anybody know who's A4 this was?
boost leaks have it breaking up pretty bad starting at 6k, turbo isn't sitting flush against the manifold "seafoam revealed that", going to revamp it and get some studs and copper sheet to get it setting better. have to wait for compressor housing adapters to fix the leaks up, my home made ones have small leaks somewhere. a FMIC wouldn't hurt either, IDT the stocker can keep up.
you found the engine code! lol, yea, havent heard of a ajl engine? ima have to search this one. imo replace all timing belt components before you start her up. for safetys sake, also control arms tend to go on these suckers so give them a replacing. id say a hell'uva deal man! BT a4 for 2k. whadda steal. turbo kit alones more than that.
The turbo kit that is in that car isn't worth $2k, it would be if it was an actual APR stage 3 or stage 3 kit but that is not an APR manifold in his pictures.
Last edited by Mike-2ptzero; Feb 8, 2013 at 12:32 PM.
in an attempt to alleviate some headache, and seeing as there's a brand new maf in the trunk, and there's already a hole patched in the upper IC tube, I'm going to cut it out and put the maf in a blow through setup a couple inches in front of the throttle body, this will at least let me check the tune without having the thing break up like crazy from the leaks.
Last edited by dpartinvr4; Feb 10, 2013 at 01:19 AM.
okay, went through and patched everything up, made new copper gaskets, boost leaks are fixed, she still brakes up a little, up top, I'm going to change the fuel filter and see if that helps any.