Installing Neuspeed's 1.8t bolt-on kit

It's been said that in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, I believe that was an Andy Warhol'ism. If in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, I suspect that at the rate things are progressing, in the future it will take 15 minutes to dramatically improve the performance and handling of one's car via dynamic electronics yet to be conceived. Today it takes a few hours, but who's counting.

In the old days, i.e. when I was growing up, to enhance the performance of one's car meant having to tear into the engine with reckless abandon, installing big cams, high compression pistons, porting the head and bolting on every conceivable go-fast part. These kids today have it so easy.

Celebrated and recognized as a "tuner's engine," the VAG (Volkswagen Audi Group) 1.8t engine can be tweaked from docile and meek, to a stunning example of the potential of tuning a tuner's engine.

The following article will show the details of how to install an integrated performance package on a 2001 GTI 1.8t from Neuspeed. Also, you can read the associated product review in the April, 2003 issue of ec.)

When undertaking the procedure, you will want to exercise proper safety procedures, keep a Bentley manual on hand, and leave the task to the pros if you feel you'll get lost.

To make things easier, we did the turbo intake pipe after the stock airbox had been removed, and before the P-Flo was installed. While not exactly piece-by-piece, it's close enough for government work.