Customer cars & projects

The Builds

The cars that prove the parts. Every component in these builds is either on our shelves or made in our workshop.

Flagship demo car

Golf Mk4 TDI — "G6PP U"

Anniversary #465 · AR Performance fully built 1.9 TDI · Diesel only, no additives

449BHP on diesel
828Nm torque
590BHP on nitrous
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Golf Mk4 TDI burnout at the drag strip AR Performance rocker cover in the Mk4 engine bay Built 1.9 TDI engine on the stand Burnout at Santa Pod Race Master drag tyre

Engine

Chassis

  • 17″ Team Dynamics
  • V-Maxx adjustable damping coilovers
  • Powerflex lower control arm bushes
  • Powerflex rear axle bushes
  • Whiteline rear ARB
  • Ferodo DS2500 brake pads
  • Battery relocation

Interior

  • Anniversary instrument cluster
  • Depo Racing 4 bar boost gauge
  • Depo Racing EGT gauge
  • Stripped interior
// Sponsors: JWAutomotive · Overkill Performance · Toxicated by TM · Dirty Throttle Tuning
Fast road build

VW Bora 1.9 TDI

GTB2260VK conversion on a fully rebuilt bottom end — the complete AR Performance fast-road package

White VW Bora 1.9 TDI front three-quarter Bora engine bay with AR Performance rocker cover Bora custom intake and boost pipework Bora rear with AR Performance windscreen banner

Engine

Chassis

  • KONI shocks
  • APEX lowering springs
  • Powerflex bushes

Exterior

  • Genuine Bora R body kit
  • R-Line rear bumper
  • R-Line side skirts

Interior

  • 4 bar boost gauge
  • R32 König half leather grey with Alcantara
  • 20th Anniversary brushed aluminium trim
  • R32 pedal covers & gear gaiter
  • Custom colour FIS full display clocks
  • Mk1 Arosa heater dials
  • Mk1 Tiguan R-Line custom steering wheel in Alcantara
Built in-house

Engine Builds & Bays

Painted engine block built up on the stand
Painted block — built on the stand
Orange-block big turbo build with custom pipework
Orange-block build — big turbo, custom pipework
Mk4 Golf engine bay with orange painted block
Mk4 — orange-block build, bay detail
Red-block engine bay with boost pipework
Red-block build — boost pipework in
Green painted block with turbo fitted on the stand
Green-block build — turbo fitted
Green painted engine assembled and ready to fit
Green-block build — ready to drop in
Freshly machined and painted engine block
Fresh block — machined, painted, assembled
Yellow Seat engine bay with big turbo conversion
Yellow Seat — big-turbo engine bay
Yellow Seat build in the workshop
Yellow Seat — in for the build
AR Performance branded front-mount intercooler
AR Performance front-mount intercooler
Uprated clutch and flywheel fitted
Uprated clutch & flywheel — fitted in-house
Gearbox internals during rebuild
Gearbox rebuild — internals
Day to day

From the Workshop

Audi RS3 in the workshop, bonnet up
Audi RS3 — in for service & tune
Audi RS3 2.5 TFSI engine bay
RS3 2.5 TFSI — engine bay detail
Custom stainless exhaust on a BMW
BMW — custom stainless exhaust, in-house
TDI engine removed for rebuild
2.0 TDI — engine out for full rebuild
Timing chain replacement in progress
Timing chain job — precision work
Gearbox internals during rebuild
Gearbox rebuild — internals inspected
Sachs paddle clutch fitted
Sachs SRE paddle clutch — fitted & ready
Clio track car on circuit
Clio track build — proven on circuit
Nitrous system kits
Nitrous project — parts arriving
VW Transporter on the ramp for a service
VW Transporter — service on the ramp
Brake disc and caliper work
Brakes — discs & calipers
BMW plugged in for diagnostics and mapping
BMW — diagnostics & mapping
Audi A3 outside the AR Performance workshop
Audi A3 — outside the workshop
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