There is cracking a ringland or scuffing a piston but few people ever melt one. Well, it happens and frankly with people experimenting with tuning on their own probably more often than you think. This VW piston looks like it went through hell. ...

Magnesium wheels are for the big boys where shaving every gram matters. You see magnesium wheels in motorsport and of course from the factory on track monsters like the Porsche 911 GT2 RS. Well, now you can have a set too. ...

Nth Moto is regarded highly as they have some absolutely epic Viper builds. From insane naturally aspirated to twin turbo Gen V Vipers they can build you an epic ride. They also tend to be along the lines of, if you have to ask, you can't afford it. ...

APR’s Big Brake Upgrade is an ultra-durable, feature-packed solution specifically tailored to each vehicle. The brakes provide outstanding stopping-power at an affordable price and are targeted towards a wide operating range such as normal or spirited street driving, track days and HPDE events. The system handily out-brakes, out-lasts, and out-performs other systems on the market, including much larger and heavier setups such as the factory standard RS3/TTRS brakes! ...

The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is listening to carmakers who say the projected emission goals in 2022-2025 are far too difficult and costly to reach. The emissions goals were proposed by California's CARB (California Air Resources Board). ...

When it comes to Viper builds Nth Moto is arguably the best in the business. From naturally aspirated builds to twin turbo they set the standard. They do not come cheap however as their builds are based around Motec engine management computers. ...

The 2018 Formula 1 season is officially underway and it started pretty much as everyone expected with Ferrari and Mercedes-AMG duking it out. Mercedes is the favorite and of course coming off four straight championships. Ferrari did show they just about closed performance gap last year. ...

Apparently there is plenty of room in the Volkswagen budget to build electric hill climb race cars. VW wants to challenge for the Pikes Peak hillclimb record with the I.D. R concept you see here. ...

APR’s Flow-Formed Wheels are manufactured using the latest strengthening and weight savings techniques to provide an attractive solution ready for the street and track. ...

What does an S63 AMG go for? It starts at $147,500. For that money you expect a premium dealer experience just as the dealer expects a premium profit. This video confirms what many of us fear when dropping our high end cars off at the dealer. They do not give a shit about it and rip you off. ...

Unitronic has the MK7.5 GTI covered with their Stage 1 tuning software. This is software you flash at home utilizing the Unitronic UniCONNECT+ system. What does UniCONNECT+ allow you to do? All of the following. ...

Vargas Turbo has a turbo upgrade coming up for the VW MQB/EA888 platforms which will be sold exclusively through ECS Tuning. The expected release date is April of this year but for now we have some good data to go over from the test car. ...

This is an interesting video as the result is not what you would expect. A DSG (dual clutch) GTI can certainly be pretty potent but usually you will see a turbo upgrade involved. This MKVII Volkswagen GTI is said to be on the factory turbo. ...

It does not matter what the platform is at some point you will surpass the capability of the factory engine design when adding power/torque. In the Honda world this is fairly common. It's even common in the Nissan GTR world. What do you do when that happens? ...