Exclusive insights into the "Area 51" workshop at BAR-TEK®
We’re a whole lot more than one of the largest online stores for tuning accessories. In our Tuning Workshop, which we call “Area 51”, passion, experience and technology all come together. Here, we perform measurements to find out what’s what and, as well as our customers’ tuning projects, we also work on projects of our own. These entail designing and building racing engines, BEDI cleaning, and a great deal more besides. Below you can see what this looks like.
In addition to our shop, one of the largest online shops for tuning parts, we also implement our vision of professional tuning in our tuning workshop. In our so-called "Area 51" we continue what Bartek has been doing in Formula 1 for more than 10 years: We make engines faster, more stable and safer. With our 1000 HP test bench and the know-how of more than 15 years of motorsport we bring your car to the race track. Here we only install the best components from the most renowned manufacturers. In addition, we are constantly developing our products on the basis of our experience. It goes without saying that our team consists of people with motorsport experience who share your love of performance enhancement. On our YouTube channel you can get a good impression of our projects and our know-how.
Passion and technology in an auto tuning workshop
Our passion is fast cars and making them even faster. If you take a look at our projects, you will see that we can get even more out of EVERY car in our workshop - from the VR6 Turbo with 1000 HP, to the Audi R8, to the Lamborghini Urus! We don't want to keep these results from you, which is why you can have your car tuned by us. We do everything that ambitious tuning fans love and the possibilities are almost unlimited: From tuning with chip tuning to a complete racing engine, everything is possible. What you can't expect from us, you'll find below. We put the most emphasis on great results through the latest technology and are happy to advise you on how to get the most fun out of your ride. Fat grins when you look under the hood are included.
These are the services in our tuning workshop
Chiptuning
With chip tuning, we tune the software of your ECU so that you can expect more power, more torque and often also less consumption. We do this by extracting everything that is still available from the factory-set parameters. To do this, we first measure all the relevant data such as torque, power loss, engine output and so on, and then overwrite them for the most balanced performance increase possible. Very important is that we always leave the safety functions of the engine control switched on to protect your engine from capital damage. Just think of us chiptuning your engine's performance out of the bag!
Engine and transmission builds - complete race engines
If you want to go the whole hog, you can get your own racing engine directly in our tuning workshop. Here we install components that are optimally matched to each other and which, when combined, are simply fun to drive. As always, we put a lot of emphasis on making your racing engine fit for the highest revs. And because we only use motorsport parts, our engines are also extremely stable. Of course, we also provide you with the matching gearbox assembly to be able to pack the extreme extra power.
BEDI cleaning
With the BEDI cleaning (BEDI stands for direct fuel injection) we free your engine from nasty coking, which unfortunately occurs regularly with engines with direct fuel injection. Among other things, this coking results in a sharp drop in performance and the engine running rough overall. To make your engine fit again, we free the intake ducts, combustion chambers, valves, throttle valve parts, EGR valves and idle speed adjusters from the deposits.
Conrod Angle
Conrods should be checked in all cases (even those from reputable manufacturers) for one hundred percent parallelism to avoid piston seizure. This happens quickly with small deviations, then piston- and cylinder bore wear on one side and the piston seizure has already happened. In our tuning workshop we have the possibility to measure and angle the conrods exactly, so that you can continue to enjoy the full performance.
Injection nozzles service
We have upgraded to such an extent that we now also carry out the testing and cleaning of injection nozzles and high-pressure injectors in our workshop. Again, even completely new injectors must be tested, as scattering can occur. A professional cleaning in our nozzle test bench is usually sufficient to restore smooth engine running. Afterwards the injectors look like new again, misfires stop and consumption levels off. In this video you can see the nozzle test bench in action:
Performance measurement and tuning on the 1000 HP test bench
Our MSR test bench is one of the most modern in the world. Here we can make extremely precise measurements comparable to those in Formula 1. Thanks to the many possibilities, sensors and measuring techniques, we quickly get a very comprehensive picture of every vehicle and can very well tackle performance on the basis.
What you can NOT expect in our workshop
- Tyre change
- Carstyling
- Paintwork
- Rims
- General inspection
- General repairs
These are all exciting and sometimes useful things, but we only do what we love and are really good at: increasing the performance of your car. So we are mainly a tuning workshop in Cologne or the surrounding area, and we do everything we can to unlock the performance of your car.
Limited places in our workshop
As we are one of the leading tuning experts, the places in our workshop are also very popular. So it's best to make an appointment with us early.
If you do the conversion yourself, you will of course find all the tuning parts in our online shop!