Crankshaft dumper upgrade

This damper reduces crankshaft torsional vibration, which is the end-to-end twisting/rebound motion, that is naturally generated during each power stroke.

A harmonic balancer inside this damper contributes to greater valve train and timing efficiency, and reduces wear of critical engine components such as main bearings, oil pump and the crankshaft itself.

Fluidampr crankshaft damper

For more information you may visit an official site.

Odometer: 63,200 km.

Turbo outlet pipe upgrade

The reason to install the aftermarket TOP (Turbo Outlet Pipe) is to remove the factory pipe with the muffler that designed to reduce the engine bay acoustics.

The aftermarket muffler delete tube screws into place, forming a full, uninterrupted path for airflow.

Aftermarked muffler VS Stock

SPULEN 2.0T FSI Turbo Outlet Pipe Kit

The throttle pipe was already changed before.

Odometer: 63,200 km.

Adjustable sway bar endlinks

In order to make further proper suspension adjustments for the desired car's road behavior I replaced the sway bars endlinks with the adjustable ones.

They allows to reveal all the stiffer sway bars potential and not lead to the undesired sway bar pre-load condition that may occur when attempting to adjust sway bar hardness with the stock endlinks.

I chose the Spulen front end-links and Whiteline for the rear.

Spulen front end-links

Whiteline rear end-links

Of course, the setup must be adjusted properly, according to the sway bar position at the normal vehicle load conditions.

For more information on the sway bar and endlinks - see the following links:
1. Swaybar/Endlink FAQ2. Setting Adjustable End Links For Ride Height

Odometer: 61,500 km.

Oil catch system service

From time to time there is a need in emptying the oil catch system tank, when the condensate level is reaches max level.

The service itself is pretty easy. All that is needed, is to empty the tank by unscrewing the drain bolt at it's bottom

This smells not good. :-)

The tank returned into it's place

Odometer: 61,000 km.

HPFP cam follower replacement

Usually I replace the 2.0 TFSI engine HPFP(High Pressure Fuel Pump) cam follower each 20 thousand kilometers.
It's a small but important part, that needed to be replaced at the time. If it breакs, this will lead to the serious engine damage and expensive repair costs. See this as a warning.

Following photos of the replaced cam follower (original part number 06D109309C).

Camshaft is OK

This work should be performed by a qualified mechanic using an appropriate tools

Odometer: 59,500 km.

Engine oil change

As in previous oil change, I've used the full synthetic Wolf Vitaltech 5W-40 (VW 502 00) engine oil.
For the details click here.

Odometer: 59,400 km.

VWR air-intake filter conversion

In general, Volkswagen Racing air-intake is a little bit expensive but good solution for the high power output VW 2.0 TFSI engine.

But in my opinion it has some drawbacks. The biggest of them - is the foam rubber air filter itself that is made by ITG. Its cleaning process is very inconvenient comparing with other types of filters that made from cotton gauze (for example from K&N manufacturer).
Also, the cleaning kit for the foam air filter from ITG is more expensive than those that are cotton.
Actually, you may clean the foam filter with gasoline (allowed by manufacturer), but it stinks pretty much.☺

Moreover, if you"ll need to replace the filter with the new one - you will need to buy not only the air filter itself, but also the base of the air filter box. That is because the filter is glued directly to the base of the filter box, when manufactured and it is no way to buy it separately. Of course, this is increases (doubles) replacement cost.

So I decided to get rid from this foam filter and convert VWR air-intake system to use the cotton gauze air-filter.

How it was done?
First of all, I took the air filter box dimensions and started to search for the suitable universal air filter from well-known manufacturers.
Also, I wanted the filter with the maximum possible working surface area. Many cotton air filters has the muffled front side. I don't wanted to use them.

Finally I ordered the cotton gauze air filter from BMC.

BMC FBTW76-140P twin air filter

After the filter was received, the question that arose was: how exactly to perform the conversion?

First thing is to remove the foam ITG filter. This is how it looks after removal:

Foam ITG filter inside the VWR box

The filter was simply glued to its aluminum base.
After advice from the professional welder who helped me a lot with the conversion process, the decision was to build the 3" aluminum adapter pipe, that will connect the new cotton gauze filter to the air filter base.

That is how the adapter looks, welded to the filter base:

3" adapter for VWR air-intake

Then, everything else is pretty simple:
1. Mounting the filter on the adapter, cutting out about 2 cm. of the filters mount length, ensuring that the filter has at least 0.5 cm. free space from the box front.
2. Closing the air-filter box exactly as it was before.
3. Mounting the air-filter box back on car.

Finito. ☺
No visual changes from the outside, but my VWR air-intake now uses the universal cotton gauze filter, that may be easily cleaned using the cleaning kit from any cotton air-filters manufacturer (such as K&N or BMC).


Odometer: 57,000 km.

New tires

This time, the Michelin Pilot Sport CUP 2 was installed.

Michelin PS CUP 2

Tires on car

This tires is suitable for both track and the road use. Exactly what I needed.
They has a fantastical grip in dry and good grip in wet road conditions. In Israel, the strong rains it's a rare case, thus the dry grip was a decisive factor here.

Odometer: 55,400 km

Stainless Steel Clutch Line

The stock clutch line was changed with the braided one from the USP Motorsports.

USP Stainless Steel Clutch Line

Odometer: 54,500 km.

Throttle pipe upgrade

This aftermarket throttle pipe helps to maximize the air flow from the inter-cooler to the throttle body.

SPULEN 2.0T FSI Throttle Pipe

Odometer: 54,500 km.

Powerflex rear suspension bushings

This is the second (and the final) part about the Powerflex bushings install. The previous part may be found here.

This time it's about the rear bushings installation.
I chose the Powerflex road series bushings (and not the Black Series), because my car is used as my daily driving and for the family purposes and not "for the race track only".

All bushings has been ordered according to this Powerflex online catalog.

Ready for install

Some photos, that was taken during the install:

Rear Tie Bar to Chassis Front Bush

Rear Upper Link Inner Bush

OK. Finished with this. What can I say?
The car now is more stiffer on the road. Corners handling is also improved, thus driving pleasure is raised to the next level.
If you a car enthusiast, like to drive and feel the car response, I would highly recommend this change for you.

So at this moment, the bushings change is completely done for the whole car's suspension. Hope that I'll forget about the suspension bushing for the long-long time. ☺

Odometer: 54,000 km

Engine oil change

As in the previous oil change, I've used the full synthetic Wolf Vitaltech 5W40 (VW 502 00) engine oil.

Odometer: 53,500 km.

Intermediate service

So what has been done between the oil changes?

• Plugs change.

Old NGK 2667 after 24K km.

New NGK 4853

This type of plug (platinum) is more durable than iridium plugs. The possible (theoretical) drawback may be the performance in very high revs range (spark stability decrease), but it seems that they performs perfectly on 2.0 TFSI engine.

By the way: NGK 4853 is the same plug as NGK 1675. The difference is only in Gap (0.7mm as opposed to 0.8mm in 1675 model).

• Fuel filter change.

MANN WK 69 fuel filter

Odometer: 49,950 km.

Spulen Dog Bone Engine Mount Kit

The next thing - is an attempt to minimize the "wheel hop" effect.
Spul Engineering Dog Bone Engine Mount Kit (Extreme) was ordered from the USP Motorsports.

This kit consist from:
- Billet lower engine mount
- Dog Bone Mount Insert
- New Hardware (Bolts, Nuts and washers).

So what role it performs?
It provides a more rigid connection between the transmission mount and the subframe.
The effect: drive-train movement is reduced and the driver will experience smoother shifts and less engine movement.

What comes inside the box

Installed on car

So my impression is as follows: it really does the job - the car is accelerates in more linear manner and the wheels is less slipping. You should take into account increased amounts of vibrations that you'll feel inside the vehicle. Not everyone will like it for daily driving. But for the track use, this definitely will be a great choice!

Odometer: 49,050 km.

48K service

Engine oil change.

Full synthetic Wolf Vitaltech 5W40 (VW 502 00) + MANN HU 719/6x oil filter.
The oil has a very good specifications and suitable for hard working engines.

Also I've added an advanced oil additive Xenum VX 500 in order to ensure best engine performance and to prolong its life.

Odometer: 48,000 km.

Powerflex Front Wishbone Bushings

In order to improve the car handling, front wishbone bushes from Powerflex has been installed:

Front Wishbone Rear Bushing Anti-Lift & Caster Adjustable. #PFF85-502G

One of the bushings

 Front Wishbone Inner Bushing (Front). #PFF85-501

Bushings installed on car

Thanks to the Powerflex USA site team for the great service!
These bushings is definitely improves the car handling: the steering is become more precise and they are allows to achieve the higher cornering speed.

This video shows how Anti-Lift & Caster Adjustable bushes work.

Odometer: 47,700 km.

Oil catch tank system

The PCV valve in 2.0 TFSI engine is known as a "faulty point". It passed through the many revisions, but none of them is sufficiently reliable - especially for tuned engines.

The oil catch tank system cancels this valve and improve overall reliability of the engine. Its removes aerated oil so that it can be drained and recycled.
There is a many such systems in the market. I chose the product from Forge Motorsport.

 The quote from the products web-page:
"It will capture all of the aerated oil, fuel, and water vapour contained in the blow-by gasses that would otherwise enter the intake tract and potentially contribute to deposits on the intake valves, thereby keeping the intake system clean and the engine performing optimally long-term."

The installation process is very easy as "plug and play".
Forge oil catch tank system comes with detailed fitment instructions and has a decent quality of all components.

Oil catch tank system

There is two types of this product: for vehicles with(European standard) and without(North America) charcoal filter. You need to choose one that suitable for your vehicle.

For additional information about this product you may visit the Forge Motorsport website.

Odometer: 47,320.