TDIsyncro
Veteran Member
Thank you for the kind words Dave. Yes, a lot of "life" has gone on! Its always been a pleasure working with you as well and thank you for the friendship over the years.I went on a trip down memory lane and read this thread from page 1, plus threads that preceded and also came subsequent to this one.
I want to say, Louis, what a pleasure it has been to work with you all these years. I am very grateful for our friendship. A lot of "life" has gone on - for both of us - since this project was conceived some nearly 8 years ago. Seeing where your project is now gives me complete confidence that we will be having first-start and first-run when our miserable Canadian winter passes.
I'm also eager to know how the original engine build that started this thread does in its new home. Exciting times for sure.
I feel pretty confident that I will have all the boost piping and most of ancillaries complete this winter. ECU/injector install should be this winter as well. I think next May (when the snow has melted) is a good target for first test drive. Goal will be testing and calibrating system on stock engine with oversized injectors, and obviously the turbo system, as shown in thread. I would expect I will be running around the standard 280HP/450FT-lbs max at this point. Hopefully the LP will spool enough in this range for testing. Performance mods on engine will follow in the 2018/2019 winter. Push the power up from there.
I will keep updates on the race engine build at its new home. The focus on that project this winter will be making changes to get the displacement back down to 2.01L max. We are working on billet cams and valve train assembly right now. Skynam ECU testing on stock engine has gone well.