[Batman]

Well was having some issues with my car after the swap to an A4. Car runs great but after about 5 miles makes this horrible whining noise. First I thought the tranny had a bad pump so I packed it up and sent it back to the builder who found nothing wrong with it. Checked everything again, re-installed the trans and same problem. Spent an hour on the phone again with the builder and found the bendix drive on my starter was bad. Replaced the starter, same problem. Pull the starter and after 2 miles the bendix drive is shot again. WTF?!? So I call TCI (their customer service sucks BTW) and they say it is the torque converter. Well since the converter is new and just checked out I start measuring some stuff. Turns out the TCI flexplate (one specifically for Gen III engines) sits close to a tenth of an inch closer to the engine then a stock flexplate which, in turn, causes it to constatntly engage the starter. So now I am fuming and call TCI again and they tell me you need spacers for it. Now when the flexplate came there was no spacers or mention of the need for spacers so he guides me to a little blurb like 10 pages into their website where it says you need spacers. Guess I should have surfed their whole page looking to see if I need spacers for an engine specific flexplate. I would have even been OK if they told me one of the 4 times I talked to them I need spacers but instead I shelled out about $700.00 worth of parts and shipping because of them. To make a long(er) story short I am taking their flexplate, throwing it in the garbage and telling everyone I know not to buy anything form TCI, they are a crappy company to deal with.