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So I bought this Jetta in the Fall of 2014, one owner 1.8t. Drove it home from Boston and had a blast. Coming from a NA Corrado VR, I was really impressed with the power and torque, my love for boost had begun.:banghead: A pic from the PO of the Jetta in its prime:
Had some maintenance to take care of, downpipe and cat were shot, and the turbo seals were bad:
Got a 42DD 3"DP and cat, got the F23 rebuilt, and added a chinafold exhaust manifold, thanks Doug!
So now the car passed inspection and was running good. My original thoughts were to buy a Corrado shell and transfer the engine and transmission over to have a track Corrado, but sometime while working on and driving the Jetta it sank it's fangs into me and I really began to like the car. After all, it's more accommodating for tall people, and someone can actually fit in the back seat. I began researching suspension mods for the car because it handled like crap, and was happy to find most TT/R32 parts were bolt on.
So last summer I focused on suspension. Put ground control/Koni sports all around.
TT rack, stiffened subframe, control arms and spindles.
So the car handled much better, and I got to take it to Dub Deliverance, what a blast.
So besides a proper tune what was still bothering me with the car was the amount of wheelspin in 1st and second. Even with 245s and a LSD third was the first gear I could get good traction, and that was only in dry weather. So I began researching AWD swaps, and picked up this:
And then I couldn't help myself and picked up this:
More to come...

Had some maintenance to take care of, downpipe and cat were shot, and the turbo seals were bad:

Got a 42DD 3"DP and cat, got the F23 rebuilt, and added a chinafold exhaust manifold, thanks Doug!
So now the car passed inspection and was running good. My original thoughts were to buy a Corrado shell and transfer the engine and transmission over to have a track Corrado, but sometime while working on and driving the Jetta it sank it's fangs into me and I really began to like the car. After all, it's more accommodating for tall people, and someone can actually fit in the back seat. I began researching suspension mods for the car because it handled like crap, and was happy to find most TT/R32 parts were bolt on.
So last summer I focused on suspension. Put ground control/Koni sports all around.

TT rack, stiffened subframe, control arms and spindles.

So the car handled much better, and I got to take it to Dub Deliverance, what a blast.


So besides a proper tune what was still bothering me with the car was the amount of wheelspin in 1st and second. Even with 245s and a LSD third was the first gear I could get good traction, and that was only in dry weather. So I began researching AWD swaps, and picked up this:

And then I couldn't help myself and picked up this:

More to come...