See here Aki76's garage and his wife's daily Jetta!

[TurboJ]

May I present to you Aki76's working space and his wife's daily driver, a late model mk2 Jetta.

Enjoy!




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And here's the daily Jetta that Aki's wife will drive when it's ready very soon:



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There's a 1.9 diesel in there of course:


Looking like this:


It doesn't really show on the pictures, but the turbo in there is really quite large... So something is needed to make it spool up:


Aki also does gasser engines occasionally; how would a 400hp 2.0 16V suit you?


...and here's how, according to Aki, you should do a down pipe brace:

[RabbitJockey]

whats the deal with that timing belt?  awesome shop.  is this his place of business?  i would think so

[TurboJ]

The timing belt is a special part as well as the pulleys. A wider, stronger belt is needed for 300+ hp.
The injection pump will require considerable power (transmitted by the cam belt, remember) when approaching
those power levels. Many a belt has snapped unexpectedly on high-hp engines with VE pumps.

And the working space on the pictures is from Aki's home. At work he has some more tools  

[R.O.R-2.0]

The timing belt is a special part as well as the pulleys. A wider, stronger belt is needed for 300+ hp.
The injection pump will require considerable power (transmitted by the cam belt, remember) when approaching
those power levels. Many a belt has snapped unexpectedly on high-hp engines with VE pumps.

And the working space on the pictures is from Aki's home. At work he has some more tools  

i always thought you might need to do something with the timing belt with bigger pumps, and higher horsepower..

it takes more power to drive a pump that is pushing 2-800% more fuel than stock.. lol.

all it takes, is a few missed shifts, and the timing belt breaks..