Slow 400G build

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10802445#post10802445 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hahnmeister
I love their cars... dont get me wrong. Those Audi's are a blast to drive. I was considering a RS3 myself... but their reliability is just so 'iffy'. They have notorious electrical problems... and sure enough, within the first 3 months of having that turbo beetle, there was a recall on the entire instrument cluster and all the wiring in the car. Still to this day, sensors break left and right, and sometimes the engine wont start just for random reasons. To date, the electronics in the key werent being recognized by the ignition... so you couldnt start the engine. The response was 'these things happen' from VW. At 35,000 miles, the water pump just quit. Recently, the engine just wont 'turn over' under random circumstances... seems like a battery... replaced the battery... still happens and not even the dealer can figure it out. At 20,000 miles, an entire bank of fuses just fried... again a 'these things happen' thing. This car is stock, no aftermarket 'pimp my ride' stuff. Engine/emission sensors go bad once a year it seems... oh, and dont run the car on anything other than BP gas or else something will break!

'These things just happen'... yeah, right. Not to a Honda or Toyota. I know a guy at BOSCH in Germany... he does electrical engineering on Porche's now, but used to do VW's. Since its all one company now, they try to cut costs and make the Porche's engineered more by VW's teams. They wont allow it because they know it will be the source of all problems to come.

The woman's father was a CEO in detroit, in the auto industry. He had a Caddy SRX SUV that he hated when he got it (previous company car was a Mercedes M-class). So he had the prototype engineers rip apart the Caddy and put the suspension from the Mercedes in there. My suggestion at the time was to gut the Beetle and put everything from a Civic Type-R in that thing (engine, suspension, electronics, etc). She said 'nah, thats a huge hassle and things arent THAT BAD'. Its been a year since then, and boy... does she wish she would have done that now.

Im on the waiting list for a BMW 1-series now.
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so much wrong here, can't even begin....You got a lemon, there are lots of them, from every manufacturer...The "pimp my ride stuff" that you refer to would only make my car more prone to failure...yet...none for the 4yrs I've had mine. (or the 4 other VW's in the family) but it won't matter what I say b/c you have your mind made up. GL with your car future :)
 
I have 80,000 plus miles on my Audi right now. I've done my own maintinence and had no problems. Sometimes you get a lemon like 20vturbo said. I love my car! Well anyway, how do you like your APR program? I;m thinking of going that route.
 
I am a toyota man but have a little soft spot for the vw's. The a4 was a little dissapointment in power with a friend of mine but it handled incredible. All the newer cars today are just incredible. i rented a titan for a couple weeks and loved the truck.

have you run the car at the track? any et's with or with out the juice?
 
back when I first got it and had chip and exhaust I ran 14.3@96...unfotunately other priorities have my car hobby go to the wayside for quite a while now
 
nice tank and you should of went with an SRT-4 instead :P

yeah i love VW's and Audi's but having a monster turbo car is a totally different experience then the turbos in the Audi's and VW's
 
hahah I love that little neon they sound sweet with a nice turbo and no muffler. It makes me rember the days of the old svo back in the late 80's. I hooked up my dads tbird for him. It went 14.0 with 20 lbs of boost.

I do miss my supra sitting in my garage.. maybe one day down the line....
 
yeah i wish i had a supra sitting in my garage too lol

but my mid 11's at 25 PSI is still tons of fun, just lacks the top end of a single turbo supra

it looks like quite a few people on here have the two most expensive hobbies possible, building up cars and reefing lol
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10830536#post10830536 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mattyice
it looks like quite a few people on here have the two most expensive hobbies possible, building up cars and reefing lol [/B]
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HAHA I wish I could support both but for now its a SLOWWWWW process :cool:
 
Wow..you must be running slicks? What mph are you getting?

I know what you mean about both. I also got a min me on the way. I just wan tot get water in my tank by Thanksgiving.
 
haha i wish i had slicks, if i had slicks and traction bars i would be in the 10's i can trap around 120 without a problem, i just cant get the time to drop

when i first started tuning my engine and turbo i was only running 5 PSI and managed to run a 13.8 at only 89, that gives you an idea of whats left in my engine and turbo

seriously though...20vturbo you have a really really clean car which is pretty rare for VW's around here, not to mention it is a very potent engine built up the right way

cars in all actuality are like reef tanks, built up the right way they are beautiful and work flawlessly, if you cut corners and buy stupid stuff that has no use it will end up making you kick yourself in the *** later on lol
 
cars in all actuality are like reef tanks, built up the right way they are beautiful and work flawlessly, if you cut corners and buy stupid stuff that has no use it will end up making you kick yourself in the *** later on lol [/B]
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Hahaha so true!
 
no not selling, trading (I still want a large tank!). The only people that responded wanted to buy it so I am just going to try to set it up (maybe remove the crown molding on the canopy? or lower the canopy), although a local shop is in the process of deciding if they want to trade me for a shorter tank. I also had it on our local forum for trade http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=36370 That's why there haven't been any updates to this thread except for car talk. I am hoping to know by this weekend...my wife is getting angry with it in the living room! :)
 
Ok guys any help would be great!! I would love to have any suggestions on where to drill this bad boy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_v0clTykZc

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I would think that C would be too close to the edges of the panes. Depending on the internal desiogn of the "overflow", B seems the most likely for a main drain to the sump. You may be able to get some CL returns in D, maybe in A and through the overflow too for a CL intake.
 
thanks for the suggestion, I was thinking of drilling one hole for the drain right in the middle of the B section like you said since I dont think I have enough room for 2 drains like normal. What size hole/bulkhead/Durso pipe would you guys suggest? I was thinking that a 1" hole wouldn't be big enough? Would something like this work?

excuse the terrible artwork :)
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