Pikes Peak MKV Jetta Build

Am I correct that this car wasn’t running a bit turbo set up at the time of the race? I think I asked before. How many more events this year are you looking to complete?

It’s definitely a big learning process with a brand new car.

We are interested in testing the limits of the DSG and to see what we can do with it. We do have 600hp clutches, a cooling upgrade and diff that will be put on our AWD setup. The FWD setup currently has a diff in it as well. Also we are interested to see how it works in race applications which we are finding out needs some more tweaking from a tune perspective.

We do have a lot of Time Attack events in the near future and a few other hill climbs towards the end of the season. Ultimate goal is to enter in the 25 hours of thunder hill in december but that is if the moon/stars/planets align.

All we can say is we are happy with the result all things considered! ;D

Car was running a Borg Warner SX200 turbo which is quite a large turbo. I think there was a picture of it compared to the car’s old 3071R.

I would say we have at least 6-12 events we are hoping to get under our belts this season so lots of time to tweak and improve before we make some bigger changes.

We will also be hitting the strip a number of times as soon as it opens. Our local drag strip has had to delay opening due to track issues. ::slight_smile:

A flyby I found on youtube this morning!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptLDM5hUpJE

Off to a great start. Just finishing Pikes Peak is a feat in itself.

Cool video. And well done making a 4 pot turbo engine sound decent :stuck_out_tongue:

No kidding, the team faced a lot of adversity and in the end we are happy with the result in the rookie year for the car.

haha we were all pretty surprised by the sound! Just happy that it is actually quieter than we thought it would be!


Here is the wrap-up video for this years event!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwRQyE4UvZY&feature=youtu.be