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We’d like to take this opportunity to extend a big “Thanks!” to the manufacturers whose high quality performance parts and technical support have contributed to an incredible 9-month journey since we took delivery of the Achtuning VW Golf R this last January. APR, H&R, StopTech, and Falken Tire products have been pushed to the extreme and they continue to hold their own!

Wasting no time, we immediately enhanced our Golf R’s potential by upgrading the suspension with H&R front and rear anti-sway bars and their Premium coil-over kit, eventually upgrading to track-spec RSS Club Sport coil-overs. Power levels were increased with an APR ECU tune, intake, high pressure fuel pump, and exhaust to keep us content through the winter months while we familiarized ourselves with the car on track. Then it was really time to get down to business. The arrival of APR’s “Stage 4″ turbo-charger system with the high-flow head, built engine, and inter-cooler had created an almost untamable monster had it not been for the StopTech 355mm ST40 Trophy big brake kit and Falken RT-615K tires keeping it all within controllable reason… And we’re still not done! Stay tuned for continued progress on the Achtuning Golf R project!

While the A3 was stripped of it’s engine in late 2009 for the purpose of installing APR’s “Stage 4″ engine, the arrival of the Achtuning Golf R meant it would make more sense to put a 500hp-ish set-up into something that can put all that power to the ground using all 4 wheels. Therefore the “Stage 4″ is now in our Golf R leaving us a low-mileage BPY engine out of it to throw into the A3. There are some added benefits of running the BPY engine over the A3′s CDL and they are:

- Lower compression (9.8:1) forged pistons. BPY is 10.5:1.
- strengthened connecting rods
- enlarged wrist pins
- stronger piston rings
- upgraded bearings
- reinforced engine block
- upgraded camshafts (longer duration)
- upgraded injectors (+13% flow)

We’re running APR’s inter-cooler, Carbonio intake, and high pressure fuel pump along with a full APR 3″ turbo-back exhaust. The software on the ECU is still the “Edition30/K04″ file we ran in the A3 before the engine swap. (We had already installed the APR Ed30/K04 turbo kit on the original CDL motor.) Not much else planned for the A3 for now, as we’re just happy to see it back on the road!

I’ll need to update you with what happened last week while I was gone…

In short, it’s done!! The APR “Stage 4″ engine is in, and Bill took the Golf R to The Ridge Motorsport Park for this last weekend’s ACNW track event, “Strassenlage” to put it through its paces and get to know this new monster. There are still a few minor “tweaks” to really complete the project but for the most part it’s done and running well! We expect this APR set-up should put us just under the 500hp mark while StopTech’s Trophy BBK will aid in bringing all that power to a halt. More info and details yet to come but first, I must now go out and drive it!

Just in, we’re really excited about the brand new StopTech Trophy caliper recently developed/completed for the VW Golf R and we will go much further into detail about the Trophy kit from StopTech next week. Stay tuned!

A few goodies arrived from Black Forest Industries today for the Achtuning Golf R “Stage 4″ project!  First up, a set of their “Stage 2″ engine/transmission mounts will eliminate any “wasted hp” from worn out or softer, rubber factory bushings…

… And then their “Clean Catch” Crankcase Oil Separator will help us extend the life of the FSI engine by catching the oil vapor deposition in the intake and valve train better than the cyclonic oil separator in the PCV system these cars are equipped with from the factory.

… with the “Stage 4″ build on the Achtuning Golf R!

The APR Stage 4 build has begun…

A couple of hours in and we’ve already got the stock engine out of the Achtuning Golf R this morning!

We’ve got a LOT of work ahead of us! We just took delivery of the APR “Stage 4″ engine from what was once intended for our A3 but will now end up in the ACHTUNING Golf R! Then we’ll be resurrecting the ACHTUNING A3 project shortly after… STAY TUNED!!

Jacob is taking advantage of APR’s “Power Into Summer” sale pricing and having us install their K04 turbo kit and RSC quad-tipped exhaust!

We stock the OEM S4 valence, trim, and heat shield needed to make the quad-tipped exhaust conversion happen along with the APR K04 kit and RSC exhaust… Who’s next?

A VWR short-shift kit also made its way into the Achtuning Golf R today. Here it is below sitting next to an OEM one for comparison. The VWR kit is an OEM-like upgrade in that it feels OEM smooth but offers up to a 25% reduction in throw with it’s adjustable linkage.

After a quick drive around the neighborhood, this is a short-shift kit we’d recommend every VW Mk5/6 owner picks up.