Well its been a while since my last confession and im afraid my luck has definitely hit its worst possible point.
The head dropped a valve and smashed the engine to bits. Damaging all 4 pistons, all 4 bores and destroying the head. It damaged all 4 injectors and the turbo.... £5k down the swanny.
Long and short of it in this situation, i couldnt prove the cause of the failure as i stripped the head off and because of this i had to make as much money back from the working parts as possible and buy another engine.
So!!! I was close to walking away but i just wont be beaten. I havent come this far to fall at the final hurdle. This car has amazing potential and is so dam tidy that i couldnt break it. It would break me if i had to do that.
I now have an engine that was built by TSR Performance and wqs running 580bhp in a leon cupra.
I had the turbo rebuilt by turbo clinic and bought 4 brand new rs4 injectors. Had to replace the intercooler, intake and upgraded to ngk race plugs. Nice way to spend £4500...
I forgot to mention that i had to do a 650 mile round trip to get the engine which took me 12 hours.
We then re installed the engine after fitting the new pick up pipe and changed the chain and tensioner while it was out.
This was last week and my intentions was to attend vw festival this weekend.....
Well lets finish on a positive note!!
Here she was yesterday making me a very happy man.
It entered the show and shine, didnt win but made a massive impression and got some serious attention. This is the only top mount garrett gtx3076r in the country and it was very appreciated by all the enthusiasts and i made alot of new friends and contacts out of it.
Its been a very bad ride and i can remove and refit the full engine from a bare block to a driving car in 6 hours. I can also tell you every singe tool you would need to finish the job.
Ive learned alot about my car....well everything really. But this isnt going unnoticed and im hoping to secure something very special for all you tfsi owners before the year is out.... not to mentiom our very own turbo intake pipes and intake set ups designed by yours truely.
Thank you everyone for supporting me and veing positive about this build, i promise to pass on my knowledge to everyone where possible and hopefully help make these cars even more of a joy to own.
Power figures will be known very soon.although steady driving to to ensure this is build is long lasting is a must. I give it some pasty earlier and its is god dam fast. But i dearnt really brake its back just yet.
Loads of videos will be here first. Make sure you join audi a4 club uk on facebook to see more updates.