The apropos words so keenly spoken as this piston was removed from #3 position, fully explaining the utter lack of compression.

This is from the unfortunate 07 DSG K04 powered GTI belonging to Ken Eguchi. Still verifying the cause of the catastrophic failure, but needless to say it can be added to the list of engines already built, and the ones still on the docket for the month. Keep your head up Ken, We can rebuild it, we have the technology.

Well we are obviously a bit late in announcing it, but summer is here. We have been overwhelmed with work due to the unforgiving Arizona heat wave. Alternators, AC compressors, radiators and water pumps in the dozens! With the swell of work in the shop the blog has been put on the shelf, but not to fret we are back. Thanks in part to our new employee, Sonny, turning wrenches. He’s a very welcome addition to the team and has already made a HUGE difference in productivity. Even with both lifts churning out work all day we are struggling to keep up with demand these days, but it’s a very welcome problem to have. Here’s some shots of some of the work we have had in the shop over the last month or so:

Red R32 convention… 1 with a new United Motorsport ECU Flash, New 2011 Audi RS4 Cool air intake system, 1.8T Engine builds, MK3 brakes and flushes, Jetta transmission rebuilds and broken 2.0T FSI Downpipes… Just to name a few

Matt Duke just picked up this very familiar car. He dropped it off with a big list last week. So far its new owner has added a VF Supercharger, Coil overs, New headlights, and Satellite radio… Busy week

We started with the Coilovers to get it down to a better stance. He opted for the KW ST line coils. After that we got to work on the Supercharger, it was a used and reconditioned VF kit. After a phone call to Jeff Atwood at United Motor Sport we decided to install 630cc injectors and use his custom tune for the car. All we needed from there was an R32 MAF housing and some odds and ends to clean up the install a little. In a week or so we will have the car back for the custom FMIC setup, and possibly a stage 2 pulley…

Enjoy!

After a long wait, a lot of payments, a lot of parts, the R32 Stage 3 Turbo build commenced. The kit was sourced from CTS Turbo and consisted of a Precision HP6262 Turbo, 38mm Precision wastegate, 3″ SS downpipe with integrated WG dump, SS charge piping, FMIC and 4″ AL MAF housing and inlet. CTS utilizes a stainless head gasket spacer to drop the compression ratio to 9:1, and 550cc Siemens injectors. Last we installed all new timing chains, guides and also threw in a Clutch Masters Clutch kit with lightweight flywheel package. Thank you to 20 Squared Tuning for always having the parts we need ready to go.

The hinge pin of the whole system was the United Motorsports ECU programming. Jeff Atwood’s reputation as one of the best VW/Audi tuners was solidified on the first drive. No codes no issue, smooth consistent power delivery from beginning to end. A big thank you to Jeff for getting the file on, and getting the ECU back to us amidst his busy schedule.

While we had the car we decided to throw in some added touches for the owner (Curtis March). We cleaned up all the accessories and brackets, polished some, painted some and just eliminated some. The valve cover was polished, and complimented by a BMP paint job on the intake manifold. Next we blacked out all the obtrusive and bulky accessories to make sure the turbo kit was the focal point of the engine bay. While Curtis has a lot of plans for the paint and body, none of them have come to fruition just yet. So for the time being this hoopty is all Go and no Show, but there is more than enough Go to even things out.

Here are the pictures form the build that we managed to take amidst the grind, Enjoy!