ya the light weight pulley is good for 2.8's but i've heard it cuased problems with the 1.8T

 

yes, thats what I was saying I think.... its cool for the 2.8 but can be really bad for a 1.8

 

That's cool. I'll probably just leave it out then.

 

you know i was thinking about the pulleys for my car...and i've heard alot of people say that they have heard they were no good for the 1.8 t but i have yet to hear any first hand bad experiences.

and dont turbo engines work better with lower compression, not higher ?

 

yea your right higher comperssion on a turbo motor is not a good thing

 

That's why I don't know why audi made such a high compression turbo motor. And I doubt if it's mille 1 thousandths that it would raise compression that much.

I might just get the pulley and see what happens. Anyone had a pulley or have one on there 1.8T now?

 

the only time milling the head is necessary during a head gasket is if it blew very badly and got extremely hot and warped the head otherwise it is unnecessary. also milling the head will increase your compression which isnt something you should play around with especially on a turbocharged car

 

You still want to have the head checked to see if it is true. If it's warped you need to have it milled.

 

I assume that the shop will be checking it for trueness(if that's a word).

I think there is a possiblity that the head may be warped. When I first got the car, it had front end damage to it. Bad radiator and other stuff, but the radiator is the only relevent thing here. I drove it on a cool night, 45-50 degree cool, about a mile to a gas station with no coolant in it other than what was in the motor. At the time I didn't think much of it. Drove it back home and the temp never got above half. (Would the temp gauge work though if there is no coolant in it?) I then let the car sit for the next few weeks while I fixed it. It had a small misfire problem with no CEL. I changed plugs and packs and it went away for a bit. Then it started again and I took it the the shop. That's when I found out it had a bad head gasket.

How much would comp change if it's only milled .0010? And what is stock compression (10.3:1 or something like that?)

 

not alot...and i think its 9.3:1 or 9.5:1, if they would only be milling it to get rid of the warpage they wouldnt be machining off enough for a significant compression difference, it would be alot more if you were decking the head and the block just to increase the compression, but just ask the machine shop they should be able to calculate it