Hey guys, this is awesome. I'm kinda like JB, I didn't realize how many FWD TT/force induction guys were out there or in the works. That's awesome.
I'll tell you what else is really awesome for me to see too. It's the fact that those of us that were the 1st few to do the TT conversion/TT engine swap had MAJOR problems and now guys are getting the cars to run stable without the problems us 1st guys had. Hans's ran for a few hours and hasn't been heard of for 2-3 years. Jeff (gatecrasher) has had numerous problems with the ESX. JB, finally blew up 10.1 compression motor as well as countless clutch handling problems. As for my car, The Super ES TT, its sitting over here in the shop broke to all hell. My car has been sitting since the 1st weekend in August (The Reading Gathering) We FINALLY got a spare moment to pull the motor out, and its not good. 2 fried piston rings, a spun rod bearing and one rod bearing that was just totally GONE!!!!!!! Anyone that knows me or my car knows that my car has had more than its fair share of problems. Lets see, on its 3rd tranny, probably 8-10 clutches, 3 sets of turbos, this will be the 4th motor and God only can remember what else.
My car is going under the knife over the winter for what hopefully will be the final major project for a LONG WHILE. We're doing a fully race prepped engine. Crower rods, 8.5:1 compression JE Pistons w/ a 3.1 bored motor, Dynamic Racing Stage 3 heads, FMIC, Crower regind cams, unorthodox cam gears, AEM EMS and its looking very much like twin IHI Ball Bearing 20G turbos. Yup, that's right, the DR650's are probably coming out with less than 5000 miles on them and no more than 15 drag runs.
Good luck to all of your guys heading into your converisons and good luck to those of you that have a FWD TT.
I do have to give a shout out to our latest TT conversion customer, Brian (upyun) We did his conversion and its running strong. Look for him to make some FWD TT news in the future
Ty
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