[Vwdiesel] MK1 - N/A - can it handle a turbo?

[brian gochnauer]

FACT, I PERSONALLY have bought hundreds of dollars of parts, for several
Jetta's FROM THAT SITE, and none have 'self-destructed'.
So I'm speaking from personal experience not repeating some forum bigots
with questionable mechanical aptitude. Enough?
I will not respond again on the subject, so you can have the last word, if
you'd like.


On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Andrew .Libby <libbybapa at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have bought plenty of items made in China and been happy with them.  I
> have nothing personally against China (aside from incorporating slave labor
> and aggressively conquering peace loving countries like Tibet, etc.)  and
> nothing against parts being made in China.  The fact still remains that
> China as a manufacturing entity does not care about quality and leaves it up
> to the purchasing entity.  If the purchasing entity does not enforce strict
> quality control from the Chinese manufacturing, then the items produced will
> be very low quality.  If you have not experienced low quality items from
> China then you are not on planet Earth.  Because quality control is up to
> the purchaser, if the purchaser is a no-name knock-off seller, then they
> tend to not care what the quality of the product is as they have no
> reputation associated with their name to take care of.  Perhaps I should
> have highlighted that there have been many horror stories specifically with
> regard to THE PARTS FROM THAT SITE.  There are folks who have had
> specifically turbos FROM THAT SITE self-destruct and gotten no recompense
> from the seller.  Enough??  Do a little research before assuming I'm a pea
> brained hater of the Chinese...
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 7:42 AM, brian gochnauer <brian at gochnauer.net>wrote:
>
>> Yeah I knew somebody would come back with that comment.
>> Did you know that Cessna's new airplane the 162 Light sport aircraft is
>> made
>> in China and shipped here for final assembly?
>> A lot of american auto companies have their parts made in China you just
>> don't know it.
>> China has come a long way very quickly.
>>
>> Trivia: They have most of the world's rare metals used in today's
>> batteries,
>> soon they will be producing batteries and electric cars for the US market.
>> Warren Buffet just last year bought 10% of BYD in China.
>> Warren thinks BYD has a shot at becoming the world's largest automaker,
>> primarily by selling electric cars.
>>
>> So while you're holding onto old beliefs they'll still be making millions,
>> and your money will be part of it :-0
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Andrew .Libby <libbybapa at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > That site is Chinese knock-off parts.  Lots of horror stories on various
>> > sites.  Caveat emptor.
>> >
>> > Andrew
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:34 PM, brian gochnauer <brian at gochnauer.net
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Huh? shows pics in my browser :-P
>> >>
>> >> "Turbo Conversion Package for the 1.6 NA Engine. This conversion is
>> based
>> >> on
>> >> TDI parts. Included is the TDI manifolds, turbo and short downpipe"
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM, <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > In a message dated 12/11/2009 7:49:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>> >> > brian at gochnauer.net writes:
>> >> >
>> >> > > Would 1.6L stuff bolt on?
>> >> > > http://www.dieselvw.com/16TurboConversion.htm
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >> >  On to what?  That site doesn't show the pics when you go to
>> >> > the specific item. :-P  The application SAYS it'll fit 1.5 and 1.6
>> >> > and I think this was about a 1.6...
>> >> >     Loren
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