Got this ride for Anna about a year ago, and it might have been this that spurred Kracka into ditching the torqueless S2k and move towards the dark side. At the time, I threatened him with the fact that my wife's car was going to be as fast as his.
Well, as life goes, a year has gone by and no mods to it yet, so it is high time to get some stuff done! For those that don't know, this is a direct injection 2.0 liter with a K03 'sport' turbo, and VW's dual-clutch DSG tranny (can't shift faster than this thing!). Just FWD, but it works. Stock is 200hp/209tq
Here's the plan for now:
-Neuspeed intake
-Kracka Vents (leaky PCV's are horriffic on these 2.0t motors for some reason!?!)
-EPL Stage 1 chip (raise boost to ~18psi, tune AFR and timing to some nice base levels, and improved fuel economy (over the 32-34mpg highway it already gets
) Similar chips advertise +50hp and +100tq (crank)
Later:
-forge DV (aka bov) unless something similar catches my eye
-ebay downpipe w/ cat delete
Goal: 200whp/240wtq on DB's dyno. Simple enough?
We started today with the neuspeed intake.
The stupid engine cover that comes on these cars stock is just dumb. We broke it getting it off, just a dumb design, as you have to just yank the crap out of it to get it off the rubber nubby things underneath it.
Of course, it cracked, and this engine cover is also the stock air box...no turning back now!
Yanking off the stock tube going from air box & maf to turbo:
Installing maf and intake pipe (note the sweet heat shield under it, she put that on too!):
All done!
Yes, I did help, but Anna did most of the work. If you have a 2.0t, I highly recommend this intake, great bang for the buck. Got it from Deviant Speed. Anna likes the new turbo sounds her car makes, you can *really* hear the turbo and DV now!
Kraka vents on sunday and then EPL chip goes on June 14 or 15th, should have some dyno numbers then