I figure it's about time I got this together and posted - Bear with me while I get this organized :heart:
Build List
Engine/drivetrain
Garrett GT3071R
Tial 44mm wastegate
4 angle competition valve job
Stage 1 port
Cylinders bored
Block squared & decked
Assembly balanced
Crankshaft micropolished
Hand filed piston rings
Ferrea 1mm oversize intake & exhaust valves
Ferrea lifter shim kit
Supertech titanium valve springs & retainers
Wossner forged pistons 83.50mm, 9.2:1CR, 92.8mm stroke
Scat steel H beam rods, 144mm 20mm pin
Integrated Engineering valve guides
Integrated Engineering timing belt gear dowel pin kit
ARP crank damper bolt
ARP head studs
ARP main studs
Calico coated race rod bearings
Calico coated race main bearings
Golf R DV setup
Custom 3.5 inch intake piping
Custom 3.5 inch charge piping
New OEM lifters
APR HPFP
RS4 injectors
RS4 fuel return valve
TT-RS in tank fuel pump
RS3 Fuel delivery control unit
BFI stage 2 motor mount and transmission mount
Eurojet CNC valve cover – powdercoated translucent blue
Eurojet VTA catch can – powdercoated translucent blue
Eurojet FMIC
ATP 3” DP A3 Quattro
Custom SS 3” catback
Snow stage 2 water/meth kit
42 Draft Designs oil pressure relocation kit
42 Draft Designs Shifter Bushings
Forge shortshifter, front to back & side to side
TT AWD 02M Transmission
Quaife LSD
Custom stage 3 endurance clutch
Raxles bulletproof V2.1d axles
Suspension & Brakes
Koni coilovers - Height and dampening adjustable
SuperPro R32 front & rear swaybars
R32 brakes, front & rear
USP Motorsport SS brakelines
S3 control arm brackets & bushings
Whiteline rear trailing arm bushings
Whiteline front & rear adj swaybar endlinks
VMR V710 18" wheels
Cosmetic
Smoked side markers
Smoked mirror turns
Smoked tails
Black front emblem
Fog light open grilles
Rear wiper deleted
Shark fin antenna deleted
Interior & ICE
Corbeau front seats
Rear seat delete
Pioneer AVH-P4400DVD 7" screen
Euro dash tray
Euro headlight switch
NewSouth boost gauge
NewSouth oil pressure gauge
AEM AFR gauge
AEM water/meth failsafe kit w gauge
I took delivery of my Black Magic Pearl 2007 Package 1 6MT GTI July 14, 2006. I chose Package 1 because I wanted the Interlagos plaid seats. I had my choice from the first 3 2007 GTI’s my local dealer got, there were 3 Package 1’s in black, red and white. Looking back I wish I had picked white, but oh well I do like the black it’s just hard to keep black looking good. The only option on the car was the 18” wheels with summer performance tires. Sticker price was $24,850.
At first I didn’t want to change anything about the car, but we all know how that goes…
In the beginning! Completely stock and monster truck tall
First mod was lowering springs - May 2008
Second mod - REVO stage 1 flash - July 2009 @ Waterfest - it was at this point I was totally hooked with modding the car. I also picked up a Eurosport intake at Waterfest.
New APR SS DP & SS GHL catback exhaust - August 2009
VMR V710 wheels made a huge difference in appearance - H2oi - September 2009
Encourage 2.0T FSI cam follower awareness! Basically I upgraded to an APR hpfp and had just read about the cam follower issue on this motor so I thought it should be checked just in case when the new hpfp was installed and this is what my cam follower looked like! It also wore the plunger off the old hpfp and ruined the intake camshaft. This necessitated replacing the follower, intake cam (with an upgraded hardened 'b' version) along with a cam chain tensioner that was also broken. I don't know how, but the car still ran fine. - February 2010
Koni coilovers and H-Sport front and rear swaybars were installed in time for WiTW and went REVO stage 2+ - March 2010
R32 brakes all 4 corners - July 2010
I picked up some OZ Mito's off the 'tex for decent money and ran them for some of 2011, I like the stanced look but it wasn't practical for running the twisties which is what I like to do with the car
Trying out the fitment of the OZ's - needed all 4 degrees of negative camber in the rear
Dustoff 2011 rollers - thanks Seth and Krissy
Eurojet CNC valve cover and catch can powdercoated in translucent blue - September 2011
At H20i 2011 some douche-nozzle keyed my car and a friends of mine's car at the Astoria on the Sunday night a full week prior to the show. Insurance gave me a whopping $888 to fix the quarter panel, door and fender on the passenger side. Full vinyl wrap was chosen as it was either the motor build or a full respray this winter. In a couple of years I will either repaint the car BMP or go for a full color change.
I started accumulating a few things as sales pop up in the fall of 2011 around the holiday season such as a EJ stock location FMIC and BFI motor mounts

Build List
Engine/drivetrain
Garrett GT3071R
Tial 44mm wastegate
4 angle competition valve job
Stage 1 port
Cylinders bored
Block squared & decked
Assembly balanced
Crankshaft micropolished
Hand filed piston rings
Ferrea 1mm oversize intake & exhaust valves
Ferrea lifter shim kit
Supertech titanium valve springs & retainers
Wossner forged pistons 83.50mm, 9.2:1CR, 92.8mm stroke
Scat steel H beam rods, 144mm 20mm pin
Integrated Engineering valve guides
Integrated Engineering timing belt gear dowel pin kit
ARP crank damper bolt
ARP head studs
ARP main studs
Calico coated race rod bearings
Calico coated race main bearings
Golf R DV setup
Custom 3.5 inch intake piping
Custom 3.5 inch charge piping
New OEM lifters
APR HPFP
RS4 injectors
RS4 fuel return valve
TT-RS in tank fuel pump
RS3 Fuel delivery control unit
BFI stage 2 motor mount and transmission mount
Eurojet CNC valve cover – powdercoated translucent blue
Eurojet VTA catch can – powdercoated translucent blue
Eurojet FMIC
ATP 3” DP A3 Quattro
Custom SS 3” catback
Snow stage 2 water/meth kit
42 Draft Designs oil pressure relocation kit
42 Draft Designs Shifter Bushings
Forge shortshifter, front to back & side to side
TT AWD 02M Transmission
Quaife LSD
Custom stage 3 endurance clutch
Raxles bulletproof V2.1d axles
Suspension & Brakes
Koni coilovers - Height and dampening adjustable
SuperPro R32 front & rear swaybars
R32 brakes, front & rear
USP Motorsport SS brakelines
S3 control arm brackets & bushings
Whiteline rear trailing arm bushings
Whiteline front & rear adj swaybar endlinks
VMR V710 18" wheels
Cosmetic
Smoked side markers
Smoked mirror turns
Smoked tails
Black front emblem
Fog light open grilles
Rear wiper deleted
Shark fin antenna deleted
Interior & ICE
Corbeau front seats
Rear seat delete
Pioneer AVH-P4400DVD 7" screen
Euro dash tray
Euro headlight switch
NewSouth boost gauge
NewSouth oil pressure gauge
AEM AFR gauge
AEM water/meth failsafe kit w gauge
I took delivery of my Black Magic Pearl 2007 Package 1 6MT GTI July 14, 2006. I chose Package 1 because I wanted the Interlagos plaid seats. I had my choice from the first 3 2007 GTI’s my local dealer got, there were 3 Package 1’s in black, red and white. Looking back I wish I had picked white, but oh well I do like the black it’s just hard to keep black looking good. The only option on the car was the 18” wheels with summer performance tires. Sticker price was $24,850.
At first I didn’t want to change anything about the car, but we all know how that goes…
In the beginning! Completely stock and monster truck tall

First mod was lowering springs - May 2008

Second mod - REVO stage 1 flash - July 2009 @ Waterfest - it was at this point I was totally hooked with modding the car. I also picked up a Eurosport intake at Waterfest.

New APR SS DP & SS GHL catback exhaust - August 2009


VMR V710 wheels made a huge difference in appearance - H2oi - September 2009

Encourage 2.0T FSI cam follower awareness! Basically I upgraded to an APR hpfp and had just read about the cam follower issue on this motor so I thought it should be checked just in case when the new hpfp was installed and this is what my cam follower looked like! It also wore the plunger off the old hpfp and ruined the intake camshaft. This necessitated replacing the follower, intake cam (with an upgraded hardened 'b' version) along with a cam chain tensioner that was also broken. I don't know how, but the car still ran fine. - February 2010

Koni coilovers and H-Sport front and rear swaybars were installed in time for WiTW and went REVO stage 2+ - March 2010
R32 brakes all 4 corners - July 2010

I picked up some OZ Mito's off the 'tex for decent money and ran them for some of 2011, I like the stanced look but it wasn't practical for running the twisties which is what I like to do with the car
Trying out the fitment of the OZ's - needed all 4 degrees of negative camber in the rear


Dustoff 2011 rollers - thanks Seth and Krissy


Eurojet CNC valve cover and catch can powdercoated in translucent blue - September 2011


At H20i 2011 some douche-nozzle keyed my car and a friends of mine's car at the Astoria on the Sunday night a full week prior to the show. Insurance gave me a whopping $888 to fix the quarter panel, door and fender on the passenger side. Full vinyl wrap was chosen as it was either the motor build or a full respray this winter. In a couple of years I will either repaint the car BMP or go for a full color change.
I started accumulating a few things as sales pop up in the fall of 2011 around the holiday season such as a EJ stock location FMIC and BFI motor mounts

