We Hate To See You Go…

We Hate To See You Go…

…But we love to watch you leave. Because that means you’re putting down more ponies than when you came in.

Fluid MotorUnion just wrapped tuning our latest car to hit the dyno, a 2001 Audi TT quattro. We also did a little fabrication work for it, and some service as well.

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Before tuning could commence, we had to replace the fuel injectors, spark plugs and some breather hoses. After that, though, it was off to the fabrication garage to address some piping. We fabricated a charge pipe and intake tube for some shiny under-hood action, which you can see here:

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Now, all the power-adding go-fast bits were already installed on this car before it arrived with us. It’s packing an upgraded 3″ turbo-back exhaust, connected to a GT2871r snail. Now in case the 3″ exhaust isn’t loud enough at the tips, the owner decided to install a cutout underneath the body, providing that extra little oomph that will turn even more heads once they realize, “Hey…that’s not a Beetle. And holy hell, that thing moves!”

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The interior is almost entirely stock, giving the car a good dose of sleeper status. The only item that would lead the average car enthusiast to believe otherwise would be the boost gauge hanging out where an air vent once sat:

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Oh, and there’s no backseat, as well:

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The tune consisted of some serious dyno runs and a great amount of patience (on both our part and the part of the client). After many maps that were average at best, we settled on a tune that seems to keep the torque values exactly within the previously specified parameters. AFR’s look good, and the power…well…it speaks for itself. At least it will when the cutouts kick in:

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3 Comments
  • Steve
    Posted at 18:13h, 11 March

    That looks awesome. How much power did it make?

  • fluidmotorunion
    Posted at 14:04h, 15 March

    Since Dyno Dynamics dynos are heartbreakers (they read low across the board), it’s putting down about 250-260 to the wheel. Which, given the fact that it’s a tiny, light rear-wheel drive car, will make it pretty quick.

  • Erica Stvictor
    Posted at 16:28h, 23 June

    Wow I would love to just drive this around the city for awhile, talk about a joyride

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