118TSI owner

[tigger73]

But then Ramee if he upgrades and tunes a 2L TSI he's going to run into problems with running too much torque through the DQ200 7 speed DSG so he'll need to look at upgrading/replacing this also...

Not knowing the deal with the lease I almost think you would have been better getting VW to replace the engine and then moving it on and copping the loss. At least you could write this off on tax. Sounds like the guy that sold it at auction got out of it for exact same reasons

Though I really do think if the tuning/engine management and DSG software is sorted the 118TSI twin charger could be a really great little car. You just really shouldn't have to go to the extent of fully rebuilding engines to get it there.

Sounds like an awesome project and hope you manage to:

1. finish it
2. not run out of $
3. it's worth it in the end

My main concern with the project is that it's going to cost a lot of $ and at the end you still have a Mk6 118TSI twin charger with 7 speed DSG. You'll have to do a lot of driving on the rebuilt engine to make the investment worthwhile.

Just hope it works out for you. Good luck!