17/04/13
So headed over to
Advan Performance today with Arthur from
Exoticars here in Australia to get some logs done on the car to see where it's at and then do a few power runs.
Again I can't thank Pete, Chris and Bill at Advan enough, the care they take with the car is amazing and it's always done right. Anyway, so we ran the golf up and here's what we got:
221.1kw atw! Stoked. It's
80kw more peak power than we started with, which whilst a different turbo has absolutely transformed the car. We managed to repeat it over a few runs until intake temps went a little high. We did get the logs done so we'll shoot them to the guys at
GIAC and see where to from here. I'm really really pleased with the work that Arthur and Mark have done. The
CTS Turbos K04 kit lived up to the hype and has delivered in spades.
The car is only seeing the skinny side of 18psi so there should be a little bit left it in as it stands. Last weekend we changed the plugs to something a little different. They seem to have worked. From here it'll be about adding some more boost and getting the tune right. After that we'll spice things up with some WMI on pump gas and then we'll have a crack at some race fuel and then head to the track.
Thanks again to everyone who's supported the build. See if we can't have the K04 world record down here as well!
Here's some more pics of the car: