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I have pulled a couple of car bodies, there is always some ground wire or something, the best advice is do it SLOW!

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Look at my sig pic.... we use Wasserbeck's Speed Shop in Ostrander.

this happened to a friend of mine...same deal, same car, it was a bad throttle position sensor.

45 - 48 inches away from the bolt, two guys pulling on the bar. I did 40 inches and peeled the 1/2" drive right out of the flex bar.

Broke a 1/2" drive flex bar, smashed finger, owned by second hub nut. Nut 1 me 0. Borrowed 3/4" drive ratchet and socket, Nut 1 Me 0, Paul and Matt 1. I would be willing to bet they applied 700 pounds of torque to break that bastard loose. I would have helped but this finger really hurts.

Pull the MAF and see if anything changes. Then start checking the plugs and wires for a misfiring cyl. Then check the fuel pressure and delivery.

second post edited for content, and so it will fit this screen http://home.columbus.rr.com/jkent1/bug.jpg here is the bug.

I am going to put it up in the air and soak all the bolts with liquid wrench before I do anything. I will start the tear down and get all the old parts out of the way and look at what needs re-done. Thanks for the advice, I am more worried about the races getting inserted correctly and putting the brakes in the right way.

Measure the resistance of the map and get a resistor with a bit higher ohm rating and jam it in there.

My bug (real bug) has drums all the way around, I just ordered the discs all the way around. I haven't ever swapped this out before so what should I expect, other than a need for liquid wrench? Also, post install, what should I do? do I need to do anything special to prep the new discs? Drive around with the brakes on or anything?

there is a vw shop on e 5th, he told me to come by any time to use the press he has. really nice guy, stop by and talk about vw's for a minute and your in.

Agresti Bros. just moved into a new place, awesome new paint booth.

Thanks tibby. I have heard about that book, just wanted to hit up the guys that have put in turbos, especially if they have put in a twin setup on a v8. If we ever do get this project off of the ground it will be a learning experience.

Another question I have is, does anyone run a boosted setup on Alcohol? Alcohol is basically 140 octane gas so it can handle more compression without detenation. Matt and I are thinking 383 Stroker with a twin hair dryer setup for running super pro or so at trails, maybe run IHRA hotrod.

So I understood a bit of this in the beginning and now it is getting clearer. Where does one purchase a couple of turbos? (I assume Garrett turbos, but where do you guys get yours?) I will need special manifolds for the exhaust and intake, do I have to make thos my self?

So they operate on the output of the motor, not like blow off excess pressure in the intake airstream?

Lemme see if I got this right, when turboing a car. I am thinking about like picking up a police cruiser at the auction, or getting a camaro that needs a motor, so I am talking V8 turboing. I have to have a manifold off the exhaust that gets the turbo spinning. This in turn gathers cold air and blows it with force into the motor. You can run the air it is blowing into a FMIC or some such to cool the air (more O2). A dual turbo is probably the easiest for a V8 application, no? So lets say I am blowing this air into a carb, I would have to have the carb running richer than a non-turbo application, right? If I am running this into FI I would have to have a bigger throttle body and higher duration injectors to get more fuel in the air/fuel mixture, right? I have never slapped a turbo on anything so I am trying to figure out how hard this would be. How do I regulate the PSI, it seems the boost would always be increasing. I would be building this for a dragstrip so I need to keep it consistant. If I am missing a big part of this, let me know. This may be a good thread to show those that don't know (like me) how to tune/setup a turbo.

Excellent, I look forward to details, I suggest you make a page with the wares on it. shop.columbusracing.com or some such.

Excellent, I look forward to details, I suggest you make a page with the wares on it. shop.columbusracing.com or some such.

Is the mail order thing together?

Is the mail order thing together?

Possibly the most consistant setup you can run.... Paul recently ran an entire race up to the finals with only 3 hundreds difference through the whole day. 7.75 to 7.78. It is a mechanical fuel injection setup, we run two 4" toilets on a tunnel ram. http://www.ronsracing.com/

Stacks rule, this is basically the setup we created using Ron's Flying Toilets. Obviously, drag only setup.

My Hyundai has some kind of valve train related clicking noise (the old screw-driver to the ear) and I need to get it fixed. I don't like to get screwed at these places, it should be under warranty etc...