crazy, everything that I have been reading has all clicked! lol
Great. Keep reading. It'll lessen the amount of questions you ask, which will reduce the amount of backlash you'll have to suffer through. Some of us forget we weren't born knowing everything
But seriously, the golden rule around here is always search/try before asking for help. If you do that, you'll find everyone very accommodating. As your posts have proper punctuation and grammer, I don't mind reading them and helping. Kudos for your mastery of the English language.
A lot of the stuff discussed on this forum is towards the S4/A4 when it comes to ECU's but im assuming it's pretty much the same for all vw/audis, just have to have the correct defining variables and such.
Indeed, you assume correctly. The majority of the guys here are s4 enthusiasts, with the 1.8t guys being in the minority. Of them, the jetta gets very little love. That doesn't change the fact that they all use the same map structure and file architecture. The differences are small and insignificant. Your biggest challenge going forward is going to be identifying maps and creating a definition file. There are countless threads on how to do so, but if you get stuck, feel free to ask for help.