Bluewater Track Day at HPR

On Sunday January 23rd we hosted a track day at High Plains Raceway. It was a great turn out with 13 cars and 25 people that came out to have some fun and get into the turns. We were happy with the turn out due to the weather only getting up to 40 degrees. It was a great day with some exciting cars racing along with our race car were 3 other turbo R32’s and many other Volkswagen enthusiasts. With the great turn out we are looking forward to our next track day this summer when the weather is a bit nicer and hope for an awesome turn out like this one. We would like to thank the people who came to have a great time and show their love for the shop.

Photography by Milemarker Photo

Update on Kevin's Winter Build

Update: 12-28-2010  We finally have the car back in the shop and it is time for the turbo build to begin. In the last 3 days we have pulled the head, installed the head spacer, and installed the turbo manifold and turbo. Also we have begun the process of reinstalling the intake manifold and re-routing all of the lines.








Also we opened up the coolant ports in the rear with using a Euro spec head gasket and machining a spacer to match the euro spec.

Kevin's Winter Build

11-05-2010   It’s winter time and you know what that means, another
big turbo build. This year one of our customers Kevin Hall has chosen us
to do his project. He has an mk4 Reflex Silver R32 in amazing condition
with 74k miles. We have already started with a few things such as
installing VMaxx Coilovers and a Stoptech Big Brake kit. Here is our
list of what we will be installing. Stay tunned for updates.
•    Precision Billet 62 Dual BB Turbo
        o    With *NEW* Billet Wheel for quicker spool
•    3" Stainless Steel Downpipe
•    Tubular Exhaust Manifold
•    Tial 38mm WG
•    R32 Front Mounted Intercooler
        o    22" x 8" x 3.5" Bar and Plate
        o    All factory grilles used
        o    SS IC piping
•    SS 3" Mid-Pipe Kit
        o    Connects to Down Pipe
        o    3" SS Hi-Flow Cat
        o    Connect to Stock Muffler
        o    SS Couplers
•    SS Intake Piping
•    R32 Fueling Kit
        o    UM Performance Software
        o    550CC Injectors
        o    Injector Harness
        o    4" Open Element
•    "The Bat" 4" SS Intake w/MAF
•    Forge Diverter Valve
•    Hardware/Installation Kit
        o    4 Ply Silicone
        o    SS T-Bolt Clamps
        o    SS Braided Oil Feed/Return Lines
        o    Oil Fittings
•    Raceware Performance Head Studs
•    SS Lowered CR Head Spacer
•    Stage 2 Performance Software
•    VMaxx Coilovers
•    Neuspeed 22mm Rear Swaybar
•    VF Engineering Pendulum Mount
•    Bluewater Performance Adjustable Control Arms
•    Magnaflow Cat Back Exhaust
•    Southbend Stage 4 OFE dxd Clutch and Flywheel kit

Bluewater Performance in Performance VW

Watch out everyone! This coming November our very own VW Turbo R32 will have an article in your favorite magazine, Performance VW. PVW contacted us with great enthusiasm about our trip to The Bonneville Salt Flats this past September. We agreed to be interviewed about the trip. They also wanted to know about our dubs set up, why we choose to do the salt flats, and about Bluewater Performance. We are very excited about the feature to come out and to have one of our cars in the magazine. So keep an eye out for next months Performance VW!

Bluewater Performance invited to the 2010 Eurotuner GP

Every year one of your favorite European car magazines, Eurotuner, puts on their very own Grand Prix. They invite only the best of the best of the euro tuners to battle it out on a series of events. These series of events include a day on the dyno, a sprint on the strip, and an apex in the turns. Although the Eurotuner GP isn't a head to head competition because not every car is the same, it is a battle against the products and packages to see if it meets your specific needs and wants. As far as the events, the first day consists of racking the numbers up on the dyno. Each team is allowed 3 pulls to get the best overall numbers. The second day is day to test these high horse power numbers on the quarter-mile drag strip. Each team is allowed as many runs as they can fit in a 3 hour time period. The final day is the day to push these monsters into the turns, the fastest lap competition. Teams are split up into groups to level the field and are set out for 20 minutes at a time to try and capture their fastest lap time. This year we are proud to say our very own Gabe Adams has been invited with his monster VW Turbo R32 to compete in the Eurotuner Grand Prix. In Preparation for the event we did a few more modifications to the car to better the handling on the road course. These consist of Corner Balancing the car, installing H&R RSS Cup Coilovers, and H2 Sport control arm bushings. For the results we can only wait and see.

VW 2.5L Timing Chain Problems

With more and more 2.5L engines approaching 60k to 80k we are starting to see a trend with timing chain issues. The top timing chain seems to be the only one with an issue it is stretching on 2005.5-2007 cars including the Jetta, and Rabbit. We have seen this repair be quoted anywhere from $1000 all the way up to $3000 at the dealerships depending if they are quoting just the upper or the upper and lower chains. We recently had an 2006 VW Jetta 2.5L in our shop and decided to take another approach. We swapped out his current engine with the timing chain issue for a later model 2.5L with only 30k miles on it and all for less than what the dealer had quoted him for replacing the chains. We wanted to post some pics of the swap to show how much work was involved and the end result.