Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Maybe I should sell my hpfp and go mpi.....
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Another is38 victim
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Hoon
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Rhode Island
Nope lol 91 & meth for that situation.
You can buy from Autotech directly and they also sell on ebay, so there's a price break if you wait for a sale day.
Hoon
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Rhode Island
Do a pump swap w/ Railroader (+ cash obviously).
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Got a spare pump (2 actually, lol).
railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
Ah, well I'm running a lot more meth with the second nozzle. I have a brand new spare clutch kit I could probably sell and buy the mpi lol, but then my luck my clutch would take a shit again
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railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
Ya but my pump is special
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Hoon
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Rhode Island
You probably have a spare MK7 by now lol
Eh, with very limited access to E85 the MPI loses most of its appeal. I'd keep the clutch and hit that sucker with a whole lot of meth.
Dude; sorry to see another IS38 pop. 
Seems like if you want to tweak, and/or get 400+whp, and/or do fueling, then a factory-based turbo isn’t the best option.
^^ This is what I keep seeing; more often than OTS tunes (not exclusively), its tunes that have the ability for the user to make adjustments where the turbos go pop. Purely anecdotal, I know.
Seems like if you want to tweak, and/or get 400+whp, and/or do fueling, then a factory-based turbo isn’t the best option.
railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
I dont see an issue with factory "based" so far they have been pretty reliable for the ones that are out there, all updated stuff inside them, it's the oem ones that are prone to propping but when you push them to there limit constantly on a daily basis it's only a matter of time. I knew going into this when I got my is38 that it was a ticking time bomb
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Dude; sorry to see another IS38 pop.
^^ This is what I keep seeing; more often than OTS tunes (not exclusively), its tunes that have the ability for the user to make adjustments where the turbos go pop. Purely anecdotal, I know.
Seems like if you want to tweak, and/or get 400+whp, and/or do fueling, then a factory-based turbo isn’t the best option. Also this had nothing to do with any changes I made, the logs when it gave actually looked good only thing was Watergate duty cycle was higher than usual but nothing that really said to die, it was just time for it to go, and I'll be honest I haven't checked the shaft play in a long time so had I been on top of that I probably would have avoided this
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You most likely already know all this stuff but figured I’d add it in here anyways!
Sorry to hear! Hope it's all fixed and resolved soon.
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44609
Sorry to hear! Hope it's all fixed and resolved soon.
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44609
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railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
Sorry for the loss, and i saw you ordered eqt so good luck with that, excited to see the comparisons.
One question, im sure its posted somewhere and i missed it but what tune were your running?
railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
Maestro. I was logging when it went and the log looked good only a couple issues like it was running a little fat but nothing to bad
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PacDawg
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- Gilroy, CA
Sorry to see this but at least it gives you the excuse to go BT. IS38s can make good power but the unfortunate reality is that reliability goes down the drain when being pushed.