Sharkie's TSI Amarok Build

[Sharkie]

Thx guys, been too busy lately to do much, but torneau WILL go on this weekend

Lams, get a fitting kit for those wheels from the UK, cheapest by far, 4 spigot rings and 20 bolts suited to the BMW rims for about $70. Also, pm me if you need a spare rim ...... I bought a second set to get a spare and now have too many

[Sharkie]

Torneau fitted!

Well, what a mission this was today.

Finally got around to fit the Torneau cover today.

Took most of the day due to the rails between the sports bar legs not being a perfect fit, meaning I had to subtly shorten them. Then drill holes, rust protect those holes and wait for the paint to dry before finishing it off.

Good result though IMO ....

[Sharkie]

Played a bit with the Rok again today ....

Swapped the HeadLight switch out for 1 with Chrome and front fogs, now I can wire the switch up to work with my front fogs, instead of the stand-alone switch I currently have ....

[Sharkie]

Then plastidipped my spare. Taped it up to try a spoke config .....



Too hasty at the end and ruined it a bit, but still OK enough to judge if I like it .... I do, but prefer the solid black, so that will be the go for the rest.

[Sharkie]

Black Wheels

Having had a bit of time on my hands I finished off the wheels yesterday. (took 2 days all up)

Need a full sun picture to show it properly, but here is a taster in the meantime ....



Black Edition TSI Amarok visual "upgrades" almost done ..... only ClimAir weathershields and tint outstanding (and possibly sidesteps) .... TBH pics dont do it justice, it is big, red and mean up close

Then it will be time to performance tune the beast.....

[team_v]

Looks ace, i actually really like the spare in that method.

You need to get it tuned so you can bring it to happy laps in February!

[Sharkie]

You need to get it tuned so you can bring it to happy laps in February!

Working on it .....

[Sharkie]

Finally a "sun" shot of Big Red in his current state ....

[Sharkie]

Package arrived today ..... possble placedo effect only, but I've always loved and ran with K&N on my cars.



Normally a bit more noise as well, panels obviously a lot less noise than an open cone .....

[Sharkie]

Picked up a Golf R intercooler today ......

[tigger73]

Picked up a Golf R intercooler today ......

Be interested to hear how this one goes. Given that you're running at stage 0 tune at the moment probably not a big performance gain I imagine.

What is the size of the stock Amarok intercooler? Is it a 32mm unit?

[Sharkie]

Be interested to hear how this one goes. Given that you're running at stage 0 tune at the moment probably not a big performance gain I imagine.

What is the size of the stock Amarok intercooler? Is it a 32mm unit?

Yeah stock unit is the 32mm one.

This won't go on till after the tune. Only preparing for Stg 2 after. Exhaust and R FMIC upgrade to go on as soon as stg 1 tune done and sorted ..... Obviously with a Stg 2 tune to go with it ......

[tigger73]

Yeah stock unit is the 32mm one.

This won't go on till after the tune. Only preparing for Stg 2 after. Exhaust and R FMIC upgrade to go on as soon as stg 1 tune done and sorted ..... Obviously with a Stg 2 tune to go with it ......

I'm really interested to hear your result with the intercooler. If it's anything like mine it will make a massive difference to a stage 2 car to go from the 32mm core to something more substantial. I suspect the 32mm core causes a reasonable restriction to the air flow and removing this restriction frees things up and you essentially get "free" power

Gotta love that

[Ramee]

Very nice build thread Sharkie Now I got one more build thread to follow!

Yeah stock unit is the 32mm one.

This won't go on till after the tune. Only preparing for Stg 2 after. Exhaust and R FMIC upgrade to go on as soon as stg 1 tune done and sorted ..... Obviously with a Stg 2 tune to go with it ......

Yeah! I would not surprise about intercooler size considering VW only intend to produce 118 kW from the engine originally. I am not sure how much power jump these will have once tuned haha! could be the largest power jump we have ever seen from a stock car It is shame these TSI versions don't come with 4x4 with DSG. If it is could have been one hell of an Ute

Also being manual and going for K04 could that be a issue with the clutch? I can see you have to explore many new frontiers during this build

[brad]

Just fit it now Sharkie. Will help with heatsoak even if untuned.