides 01-22-2011 12:14 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by notsostockgalant
Wiped it a little bit looking for some numbers on it, but only found a couple on the exhaust housing and when I googled them Everything said Big 16g, But Supposedly its a Evo 3 16g? If it is or isn't and someone would let me know that'd be greatly appreciated.

On the compressor cover, there are some numbers as part of the casting. Near the end, there are some stamped numbers, which help signify which turbo this is.

49178-01(40)0: 14B
49178-01(41)0: Big 16G
49178-01(42)0: Big 16G
49178-01(45)0: Evo I Big 16G
49178-01(46)0: Evo II Big 16G
49178-01(47)0: EVO III 16G

49178-01(52)0: Small 16G

However, the one you posted looks polished or something? It is definitely a 'g' wheel so its either a small, big, or evo3 16g but if its actually made by MHI or a knock-off, who knows. They usually look more like this:
http://i5.tinypic.com/20k23x3.jpg

notsostockgalant 01-22-2011 01:36 PM

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ya whoever polished it did a pretty good job of taking every casting mark/ number off the compressor housing lol.

The only numbers I was able to match were on the turbine housing they were 01 and then 47 I'll take a closer peak today n get some more pics of it for ya guys.

Ya I think the external setups coming Maybe instead of upgrading my o2 housing ill just take it as an opportunity to discard this Pacesetter header, everyone says they crack to hell this one hasn't, but it is made out of pretty thin material melted all the blades off my ac fan when i had it and started to curl the blades on the factory primary fan as well lol.

All I care is that it'll pull to redline at 17lbs like it was before it got taken apart, at least until I get the rest of my supporting mods done.

This 9lbs till 4500 then creeping to 22lbs is getting sort of old especially if I forget its like that and get it up in revs in 3rd I can get some god ol' fuel cut whiplash haha

95tsi 01-23-2011 06:47 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
you can try to adjust the clutch pedal itself.

if it works while pumping it up your leaking pressure somewhere. I'd really check you have no leaks and ALL the air out of the system.

http://vfaq.com/mods/wayback/clutch_...es/Clutch2.jpg you can spin the rod to lengthen or shorten to where it works. might help a lil bit.

goodhart 01-23-2011 08:29 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
That compressor wheel looks scary. Engine bay looks a lot better though!

What are you tuned with/for? E85 or pump?

I thought guys with creep issues sometimes just turned up the boost on their mbc so the car would get to that boost level, then not go any higher? lol

Ex: car is set to 14psi, creeps to 22, so they set it to 22, then just let it taper? That make any sense?

Maybe try getting a tubular o2 housing or porting it if you don't want to risk porting the cracked turbine housing.

notsostockgalant 01-24-2011 10:02 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Well the cars down again put in my new starter last thursday and it worked good but still sounded funky.
Well this afternoon it decided that it wanted to engage the flywheel but just grind on it instead of spinning it.
So my 1 week old flywheel is fucked and the trans is coming out tomorrow night.
I ended up getting a used fidanza from a buddy. As much as I really don't wanna run another fidanza theres not really a choice, since I'm out of money and I have a small DSM part tab running with him lol.

Just have to decide if the friction surface is within spec to be used. If it is I'll attempt to do a flywheel swap after work, after researching clutch swaps most people claim to be able to do it all said and done in about 3hrs, Hopefully if nothing breaks or anything else is found wrong, It'll be back on the road tomorrow night.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 95tsi (Post 371655)
you can try to adjust the clutch pedal itself.

if it works while pumping it up your leaking pressure somewhere. I'd really check you have no leaks and ALL the air out of the system.

http://vfaq.com/mods/wayback/clutch_...es/Clutch2.jpg you can spin the rod to lengthen or shorten to where it works. might help a lil bit.

Ya The clutch disengagement issue definitely needs to be solved. I think some air is stuck in the slave itself somehow and its not coming out when the clutch is bled, The clutch wouldn't disengage at all tonight on the way home no matter if I pumped it or anything. This was a really big problem especially since I couldn't let the car die with the starter unable to grab the flywheel and me not being able to push start the car on ice alone.

Quote:

Originally Posted by goodhart (Post 371660)
That compressor wheel looks scary. Engine bay looks a lot better though!

What are you tuned with/for? E85 or pump?

I thought guys with creep issues sometimes just turned up the boost on their mbc so the car would get to that boost level, then not go any higher? lol

Ex: car is set to 14psi, creeps to 22, so they set it to 22, then just let it taper? That make any sense?

Maybe try getting a tubular o2 housing or porting it if you don't want to risk porting the cracked turbine housing.


After looking at the pic the compressor wheel does like like its pretty fucked up lol its just oil though, I wish i would have taken more pics of it all clean.

The cars tuned by me on a SAFC with just pump for now. Its a very safe tune though since I was using a narrow band/ O2 voltage monitoring.
Before the "CREEP" issues I was running 17lbs on the stock injectors safely.
This thing actually ripped pretty good for being on only 17lbs., It feels faster than my old 2g with a 2.3 and 50trim on 10lbs although that one was untuned.

My buddy said the same thing about the boost creep,"just get some bigger injectors and weld the wastegate shut" hahah, but I would like to have the peace of mind of some L19s and a Permatorque before the boost goes any higher.


I'm still debating on which route to take with that, Nice header with external wg or a tubular o2 with an external wg. Maybe ill just port the living hell out of the turbine housing and hope it doesn't crack any further or get another housing from my buddy. I had planned on upgrading turbos after i get done with my supporting mods/maintence.

95tsi 01-24-2011 11:12 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by notsostockgalant (Post 371731)
The cars tuned by me on a SAFC with just pump for now. Its a very safe tune though since I was using a narrow band/ O2 voltage monitoring.


be careful. narrow band inst the greatest so just take it easy and not push it.

Kevin 1G Drummer 01-24-2011 11:42 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Make sure your clutch master isn't leaking. If it looks like the one in that pic, it's leaking and would cause your disengagement issue.

notsostockgalant 02-02-2011 09:57 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Got er fixed up last week for the most part.

Slave was leaking from the crush washers on the line.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10125-1952.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10125-1959.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10125-1953.jpg

Axle hanger came loose, causing the boot to come partially off.(dont mind the oil its just from the power steering loop leaking, I plan to pull the rack when the tie rod ends get replaced here soon)

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10125-2131.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10125-2131.jpg


Heres a pretty awesome heat mark on the front and back of the flywheel in the same spot.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10126-0206.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10126-0203.jpg

Heres the whole reason it came back out, last 2 pics are centered on my old fidanza starter ring.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10126-0206.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10126-0207.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10126-0211.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10126-0212.jpg

Clutch disk looked good as did the pressure plate, scuffed em with some 400 grit and put em in with the fidanza.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10126-0136.jpg

Being that the fidanza was used, I rolled around it with a 60grit 3M ROLOC disc on a pneumatic sander a few times to make sure there weren't any gouges/groves/unseen high/low spots in it, followed by a 100grit surfacing pad which left it with a nice smooth level finish. Wish I would have taken some pics of this......

Car Shifts better than it ever has since the clutch disengages with one push of the pedal and not 25 pumps haha.

notsostockgalant 02-02-2011 10:01 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Heres some more turbo trivia...

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10125-1954.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10125-1956.jpg

78-11830

and I checked right near the flange towards the CHRA and there is indeed an 070 so its a 7cm turbine housing aswell, forgot to take note of the other numbers though.

Couple front shots

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10125-2129.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10125-2129.jpg

notsostockgalant 02-02-2011 11:17 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
The car shifted awesome, and the creep issue was fixed after I noticed that the WG flapper arm coming off of the turbine housing had gotten bent somehow....... After straightening that out, I was only getting about 3lbs of creep with the boost controller set at 10 lbs,so I set it to 15lbs and it held just fine all the way to redline.
Then on friday

Then on friday I was having some issues with my stock Radiator leaking, come to find out the plastic separated from the aluminum.

So I fitted up a civic radiator I had laying around.( the fins are pretty rotten/non existent in most spots, but the tubes and endtanks are solid)
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10130-0054.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10130-0112.jpg




I had to temporarily JB weld the upper and lower neck from the Talon radiator onto the civic one for the time being, because the Honda rad uses smaller hoses.(I bought some adapters and removed the jbwelded ends on Monday)

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10130-0112.jpg


I plan to get an aluminum Honda/half size radiator, then I'll just weld the correct size upper and lower necks onto it.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...10130-0728.jpg

After swapping in the adapters on monday I went for a test spin and it blew the upper radiator hose, so I put it back on and went out for test run#2 and attempted to make a 3rd gear pull ,well the temp went from 180 to 215.

Let it cool down all the way, pulled the rad cap and fired it up......
Bubbles....... but once the car warmed up it stopped bubbling.

So, the heads comin off sooner than later, seems the oil leak that ran along the headgasket was not from the intake came seal since it has gotten alot worse aswell, the cars fine as long as you stay out of boost, but whats the fun in that.

goodhart 02-02-2011 11:31 PM

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Did you burp the coolant system good? I have heard you need a dual core radiator when running a half sized one like that also.

notsostockgalant 02-02-2011 11:56 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
one of the perks of having 2x rad caps with this setup haha, filled the radiator first with it running then filled it at the thermostat housing.

It had hardly any air in the system when I removed the cap and restarted it.


I had heard that about the half size radiators aswell, and will be purchasing a 2 core aluminum one after I get the headgasket replaced.

golden763 02-25-2011 08:05 PM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
Hey everyone this my New car lol as of now tire apart in my garage to get head gasket and tranny and ideas say em lol

golden763 03-08-2011 10:58 AM

Re: 95 Tsi Awd PPPPPProject
 
So put the motor back together couple days ago cosmetic mls head gasket arp l19s stock timing belt lol old tensioner and tranny i bought from corn fed 2.4 has to work better than 1st 2nd to 5th lol also wiring harness is so hacked i wanna kill myself lol somehow the shit i unplugged don't reach anymore how that works no idea

goodhart 03-08-2011 11:05 AM

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mybrainhurtsfromreadingthis.

COMETIC lol

turbotalon1g 03-08-2011 11:12 AM

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