85 5000 turbo accelaration and tranny problems

[JordanVw at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/2/01 12:43:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ituma at ix.netcom.com writes:


> the car is an '85 5k turbo automatic with 128k miles with a high 
> performance wastegate spring.
> the car has never run right ... the latest problem is when I'm 
> accelerating at around 3500 rpm with about
> half throttle and about 1.2-1.3 bars of boost, the car looses power 
> 


modding a automatic type44T is a no-no in the first place..  the 
transmissions cant take it as it is, a high perf wastegate spring would just 
shorten the life span...

chris
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