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Stop by the pits and say hi! I should be there Thursday-Sunday

Compared to v1 this one has far more support in general. V1 doesn’t have a bar tie in at all from dash to front of the car. V2 does

Front view

Cut the rear back stays and added a few bars to pass tech for the 2026 Mtn. Washington hillclimb in August. Tech guy was pretty strict so we made sure it would pass

Chassis #002 has arrived!

Bottom of these two positions

Bottom girdle install, make sure your chain is on the gear before you install the oil pump. If not you can not get the chain on the pump

After the head has been installed, cam install is probably the most tedious part. The exhaust cam can only be installed in a certain orientation. Without the special tools to hold the spring loaded actuators in place it can be tricky to get right. There’s plenty of videos about this online so I...

Head studs and Athena Race Head gasket installation. Install with the cut ring groves facing up to the head.

Head assembly was a pain installing the new valves and springs. Pro tip here, don’t skimp out on your spring compressor tool!

Assembling the short block and gapping rings to .020 top ring and .022 bottom ring

Engine build list: 82.5mm JE Pistons Boostline Rods with ARP 625 bolts ARP 625 headstuds Athena Cut Ring Headgasket Super tech upgraded valves and springs Pretty simple build list, these engines seem to be able to take some abuse from what I’ve researched

Since this is an all out race build, a built engine is a must. Started with tearing down the donor engine and sent the block and head to the machine shop. Block and head arrived back honed and measured. He also measured crank, rod and piston tolerances for me. As well as ported the runners in...

Wavetrac diff install went about as expected, not the most fun thing you can do. lol You need a couple special tools and parts: circlip pliers, blind hole bearing puller, bearing race installer, dial gauge, caliper, O2E wavetrac diff, O2E bearing kit, O2E shim kit. There’s some decent videos...

Stock GTI gears, I can install it if you’re somewhat close to me

Oh yeah that’ll be great then. The xona 4951 I currently run on v1 lights up around 3500-3800 rpm and works great even with the limiting h pattern 5 speed

Is that the precision stage 2 turbo?

We’ll see how it goes, the DSG will help me out with keeping the revs up with ease of staying in optimum gear

I went with the new Precision stage 2 turbo, supposedly good for 650whp with good spool up

Donor is a 2015 GTI with 73,873 miles. Copart pulled a fast one and sold it as Run and Drive. I had the car delivered just to realize it indeed was not Run and Drive. Intake and throttle body was busted along with alternator pushed into the oil filter accessory bracket and water pump busted...