PROJECT OEM+; New Summer Rims and Tires

Upcoming in depth review of the new Summer Rims and Tires will involve weight, video and specs. This will be debuting on the brand new platform that's currently under construction.

Today I purchased the Advanti Racing Storm S1 rims for my OEM+ project.

The rims are extremely lightweight for being a 17 X 9 ET35 wheel.

They're a classic 10 spoke racing design in a hyper silver finish with real racing pedigree. Advanti Racing was a partner of the Mercedes Benz racing team as well as the Redbull owned Scuderia Toro Rosso now named Scuderia Alpha Tauri.

Advanti Racing wheels are flow formed much like their cousin wheel companies Enkei, OZ, Konig (all owned by YHI).

The wheels will be paired with a great all around ultra high performance summer tire in the NITTO 555 sized 255/45/17.

The OEM specs for the Sline Audi TT Quattro was a set of 19 X 9 ET52 silver trip 5 spoke rims which weighed in 35-40lbs per rim.

The tires that came with the car when purchased were 255/35/19 Ironman iMove Gen2 tires which weighed in at 29lbs a tire.

Currently a lot of Audi owners want bigger rims and thinner tires, the Mk3 comes with 20' rims as OEM kit. This might be great for the looks department but not the best for overall performance and let's be honest, pothole protection.

I stand to save approximately 15-20lbs of un-sprung weight from each wheel and tire combination. That's a massive amount of weight savings which will improve the 0-60 time , braking performance while also improving gas consumption.

The downsize of two inches along with the rim+ tire specs has allowed me to match the exact OEM 26' rolling spec with a massive weight savings. That's OEM+

STAY TUNED.

NITTO UHP TIRES (Click for Video)

A tire made for enthusiasts (click for video)

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After the rebuild came the OEM+ tune up.

Months of pampering had finally come to its climax, the break in period had been reached and the TT was finally ready for its tune up. However, this was not going to be your usual filter and plugs ordeal, not in the slightest. I had spent weeks if not months researching the vulnerable weak points of the EA888.2 engine & had made it my mission to ensure they were rectified. The first being the always at fault positive crankcase ventilation “PCV” plate that was integrated into the aluminum valve cover. This automotive emissions system is meant to direct the gases that enter the crankcase into the intake stream to be reburned in the combustion chamber. However, it fails often and without warning allowing oil to make its way into the intake tract causing carbon to build up on the intake valves. This issue was rectified by installing a CTS Turbo CNC aluminum PCV replacement plate with an oil condenser and catch can. The oil vapor would travel from the CNC p

Oil catch can system UPGRADE.

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Racingline Oil catch can dump (1 winter month)

I went from dumping the contents of my CTS TURBO oil catch can biweekly to dumping the contents of the Racingline oilc catch can monthly. Since it's winter in Canada the temperature has gone from +5 to -15 degrees in the same day. Because of the constant temperature changes its safe to say that not everything in the catch can is oil blowby. Because of this exact reason I needed a can that would have a larger containment capacity. The Racingline unit has all that and a high flow baffle system that still works even when 3/4 full. As you can see the car hasn't been upgraded since I've last blogged, but the OEM upgrades are very rewarding. An OEM+ brake upgrade is in the works and a new rim and tire setup too. Stay tuned.

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