| Even if the car is bone stock, you may need to change out the O2 sensors. My son bought a TT last August (87K miles) and we couldn't get it to pass smog until we replaced the 02 sensors. And since the one you're looking at is a '96 with ODB-II, I believe you have a total of 4 that need to be inspected and/or replaced. (The '90 - '95 cars only have two). If you tow it back (vs, driving), be sure to get a tank or two of fresh gas through the car before getting it smogged. And then be sure you've driven the car at freeway speeds prior to the smog test - the catalytic converters should be well warmed up prior to being tested. As for the ECU chip - just swapping out the ECU chip does not automatically give you more power. The chip swap goes hand in hand with increasing the boost (either via boost jets or a boost controller). There is a wealth of info in the FAQ, and elsewhere by using search. I strongly suggest researching before you start modding the car. The '96 TT's can be modded similarly to the '90 - '95 cars, but ODB-II on the '96 cars can make things a bit more challenging than the other cars. Dave
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back to life soon..... 
There can never be enough TT's in the family.
Sig Quotes: "I JUST saw your polls post" email from BigTDogg on March 24, 2009
in reference to
La-Z-Link "Your sausage scares me!" - TT-
XTZ 6/13/05 "Or he's having a rough week like
the rest of us and decided to take out his aggressions of not being
breast fed on me." BigTDogg 15:45, 09/25/03 "Pick her up from day care and
take her to Dairy Queen for a snow cone." YugoBernie 1/7/04 of course those are Canadian
bannings and beatings, which after the conversion rate is really only a
"hey! stop that!" Chris(NJ) 1/14/04 see the green "n" next to my
name? what's COZ? (n/m) - 300zx88 8/11/04 |
