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Garrett turbochargers are renowned for their precision engineering and innovation, serving a wide range of performance and industrial applications. Each turbo model comes with a specific letter designation (the ones after the numbers e.g. GTB2260VK) that provides insight into its features and capabilities. Here, we decode these designations to help enthusiasts and professionals alike understand what each letter means and how it relates to turbocharger functionality.Garrett do not publicly list t …

The 2.0 Diesel N47 Engine found in most of the E Series BMWs is very tuneable, but not as bullet proof as it's 3.0 cousin, as we found out a while back. Over the last few months we have been developing our upgrades for the N47 / N47N Engines found in the x16d / x18d Models. These have a Solenoid Type Injector that are very small, and struggles to do much over 200bhp without excessive smoke and Exhaust Gas Temperatures (EGTs) This Blog Post is specifically talking about the x16d / x18d N47 / …

Back in 2019 we collated all the build photos of Stef's SRS Automotive Caddy Van. You can view that by clicking the image below The one thing is was missing was a proper engine! Stef suffered for a long time with only 240bhp, so we decided to give him the same Engine as our CitiGo which should give it a good kick up the rear! Part 1 of the video is a walkaround of the van showing the attention to detail of the whole build, before we rip out the stock engine. Part 2 shows us going th …

So its been a while since the last A5 video due to other projects but you'll be glad to know we are still working on this project slowly but surely! Check out UPDATE of our Vlog below: And then, not a massive update, but our new, bigger big turbo has arrived, so we talk through the specs and run the car up on the Dyno before we start to rip it to bits again. Full A5 spec list and links to the products we fit throughout the build - http://drksi.de/AudiA5 You can also enter the competiti …

Things don't always go to plan, and when you are fitting a great big Turbo to a 3.0 Engine for the first time, its not a big shock when they go wrong. In part 23 of our A5 Build, Ryan talks through the issues we faced during the tuning process. Full A5 spec list and links to the products we fit throughout the build - http://drksi.de/AudiA5 You can also enter the competition to win the A5 by following this link - http://drksi.de/WIN Check out Part 23 of our Vlog below: …

This one blog is summarising 2 Video's of our Audi A5 3.0 TDI Project! Part 14 and 14.2. Back in Part 8 we travelled over to John Sleath Race Cars to carry out a series of upgrades on our car whilst on the dyno, taking it from 228bhp - 340bhp in the same day. Since then a lot has been happening, and not just with the car... We have recently purchased our own 4WD Dyno Dynamics rolling road. This is something we have had planned for a while but when one came up at the right money we could not r …