Morning All!!!
I figured that it was about time to start my own build/tuning thread and stop half posting questions and answers in everyone else's threads.
So here goes! A little history first.
I bought the car, over the web, from a dealer 400 miles away. It had a impeccable CarFax and was owned by 2 motorsport dealers. The reason that is important is that the 2009-11 2.0 TFSI had a built in hand grenade with bad rings and chain tensioners. Needless to say I found out the work had not been done on the way home when it sucked down 1L of oil. After 6mo it got to the point it was sucking down 1L every 200 miles. I had enough!
I got all the bits together and while trying to buy a house, I managed to rebuild the motor. About 3 months after the rebuild and several thousand happy miles, I started getting the dreaded P0299 (underboost) code and knew the turbos days were numbered. I got the bits for a Frankenturbo F23L (K04) swap together and during my recent Pandemic Furlough 2020, I swapped it in.
It's been good so far. Tyler has been the MAN! helping me get some base tunes into it while I learned how to navigate HP Tuner and VAG maps!
While I was swapping in the K04, I upgraded all the intercooler and associated plumbing and plumbed in a Water/Meth Injection system that I will eventually add tuning for.
So, I know everyone loves some good build porn, so I'll add a couple of pics with details about the rebuild, swap and upgrades following this....
Cheers!
KS