14b on a 4g63 4 me!, proper introductions Options

[xian 1g]

Hello DSM Central,
I am brand spanking new to you, DSM's, and the world of wrenches. My name's Christian, and I am a student (for 4 more weeks) at the U of I. I've actually had the pleasure of meeting some of you at the autocross in rantoul, as well as serving some of you at Chambana's finest Pickles, Family Food and Fun.
So how did I end up here??? Well, you can blame KOU In3. He stuck me in the back one day with a needle full of crack and DSM. He said everyone was doing it. Soon, stealing his car wasn't enough to get my fix any more, so about three weeks ago I purchased a 90 awd tsi talon with the money I had saved up to go to Vegas with the ex.
Then, I spent all of spring break with KOU at pickles and in the shop. We got 12 hours of sleep for the week. Three true all nighters, and 4 nights with 3 hours of sleep. But, in one week we finally got the project to fire up on the sunday that ended break (then i slept through the next two days of classes.) I have to give a huge thanks out to KOU for all of the time he invested into the car with me, as well as for the time the car spent out at his shop/garage. With out him none of this would have been capable. (Seeing how before purchasing the car I could barely remember how to change my own oil from my one shop class at Limestone.) Now I can say, among a multitude of other things, I have pulled and dropped both an engine and transmission.
Over the next week we worked on getting the car to fire up consistently, and being in class i missed spending every spare minute of time in the shop/garage smelling like gas. New spark plugs and altenator gave the car the spark that it needed. But, it was still bucking like a mechanical bull. So, over the last week we had another one of Chambana's Dsm'ers drop by the shop and lend a huge hand to data log and play with the wiring harness and sensors. Another big shout out to Eric. Thanks man, can't say it enough, but I owe you more than what I can post here.
Finally, tonight I drove the beast home. The car still has some issues, but mainly minor ones. (Such as when I dropped it into second to turn into my subdivision and the front lights went out and wouldn't come back on. lol.)
I have a lot to learn, and I respect those who are my elders. I wish I had more to contribute back to the board, but the truth is that I'll be learning from you. I'll try my hardest to not ask stupid newbie questions, and check out vfags and other links in my quest for knowledge before I bug you guys. Over the course of the week I'll try and post up some pics and dialogue about what all we did to the car. I just wanted to formally introduce myself and give a HUGE shout out to KOU and Eric for all of their help.
thanks, and good to meet you,
xian 1g