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You mean this one? :)

Well, in all fairness, pretty much everyone looks the same AFTER they put on the robe and wizard hat. :) Happy birthday, by the way. We want pictures of the loot.

VNT on diesel engines has been done many times by now. The thing is, EGTs on diesel are significantly lower than gasoline engines, so it's much easier to build something that doesn't fuse into a solid chunk of steel on a diesel.

My concern with the Porsche units is that those guys are crazy - they are completely willing to replace a turbo every couple of years and consider it a wear item, like brake pads or clutch discs. I don't know if that's what is happening, I don't think they have enough road use on the VNT tech...

Washington the county is in Florida somewheres?

You should post pictures of the extra bolts. They might be flywheel bolts, which would explain both the knock sounds and the clutch failure.

I've always wondered what the hell that means...

Jack up the front end of the car and push / pull the front wheels - with that much play, you should be able to track the problem to a loose, broken, or badly worn component.

Good choice... can't go wrong with one of those.

You know, for a grumpy old man, he sure talks like a teenage girl. ;)

No no no... these let you FLY. Straight up, too!

I'll add that the AEM isn't the end-all of products, even with the plug-n-pray setup. It's not bad, just that PnP isn't the criteria you should be looking at for an ECU. Instead, find a local tuner that is good, talk to them about what product they like, and buy what they suggest. I would...

You're going to find really quickly that most 'high performance' tires just won't do anymore. I run Kumho V.70 on the rear, they are supposedly track use only. Even those won't stick until it's really hot out. Drag radials will let you stick in a straight line, but they blow donkey cock in...

Forever. I don't like armorall... damn stuff outgasses over time, leaving an ugly residue on the glass above it.

Wait until you hear the thing... it rings like a bell when the starter hits it. :)

Personally I'd pick up another one, either from a dealer, or possibly from a partout here. Or get an interior shop to rebuild the entire top piece on both sides so they match.

Err... if it's really relatively easy, why have we seen this attempted at least a dozen times and finished maybe twice?

That looks awfully familiar. Need warmer weather and stickier rubber.

Whoa... who's this? Talk about Zombies... :) You just passing through, or considering staying awhile?

I took it to Bill at the Independent Speed Shop and told him to make it right. I could probably have done it myself, but when there is such a good tuner easily available, why take the risk? It's not like the cost of the tuning is even a drop in the bucket when compared to the rest of the parts...