Neru's A3 1.8T

[Njay]

Bought this car in 2009 after owning a toyota soarer for one month and a civic for two months

originallycame with some cheap looking angel eye headlights, LED rear lights and TT 17" wheels.
Since then
Revo stage 1
Dyno'd 117kw atw


Engine
-Mahle Motorsport pistons - INA SPEC 82.5mm
-DM Forged H-Beam Connecting Rods - 144/20mm
-ARP Headstuds
-ARP head bolts
-ARP crank bolt
-Calico Coated Connecting Rod and Main Bearing Kit
-INA Engineering Master Gasket Set
-INA Fluidampr
-INA TFSI coilpack with adapters

Turbo Setup
-Frankenturbo F23 Hybrid K04
-Frankenturbo Exhaust Manifold

Cooling
-Wellycooler intercooler with 2.5" piping
-Mocal 8 row oil cooler with sandwich plate and thermostat
-BM sport gearbox cooler

Fueling and Intake
-044 Bosch fuel pump
-034 Motorsport surge fuel tank
-Bosch 440cc injectors
-3" MAF

Exhaust
3" stainless steel downpipe
High Flow Cat
2.5" cat-back with quad exhaust outlet - custom

Chassis
-ECS Polyurethane Dog-bone Mount
-Quaife Limited Slip Differential

Suspension
-Weitec HICON Gt coilovers
-H'n'R Front and Rear sway bar f-22mm,r-25mm

Wheels
-19x8.5 et35 BBS CH reps

Electronics
-Pioneer 7" Single Din DVD
-Cadence 12" sub
-NewSouth Performance boost guage
-AEM AFR guage

Braking
-Porsche Boxster Caliper
-312mm rotors
-Brembo pads
-HEL Stainless Steel Brake Lines

Cosmetics
-Facelift Headlights
-LED brake lights

Wish List
-RS4 Flat bottom steering wheel, in alcantra
-Recaro bucket seats
-water and meth injection
-roll cage
-strip interior

[Njay]

[Lito]

looking good mate, it'll be interesting to see how the f23 goes, how far away are you from install?

[Njay]

Probably a month or two away, the block needs to be bored and balanced and the mechanic is making a custom twin intake

[schwartza3]

going with f23 in the end! looking good, watching with interest!
Is it custom DNA tune for the AGU? Do you know what size maf you're going with?
Can't imagine it'll be the stock size maf since they max out at around 187 g/sec.
maybe try VR6 maf, AGU element is a straight plug in.
I'm looking into going BT as soon as i finish the house, I'll see how you go with this tune but I'll either go with this or Unitrinic BT440 tune & gt28. Good luck with the build, all the best!

[Njay]

going with f23 in the end! looking good, watching with interest!
Is it custom DNA tune for the AGU? Do you know what size maf you're going with?
Can't imagine it'll be the stock size maf since they max out at around 187 g/sec.
maybe try VR6 maf, AGU element is a straight plug in.
I'm looking into going BT as soon as i finish the house, I'll see how you go with this tune but I'll either go with this or Unitrinic BT440 tune & gt28. Good luck with the build, all the best!

yeah it gonna be a custom tune with a lot of data logging and will be using a 3" maf
big turbo would be nice but I didnt think I could afford the additional cost for the extra plumbing and the aftermarket tune, traction would be an issue as well maybe in the future

[Njay]

Made some progress

[Njay]

Engine out


Head mechanic Paul made a sweet table with wheels to make working on the engine easier

[DNA Tuning]

Nice one! Can't wait to work on this thing.

[Njay]

Nice one! Can't wait to work on this thing.

Haha can't wait to drive it, feel free to come down if you have some free time

[cylinderhead]

I didn't see any picture of the Mahle pistons. Are you using the Powerpack 4032 alloy that comes with the slipper skirts?

If yes, you will very likely have clearance issues with the oil squirters.

[Njay]

I didn't see any picture of the Mahle pistons. Are you using the Powerpack 4032 alloy that comes with the slipper skirts?

If yes, you will very likely have clearance issues with the oil squirters.

There is a picture of the pistons with the rods either way will get better picture of it..... Will check out the slipper skirts, I got everything from ina engineering through Tpr and plenty of mk4 Gti owners have used same parts

[Njay]

New headlights
Old vs new

[lah0]

oh you got it
that was quick
looks soo much better now

New headlights
Old vs new

[cylinderhead]

There is a picture of the pistons with the rods either way will get better picture of it..... Will check out the slipper skirts, I got everything from ina engineering through Tpr and plenty of mk4 Gti owners have used same parts

You sourced your stuff through INA? Just wondering how much did you pay for the Mahle powerpack pistons?