Another update:
If you think it's not MAF - at the end, it's always the MAF
I had way too much trust in all of the many audi/vag forums` replies in regards of MAF values (idle/wot) and was 100% sure that my new MAF was not the issue, and everything else around the engine was the culprit.
This week I bit the bullet and found someone local with a used, oily MAF but from the exact same engine as mine (ARY, vvt, 180hp) and bought it.. and what do you know - All of the stuttering, bogging down and insane fuel cuts at 6k rpm shift - gone...
After almost a year I finally felt what it was like to go WOT from 3rd gear to still WOT 5th gear without ANY hiccups from the engine..
Will button up some more coolant leaks, seal up the exhaust fully where it smokes a bit and do another WOT pull log with ME7Logger..