R8 Ohlins TTX Dampers
The R8 was always going to be the best build I could put together within a sensible budget, with the…
FOR SALE ! Golf MK2 16VTurbo. £18,000
For Sale, my very heavily modified MK2 Golf trackcar. I’ve owned this car since 2007 and have built it from…
R8 Additional Oil Cooling
A road R8 has many similarities with the GT3 version, such as the dry sump oil system, however cooling is…
Installing Cobra Nogaro seats in an R8
The standard seats in the R8 are too high and won’t lower enough when wearing a helmet. There is no…
Pyrenees 2024. 3 week 4000Mile road trip
We bought the R8 to do road trips as well as trackdays. I know these posts can be a bit…
R8 Adding Maxton Design side skirts and front splitter.
I picked up a set of Maxton Design side skirts and front splitter. Offered up the side skirt and held…
R8 Full colour change respray.
I was collecting some paint from my local trade supplier back in March for some spraying on the Golf and…
R8 First trackday at Cadwell Park May 2024
Cadwell is one of my favourite circuits in the UK and it is a good place to test the R8…
R8 Dashcam, Trackday cameras and permanent power feeds
Not the most exciting update but it was necessary. I wanted to fit a dashcam, both for the removal of…
R8 Bringing the ICE up to date with Android Auto / Carplay headunit.
The head unit in the car was the original 2009 Audi unit that quite honestly was out of date in…
R8 first service.
In preparation for Cadwell next week I gave the car a service today. Up on axle stands and undertrays removed…
Audi R8 V10 Manual Coupe. Clubsport Build.
Lets start my new build thread with a photo of my previous car . I know, it`s not really the…
Assetto Corsa Pinderwagen model update 17/02/2023
I was contacted by Alejandro several months ago, he’d started modelling the Golf for Assetto Corsa and wondered if I…
G25-660 vs G25-660-Hybrid on the Dyno
# An update # Following on from this dyno session, Bill had another car on the dyno with the same…
Gripper plate differential strip, adjust breakaway torque and rebuild.
I fitted the Gripper plate diff back in 2018. The supplied breakaway-torque was 120Nm. Test on the car I check…
Gripper plate differential strip, adjust breakaway torque and rebuild.
I fitted the Gripper plate diff back in 2018. The supplied breakaway-torque was 120Nm. Test on the car I check…
Dyno with G25 660
I lose track of how many times I’m asked how much power the Golf has. I certainly lose track of…
Cadwell Park September 2021
Whilst Knockhill was the best trackday in terms of driving as hard as I could for a full day and…
Destination Nurburgring DN26 September 2021
After the aborted trip in July, this was to be my final visit to the Nurburgring in 2021. The previous…