Sadly 4 months ago my Audi s3 engine decided to blow. 2nd cylinder failed which lead to 3 Pistons cracking and also damaging the head. This was due to a faulty injector. At the time I was running a TTE420.
This meant one thing.... A full engine rebuild which gave me the idea of fully forging it whilst the engine was out.
That's what happened. Re-bored to 83mm Pistons I went down the wossner route with ZRP drilled and slotted rods. I.E Valve springs fitted along with King Racing bearings. ARP Rods and Bolts Top & Bottom.
Simon from the TTE wanted me to return my turbo to be checked whilst my engine was getting rebuilt. I then decided to upgrade to the TTE480 which hadn't even been released at the time but Simon told me it would be due in September. I decided to wait this one out and do the job properly. Several months passed until my turbo arrived and was fitted to my new engine. I then contacted Vag Fuelling Solutions who sent me one of there RS3 injector kits with a custom loom for the 8ps3 platform.
This is my Basix Engine Build List:
TTE480 Turbo
RS3 8v Injectors
Re-bored Block. 83mm Wossner Pistons
ZRP Drilled & Slotted Rods
King Racing Bearing
Integrated Engineering Valve Spring Kit
ARP Rods & Bolts Top & Bottom
APR RFD Kit
CTS Discharge Pipe
Revo Throttle Pipe
Airtec Stage 2 Cooler
Sachs Stage 3 SMF Clutch
Milltek Cat back with APR Downpipe & Sports Cat
DevilsOwn 30 Progressive WMI install with Manual Controller Adaption and DO4 Nozzle Upgrade.
165fpv with in tank TTRS low pressure Fuel pump.
APR High Pressure Fuel Pump
Revo Air Intake Gold heat Wrapped
Revo Engine Mounts
Forge Catch Can System Inc Charcoal Filter.
R8 Coils with BKR8EIX Sparks.
The car was delivered back to me last week with its initial run in on mineral oil done. I'm currently doing the next 300 miles on semi Synthetic then changing too fully synthetic at the weekend before it heads to Stan @ Ecotune a week tomorrow for him to work his magic.
This will be the first TTE480 fitted to a s3 in the U.K.
My previous TTE420 setup ran 426.4hp on a standard engine so I'm excited to see what my new build will produce.
Keep an eye on this to see my final
Output. I'm one excited man........
Big thanks to DBM for the Build, Mark Brodie, owner of Brotek for supplying most of the parts, Simon Sharp from TTE for the magic turbo and Dave Henderson for helping me along the way with all my unanswered questions.
