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Last year with the Arosa was a disappointing one, mainly because we only managed to do just over 30 runs at Santa Pod over the full year, as we didn't get chance to do anything with it until BugJam in July. We also had the problem (as does everyone else) that with Santa Pod being the only purpose built drag strip currently in operation, whenever there is an event, the queues are so big that you can only grab a handful of runs each day. With the expense of preparing the car and getting to the str …

What do all drag cars need? Nitrous! We have the WON Kits fitted to a number of big power projects, both ones that are used on the drag strip Our Arosa - 633bhp & 680Ft/Lbs Jerome's Ibiza - ~450bhp & ~550Ft/Lbs And ones that are used on the road Bora ASZ - 449bhp & 580Ft/Lbs Roberto's Fabia - 364.6bhp & 475ft/lbs We can supply the full range of Wizard of NOS Products, but currently just list 3 of the most popular Diesel Specific kits WON …

So we have been posting about our Ibiza's racing and trackday exploits for a number of years now, but we have never really explained the reasons behind the choices we have made, until now! The full Spec can be viewed here - https://www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk/ibiza-fr-mk4-6l-1-9-8v-asz-track-race-car/ We have already made a blog post on PD Engine Hardware Engines, and we have a Wheel Alignment / Tracking page with all the various Geometry settings we measure and tweak on the Track C …

A BIG transformation... We are now onto part 20 of our A5 Vlog and this time its having a major makeover! A full B8.5 facelift to modernise the car and a vinyl wrap in 3M Smouldering Red which was chosen by you guys on a Facebook poll. ‹ › . $( document ).ready(function() { var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (this.readyState === 4 && this.status === 200) { var galleryImages = JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText); blueimp.Gallery(galleryImages, { contai …

It has been a long time coming, we finally managed to get all the photos organised for the build of the SRS Automotive Caddy, which is a 2.0 16v CR with a DQ500 DSG Gearbox and 4-Motion. When we first built the Caddy back in 2011, it was a 2.0 BKD with a GTB1756VK, pushing 220bhp (165kW) & 350Ft/lbs (475Nm), which is the spec we took it down the strip at Santa Pod in April 2012, where it did a 15.7s @ 89.25mph. Not bad to say it was being used to bring all the spares down! Stef at …

Back on the track... After regaining the full potential of the A5 (Part 18 Blog) we wanted to get it back on the track and see how much and where we had improved. Apart from Spa and the Nurburging, the only other track we had driven in the A5 was Donington Park, so we booked on an evening session with Circuit Days and prepped the car. It wasn't until the day before when we realised we had quite a big problem with the gearbox! Not entirely sure of the cause we applied a temporary fix and sent …

After a great opening round of the MSV Trackday Championship, which we discussed in our blog, and the terrible accident in the TDT on the same day, also discussed in this blog, we had a LOT of work to do to get the car ready for the next race. Round 2 brought us to Snetterton, a circuit we had not been to since a very wet March 2018 when we launched the CitiGo. We had hoped to get the car ready for a trackday mid-week to do some testing, but things don't always go to plan, so the first outin …

Back to work... After our recent road trip to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and the Nürburgring, we knew we still had a few creases that needed ironing out, mainly to fix the inconsistent power figures that we had before the trip. These issues meant we had to limit the power to around 355bhp. Even at this power the car performed better than we expected on and off the track over the course of 1115 miles. If you haven't already seen our vlog on the trip give it a watch: Not long after arr …

This blog Post is an overall summary of the trip we made. We go into more detail about how each car performed, and share videos of them in action on the links below. CitiGo at the Ring Spa and Nürburgring - AUDI A5 3.0 TDI PROJECT What an epic trip this turned out to be! The Nürburgring has to be on every petrol (and diesel) head's bucket list. It is like Mecca for car lovers, and every year over 2 million people visit here. Some come to watch the crashes at Brünnchen …