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Round 3 of the MSV Trackday Championship was a VERY wet Oulton Park, where we finished 1st in Class! You can read about it here. We then had a go in the MSV Trackday Trophy on the Silverstone GP Circuit, which you can read about here. Spoiler alert, we finished 2nd after getting our first ever Pole Position! Round 4 was supposed to be on the Silverstone National Circuit, but with the resurfacing before the British F1 and Moto GP rounds, it was moved to Brands Hatch, on the GP Circuit that is r …

If you hate reading then scroll right to the bottom to view our VLOG of the weekend.... We had a great result in the TDC at a very wet Oulton Park, which you can read about it here. Round 5 of the MSV Trackday Trophy, brought us to Silverstone, on the iconic GP Circuit, the same as you see the Formula 1 and Moto GP at. Unfortunately we won't be lapping anywhere near as quick as them! As it is a World Class circuit, we get detailed analysis of sector times and speeds. Sector 1 takes us from th …

We’re looking for one of our fans to design a slick race livery our new Golf MK5.5 ex VW Cup Car that will be replacing our Seat Ibiza in next years MSV Trackday Trophy and Championship season! The chosen winner will receive a Darkside Developments Merchandise Pack as well as the opportunity of joining us on one of many track days for Passenger Rides in the car. The winning designer may also have their own company logo or 'Designed by YOUR NAME' on the vehicle design. …

Round 2 of the MSV Trackday Championship, took us to Snetterton, a weekend we would rather forget. You can read about it here. With all the issues sorted, we decided to take the car for a shakedown at Oulton Park on the 2nd July, in preparation for the race there on the 27th July. I managed a 1:59.76 lap, which would have put us close to the front, based on the 2018 lap times. There was supposed to be a test day on the Friday before the race, but this was switched to a regular open pit lane …

When Davy @ DRIVEN Automotive Media organised the Performance German Day, he asked if we were interested, who says no to a well organised trackday on a sunny weekend? We decided to take almost all the crew down, as well as as many cars we could physically get there and have a good time! We have made a little montage of the days exploits. With only 12 cars at a time allowed on track, there were few battles to be had, but we still had a great time pushing the cars to (and beyond) the limit. …

A quick check over the A5s brakes as we prepare for Performance German Day as well as installing new Bilstein B16 Coilovers! Featured Products: Bilstein B16 Coilover Kit Custom Steering Wheel - Perforated Leather, Alcantara with Red Stitching by SatNavDeals Custom Alcantara Gear Knob Gaiter & Arm Rest with Red Stitching by Luxe Automotive Custom Motordrive Seats Brake Conversion now available online: HERE Full A5 spec list and links to the product …

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: …

In this Vlog we decide 425+hp is just not enough and attempt to bolt on a turbo from Truck three times larger than the 3 Litre engine our daily driving A5 project has from the factory. We have come a long way from the standard 240bhp and the current stock frame turbo is now our limit so we have to look to the truck industry for something bigger. After a bit of research, a GTC3579VK was sourced and our in-house fabrication guru Dan set to work making it fit. Hopefully we will soon have some dyn …

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 …