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general mechanics work on general principals. They dont know vehicle specific problems, which our cars have many of, and when you turbo a non turbo you basiclly throw out ever going to a general mechanic. When my garage and house was flooded i brought my car all around to general shops and none of them could find my issue and they all admitted it was way over their head. you can bring it to one of the vendors on here like db or map, but if you dont have the cash your kinda stuck doing it yourself which in the long run is for the best trust me.

do a self assesment of the car and engine. get a compression tester and check the engine out, that will tell you what condition the engine is in. get a cheap multi meter, with this you can check your plug wires and just about any other electronic in the car. because your dealing with a turboed car you really should get a wideband so you can know what the tune is and if it has any fuel issues. Make a boost leak tester, you can check all of your inatke path with this. How does the car drive now? can you boost it without issues? are there any check engine lights (CEL)? if there are any issues with the car describe them and usually we can help you out with what it is or point you int the rigt direction. what we dont have dsmtuners.com and dsmtalk.com and vfaq.com will, dsmtalk has the best search feature.

o ya welcome to the board