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Aug 19, 2005 | 01:14 PM

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CusTTom "Quag" WesTT

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Sounds right.. which is why many of us don't like to bypass certain of the OEM safeguards.

Aug 19, 2005 | 01:15 PM

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tylor

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do it!

Aug 19, 2005 | 01:27 PM

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TTschwing

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I understand your inference....>>

Which is why My stuff does not. But perhaps you do not understand how it all works, or perhaps you're just a basher. I'd bet on both.

Aug 19, 2005 | 01:30 PM

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CWK_Marin

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That reminds me of my brother's 1959...

Buick Le Sabre convertible. He and is hot rod pal put an Offenhauser polished aluminum intake manifold on it and 3-2bbl Stromberg 97 carbureators. The ignition was handled by a mallory magspark distributor. In those days my brother was a Lt. USAF flying F102's in upper Michigan. He and his fellow young officers all drove modified American Iron. In 1960 he burned a hole in several of the pistons. There were no guages of any sort to predict that failure so far as I know.

By then he was married and had a child on the way, so his next car was a Chevrolet station wagon that was stock...

Aug 19, 2005 | 01:33 PM

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CWK_Marin

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And now you know...

why I do not modify my TT's and endeavor to always have one that is covered by factory Audi warranty, plus work to maintain a positive relationship with my Audi Service Representative...