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Donington National - BRSCC ClubSport Trophy - 10th September 2023(Post)
A week after the last ClubSport Trophy I was back at Brands in the Golf for the 750MC RoadSports Series race, I then had a week at Idiada in Spain to test some tyres (more on that soon!), then was b ...
2.0 BiTDi Engines. What to know!(Post)The idea of a 2.0 BiTDI Transporter or Amarok sounds great, and with quoted figures from the factory round the 180bhp mark, it sounds like the perfect platform to start with, right...? Whe ...
Intercooling(Post)One of the first clues to a big power build is catching a glimpse of a front mounted intercooler through the front bumper. Most people know that any boosted car benefits hugely from being intercoo ...
PPD Engines - Common Problems (Piezo Pumpe Düse)(Post)Over the past few years we have tuned a lot of PPD engines and suffered many problems along the way.These share pretty much all of the hard engine components as the BKD, but both engines have totally ...
Common Rail (CR) Tuning(Post)High Pressure Common Rail fuel systems are the key piece of technology at the heart of modern diesel engines. The advances in this area over the last 20 years have taken diesel cars from being slo ...
Tuning the BMW M57 Engine(Post)The M57 is a water-cooled and turbocharged inline six cylinder diesel engine with common-rail injection. It is based on its predecessor, the M51, which was a six-cylinder diesel engine with a Bosch V ...
Brands Hatch Indy - MSV End of Season Event - Trackday Championship + Trophy + SuperCup - 20th November 2021(Post)After a mixed bag at the Birkett, which you can read about HERE, we had a couple of weeks to regroup before the long journey to Brands Hatch for the MSV End of Season event, in which we would be comp ...
Bora 1.9 8v PD (ASZ)(Page)‹ › . // VW BoraEngine - 1.9 8v PD - ASZGearbox - ERF - 02M 6 Speed ManualPower Figures377bhp (282kW) & 450Ft/lbs (611Nm)Best TimesEngineDarkside GTB2872RK Turbo Kit for 1.9 8v TDIRace PD I ...
Golf MK4 90 1.9 8v (ALH)(Page)‹ › . // ALH TDI (90BHP) Engine Original ALH motor bored, resurfaced, blueprinted, and balanced Darkside Developments VNT 22/60 turbo kit on tubular manifold and 3" downpipe Swaintech Whitel ...
Timeline(Page)Here is a short video made in 2017 describing the journey from a garden shed to 10,000sq/ft purpose built premises. If you want to read even more about our past see our timeline below: ...
VAG Dyno Graph Results(Page)Here at Darkside Developments, we like to be realistic with our power figures, this is why we have put together a collection of Dyno Graphs from cars we have tuned to give you an accurate power f ...
Shipping(Page)DISPATCH TAXES / DUTIES QUOTATIONS SERVICES TRACKING DISCLAIMER EXECEPTIONS PLACES WE SHIP We are export specialists, so can assist in shipping items anywhere in the world. There are restricti ...