[mrmax1984]

Originally Posted by vasillalov

Believe it or not, I am still running my stock turbos from 2008. Ended up doing wastegate adjustment on the rod and everything is back to normal... for now.

I am sure the turbos will eventually need to be replaced. I am just still very skittish about aftermarket turbos. None of them have the reliability I want combined with the low rpm spool of the stockers.

Were you able to adjust the front turbo's waste gate actuator rod? I was only able to reach the rear one from above.

[vasillalov]

Originally Posted by mrmax1984

Were you able to adjust the front turbo's waste gate actuator rod? I was only able to reach the rear one from above.

Yes. You can "adjust" the front turbo actuator rod by adding washers between the diaphragm and the bracket, essentially pushing the diaphragm further out and tightening the slack on the rod.

Hope it makes sense.

[mrmax1984]

Originally Posted by vasillalov

Yes. You can "adjust" the front turbo actuator rod by adding washers between the diaphragm and the bracket, essentially pushing the diaphragm further out and tightening the slack on the rod.

Hope it makes sense.

How did you get access to it? There are tons of coolant and A/C lines in the way, last I checked.

Edit: I think I found it: link

Edit 2: The above thread was referenced in another one. On the second page, it would seem a much easier way of doing this was found by user Waikiki: link

Gonna give it a try this weekend!

[T1M]

The turbo engineers aka TTE make turbos for VAG platform group cars. That's how I know of them. Been around quite some time and appear to have a good rep. They do a lot of turbine clipping on stage 1/2 products though which I don't like.