Mega Massive Build/Rebuild

[*Blue-Angel*]

Just wanted to post a thread of all my recent changes to my S4. If you aren't familiar with who I am Ill give an intro. I just got my silver 2000 S4 6spd with 78K miles on it original owner no previous mods. The car was bought with many many problems which I knew about because I was going to rebuild it. I garaged the car after 1.5K miles on the car and began to tear it apart and change as much as possible at the same time. Here is the list with pics to follow in the future.

Car Has been completely gutted
Momo Racing Seat One Piece 18.9lbs
Carbon Fiber Sun roof delete (Eagle Motorsport)
Silver Carbon Fiber Trim (Eagle Motorsport)
Snow Performance Meth Kit
Eagle Motorsport Brake Backing Plates For Brake Ducts
VAST ARD BiPipes
Samco Diverter Valves
034 Intake System
JHM Drivetrain Stabilizer Bar with Poly Bushing
ER SMICs and Carbon Shrouds
Rebuilt O1E tranny with Cryo tempered Mainshaft, 1st & 2nd. WPC to Mainshaft and 1st
4:1 Center Diff
New Clutch Kit (SB full face feramic/kevlar for the street; 6 puck ceramic for the track) 2900lb SACHS race cover
LWFW (SB Steel)
One Piece Carbon Fiber Driveshaft (Eagle Motorsport)
3.5 exhaust (Eagle Motorsport)
3.0 dps (034)
JHM shifter, bushings, linkage
Control arms with Stern uppers, Febi Lowers
Aluminum knuckles in replacement of what used to be steel. 3lb savings
KW Motorsport Racing Coilovers, 1200lb Front Linear Rate 3 Way adjustable Monotube dampers and 1000lb rear 2 way adjustable twin tube dampers (Eagle Motorsport)
AP Racing BBK: Custom Floating 2 piece rotors & Ferrodo Race Pads DSUNU Front with 2500 Rear (Eagle Motorsport)
Hotchkis Rear Sway Bar with Subframe Reinforcement Brackets
H&R Front Sway Bar attached via Perrin Polyurethane Spherical Joint Endlinks
Silicone boost hoses and T-Bolt Clamps
Perrin MBC in Parallel with N75
New coilpacks & Spark Plugs Denso Iridium 1 Step Colder
Valve cover seals
Stern Motor Mounts, Tranny mounts, Snub mount
Stern Front Rear Diff Mount with 034 Billet Carrier and Stern Poly Bushings Locking the Rear Down
Vast Hi-Flow EFK
Rebuilt and balanced K03s (CompTurbo)
Slave cylinder (C4 S4) In Other words Metal Slave
s.s. clutch line (USP)
Power steering cooler (Eagle Motorsport)
Oil cooler (Eagle Motorsport)
Steel Rear End Links
Billet Aluminum Front subframe bushings
RS4 grille
Rebuilt Front & Rear Axles (Fronts Courtesy of Raxles)
All new bearings and seals for drivetrain
Replace both rear diff seals
Damn near every single bolt, nut, gasket and seal replaced for brand new.
A lot of lines on and around the engine replaced as well.

and a bunch bunch more.


Motor Build To Start Soon:
Custom GTX28 on 3.0L

[*Blue-Angel*]

Just a little teaser :)

http://i39.tinypic.com/2remjr4.jpg

[*Blue-Angel*]

saved for pictures

[Dimcorner]

where you get those rotors? and did you weigh the different knuckles?

I ended up buying motor/tranny mounts instead :\

[*Blue-Angel*]

Those are DBA rotors, and I bought them from tirerack.

I weighed the aluminum ones and they came out to be 16lbs on my digital home scale. They are deff lighter than steel but then again I'm gaining weight with those massive rotors so ill take what I can.

[Dowskeet]

Why did you go with Stern uppers control arms and not even have coilovers?

[lbs4]

if your going through all oft the trouble rebuilding the car i would definity go with some k04s.

[spokismB5S4]

if your going through all oft the trouble rebuilding the car i would definity go with some k04s.

yeah you might as well sell the k03's and pick up a used set of k04's. Trust me you are going to want to in the future and you will be kicking yourself for not doing them now.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Why did you go with Stern uppers control arms and not even have coilovers?

Because I will buy the coilovers in the future. And plus even without the lowering of the car I can adjust the camber up front to be more neg than the rear.

[*Blue-Angel*]

yeah you might as well sell the k03's and pick up a used set of k04's. Trust me you are going to want to in the future and you will be kicking yourself for not doing them now.

Not practical in my situation. I'm building a block from the ground up and putting tials on. The K03s are just to hold me over until the block is ready. It would be stupid to buy K04s and proper fueling and inlets just to have to upgrade from that in the future. Wasted money.

[spokismB5S4]

Not practical in my situation. I'm building a block from the ground up and putting tials on. The K03s are just to hold me over until the block is ready. It would be stupid to buy K04s and proper fueling and inlets just to have to upgrade from that in the future. Wasted money.

Yup, that makes perfect sense. Shoulda said somthing about the tials tho lol.

[Dimcorner]

Yeah that is a good idea. I'm debating on whether to spend on the fueling or save for Tial's.
I got dem K04's to replace the ded K03's, but I'm on a VERY conservative tune (I pulled back boost to 15psi with Lemi, no i'm not getting knock or major timing pulls).

[*Blue-Angel*]

Plus all the I could find was BWs and they were like 1200 used or slightly less with some miles on them, plus car would drive like ass compared to a proper tuned K03 car. Getting them rebuilt is gonna cost 550 shipped for both of them. So financially it makes sense as well as peace of mind until my built engine is ready to drop in.

Ps I didn't mention the tials because I was going to make a build thread when the time is right. I just wanted to post up all the crap I'm doing now to get this car above 100% working condition.

[Dowskeet]

Because I will buy the coilovers in the future. And plus even without the lowering of the car I can adjust the camber up front to be more neg than the rear.

And again why would you want that? Good to hear Coilovers are in the plans for the future..

[*Blue-Angel*]

Increase turn in and oversteer. That's part of the reason you use camber adjustable links even in lowered cars.

[RolledMySTi]

Looking good. I was going to rail you for putting in K03's, but your plan makes sense. Do you have any pics of the front suspension bolted in?

[Dowskeet]

Increase turn in and oversteer. That's part of the reason you use camber adjustable links even in lowered cars.

Gotcha.. So the car is going to be more of a track car than a dd. Good luck with all the work

[*Blue-Angel*]

Looking good. I was going to rail you for putting in K03's, but your plan makes sense. Do you have any pics of the front suspension bolted in?

Haha yeah I said K03s and that's pretty much an open book for the bashing comments to commence. But as you read its cost effective as well as practical in my situation. No pics of it all bolted in but I will post pics as the new parts come in and on the car. I've spent a lot and I mean a lot of time lately just trying to clean as much of the damn car as I could. Just keep an eye out for this thread because as the car becomes finished I should have some nice digi pics up of the arms, new driveshaft turbos and clutch as well as those sexy 13.4 in DBA Rotors


And yes car not being built for dd use at all, nore do I plan on putting those kind of miles on the car, it will deff see some track days at sebring, daytona, and miami raceway once completed.

[veggiemonster]

Not practical in my situation. I'm building a block from the ground up and putting tials on. The K03s are just to hold me over until the block is ready. It would be stupid to buy K04s and proper fueling and inlets just to have to upgrade from that in the future. Wasted money.

"poper fueling" would be all interchangable minus the tune...which you wouldnt even need if you just have a stg1-2 chip.

not to mention the better gas mileage on k04's.

[*Blue-Angel*]

That may be true I'm not sure. But I'm shooting for 550 whp with the built block. I really don't want to be buying injectors and mafs appropriate for one and not the other. Plusi don't want to spend all the dough on K04s when I'm buying tials. End of that story just stupid and a throw away of money.

[Audis4Parts]

Stephen, Glad you got the uprights! Everything looks awesome!

You picked out an exhaust yet? I'm having a amazing fab guy I know making me a 3.0(or 3.5)in aluminum exhaust for my personal s4. 3in is going to run just a hair under 800 bucks. Full 3in with aluminum muffler and dual 2 1/4 AL tips. Full exhaust is going to weigh just under 10 lbs.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Stephen, Glad you got the uprights! Everything looks awesome!

You picked out an exhaust yet? I'm having a amazing fab guy I know making me a 3.0(or 3.5)in aluminum exhaust for my personal s4. 3in is going to run just a hair under 800 bucks. Full 3in with aluminum muffler and dual 2 1/4 AL tips. Full exhaust is going to weigh just under 10 lbs.

Yeah I got an awesome fab shop as well so either custom 3.5 with flowmaster or GMG 3.5
Haven't decided yet. That will be the last thing I buy on the list.

[sweetsound2001]

Aluminum knuckles in replacement of what used to be steel. saved 12lbs in the process ea side

General consensus is that these are 6 lbs. lighter per side, so let us know once you weigh them. I got my alum. uprights on order too.

[*Blue-Angel*]

I did weight them on my household digital scale and they came in at 16lbs. The only other option I had would be to take them to publix and weigh there to. The guy that sent them got like 16.8 so it comes out to about 12lbs saved each side because the steel ones are about 28lbs.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Well I'm in the process of buying the rest of the parts for the car. The date is set! Should be finalized by Friday the 30th!

4 months pushing 5 is long enough for me. Im ready to start boosting again.

Updated the list as well.

[*Blue-Angel*]

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Sending a bunch of OEM crap off to the dump that was the first of 3 dropoffs.

[cometome]

wow i didnt know you were doing that much! let me know when the big stuff arrives i would love to check it out!

[*Blue-Angel*]

I will certainly be posting pics when it comes in. But your welcome to come by and see it all when the time comes.

[xxSection8xx]

What shop are you think of using locally to do your exhaust?

[*Blue-Angel*]

Mad hatter muffler in Tampa off Linebaugh

[xxSection8xx]

Cool, I will have to pay them a visit. Im looking to go 3.5" aswell. There is also supposed to be a guy off Ulmerton that does really nice work that i was going to look into.

[cometome]

@xxSection8xx you have an S? tampa bay area FTW lol

[*Blue-Angel*]

Just updated the list to reflect my newest additions.

SB clutch with race spec pressure plate, Feramic/Kevlar Disc for the street; 6 Puck ceramic for the track
4:1 Center Diff Upgrade
SB steel flywheel

[98a4]

This thread needs more pictures.

[*Blue-Angel*]

This thread needs more pictures.

Yep I know. I've been taking a bunch but haven't uploaded em yet.

[FLYINGLEGGS]

Looking good man. Can't wait till it's finished.
Post pics!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Raxles Axles Front & Turbos back from rebuild looking far better than they did when they left.

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[*Blue-Angel*]

Bout 3 weeks left till all the parts come in. Waiting on one massive pallet to arrive with all my goodies. And a few other shipments from 034 and JHM and back to re assemble it all.

Only thing slowing the process is waiting for the 034 downpipes.

[speedracer9k]

How much were the raxles?

[*Blue-Angel*]

174.95 + shipping and taxes if in FL.

Includes new boots, inner & outer joints, amsoil synthetic grease & reused OEM shafts.

[speedracer9k]

You had to provide your own oem axles to be rebuilt? I have these crap EMPI axles and I think they are causing my front end clicking.

[*Blue-Angel*]

I had garbage chinese axles also. People need to realize how shitty those are and stop buying them. OEM is the best choice unless you have custom aftermarket ones made.

If you have OEM axles you can send those in and get charged 174.95
if you do not have OEM axles you are charged 174.95 + 80 per axle.

That is unfortunetly what I had to pay. But I plan on buying used axles and sending them to raxles for 160 refund as he will do that for front but not the rears.

[chris23]

Don't just take it to the dump & trash it, recycle your scrap and get some $$$ for it!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Ive already thrown so much metal in the trash you have no clue. Big mistake prolly not. A mistake maybe. But I didnt have the room to store all the crap I cut off and removed from the S4 nore the time to post it and try and sell when I see so much junk already trying to be sold on the forum already. SO I took everything to the dump and tossed it.

I do have the axles tho if someone wants them for 25 bucks or something. I mean people buy them from JHM ect all the time.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Stephen, Glad you got the uprights! Everything looks awesome!

You picked out an exhaust yet? I'm having a amazing fab guy I know making me a 3.0(or 3.5)in aluminum exhaust for my personal s4. 3in is going to run just a hair under 800 bucks. Full 3in with aluminum muffler and dual 2 1/4 AL tips. Full exhaust is going to weigh just under 10 lbs.

Must have over looked this post before. So what muffler did you go with Bryan? I talked to the company here that I mentioned before but he was unable to get me a general quote over the phone. Which is understandable, just need to hurry and get this damn car back together and back on the road!!! Been too long.

[*Blue-Angel*]

New pics shortly of everything I have been working on lately.

All parts should be in the garage and ready to install by june 4th so stay tuned for lots o pics :)

[O2VW1.8T]

Marty at raxles is awesome, would recommend him for any axle upgrades.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Told ya!!

I bought fronts from him and will be soon sending my rears in as well. Well worth the dough.

[S4SD]

I may fail at skimming while @ work, but who is building your motor?

***if you dont mind me asking ;-)

[*Blue-Angel*]

Well I'm not doing the motor build as of yet. Just piecing together a bunch of engine parts. As far as who is building the small block 034 most likely but I have tossed the idea of having eurospec or vast do it as well. I will however be assmling the long block.

[S4SD]

Yeah, VAST will be playing with mine in a month or so here if I don't talk myself out of a build again haha. I just know I'd already be setting up a gt build a month after going stg 3 -_- damn predictability. Cash is in hand this time however, so probably forging ahead haha. Gogo roadtrip!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Ehh Im fighting myself whether I should install my vast manis or keep the stock ones. If I go with the VAST manis Im going to throw codes and the car is going to run like ass until I get the EGT sensors coded out which would take awhile because I would need new ECU software????

Or just run the stock manis and save the VAST ones for my 3.0 Tial build.

What you guys think.?

[gearhead1186]

Ehh Im fighting myself whether I should install my vast manis or keep the stock ones. If I go with the VAST manis Im going to throw codes and the car is going to run like ass until I get the EGT sensors coded out which would take awhile because I would need new ECU software????

Or just run the stock manis and save the VAST ones for my 3.0 Tial build.

What you guys think.?

how long till you can get the tune? how long till you do your tial build?

[*Blue-Angel*]

Well if I can sell my revo software ill do it immediatly. Otherwise it will be a long time because I'm going to start dumping money into my other car.

[gearhead1186]

wats ur other car?

[*Blue-Angel*]

Mazda 3. Had everything known to man done to the suspension and now ive taken it apart to make it more daily driveable. All thats left is the poly bushings and H&R sways. Car doesnt handle the same no way no how.

http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=96917.msg1910682;topicseen#msg1910 682

[*Blue-Angel*]

Haha I guess I should add when I say dumping money into I mean getting it back to where it was previous to the accident it was in.

[*Blue-Angel*]

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Left painted silver, Right metal.

[*Blue-Angel*]

I was wrong about previous weight readings. I read the weight of the aluminum knuckles without the hubs and with bearings. The arms themselves are extremely light. couple pounds. the bearing is pretty damn heavy and the hub even heavier. ALl of it together is probably just under 25 lbs. the Steel one is 28-29 lbs. Ill have to look at some previous measurements and take some weight measurements of these arms with and without everything to see where it all falls.

I can say that the aluminum bearing heavier than a standard bearing by a few pounds.

[*Blue-Angel*]

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The disaster as it sits now. Awaiting all its parts.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Cool, I will have to pay them a visit. Im looking to go 3.5" aswell. There is also supposed to be a guy off Ulmerton that does really nice work that i was going to look into.

You ever get your exhaust done ?

[*Blue-Angel*]

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[Thsisinsanity]

nice calipers!

[*Blue-Angel*]

lol im just outside now finishing up the last touches to them. Leaving the rears painted silver. and the fronts painted half silver half red as pictured.

The suspension and brakes will be on the car by sunday. Gonna roll her out the garage and give it a massive shower. As well as clean the engine bay with water ect. Been using other stuff in the garage and it looks good already but figured while I roll it in the drive way mine as well take the opportunity to shower the bay as well.

Although to update on parts. Seems no one can get anything straight except Pure Motorsport, JHM, and Scott at advanced automotion.

Turbos from compturbo - still lagging behind
manifolds from VAST supposed to here last week and called today to get them to tell me a week and a half which they told me a week and half ago
Intercoolers from ER - Getting repaired and cleaned and who knows when they will arrive
Parts from 034 - Yeah they shipped my pipes and not all of the other stuff I bought.

All In all it appears everyone is cooperating together to completely screw my build over. Nothing is here on time and it remains the same story week after week.

[Sales@RAI]

Nice we got some Compturbo turbos done for some A4s here. They're awesome guys over there.

[*Blue-Angel*]

I unfortunately have not had the same experience with them. :(

[*Blue-Angel*]

Lucky Me!!

Another bent pipe. Dont know who is worse. ER ability to not package something properly or UPS service to my house.

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[*Blue-Angel*]

Test Fitting everything!

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[*Blue-Angel*]

DOnt know y they didnt follow the piping design of the stock manis, but the angle has more of a bend to it and the manifold piping now sits almost an inch closer and actually rubs against the cylinder heads.

[VAST]

DOnt know y they didnt follow the piping design of the stock manis, but the angle has more of a bend to it and the manifold piping now sits almost an inch closer and actually rubs against the cylinder heads.

You need to shave the corner of your passenger head to make it clear, they're a bit larger than stock and we're working with close quarters..

[AudiSportB5S4]

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WOW they welded in an EGT bungs for you?! Nice!!

[*Blue-Angel*]

You need to shave the corner of your passenger head to make it clear, they're a bit larger than stock and we're working with close quarters..

Yeah I could see the passenger head needs to be shaved down a bit. That's not a problem. My post was actually more towards the drivers side where the manifold doesn't follow the same piping angles and actually rubs against the head. Again it doesn't really matter. They have there flaws like one of the pieces used has a smalled diameter than the following piece. And there's a step instead of being flush. But overall they are nice peieces and hopefully don't have issues with cracks like other manis on the market do.

++ for the bungs, I told them not to bother and did it anyways as good people. Vast :)

[*Blue-Angel*]

Well I knew I was pushing my luck. But my BBK doesnt clear the wheel weights. Trying to come up with a game plan so I can get the car on the road. :(

[*Blue-Angel*]

Pic time this weekend :)

[gearhead1186]

Pic time this weekend :)

excellent

[*Blue-Angel*]

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None of 034s bushings were the same diameter and required a great deal of machining to remove the excessive materiel. I ultimately had to go to machine shop and have a friend help me press them into the subframe.

Rear end almost bolted completely up :)

[gearhead1186]

None of 034s bushings were the same diameter and required a great deal of machining to remove the excessive materiel. I ultimately had to go to machine shop and have a friend help me press them into the subframe.



ugh thats disappointing.

[*Blue-Angel*]

After the delay with the bushing I am hoping to have the promised pics by monday afternoon. Car should be on its wheels with brakes and suspension back together. Then again maybe Ill just save all the pics for next weekend when the car is back running :)

[*Blue-Angel*]

Update:

-Found out I needed steel bushings in the aluminum uprights and found that one was missing from each side. 2 are on there way and I should have them pressed in Friday morning when I get to the shop.
-Tranny, Clutch, Flywheel, DPs, Hardware and some other various stuff shipped out today and should be here thursday or friday at latest.
-Just waiting on Driveshaft to get balanced and my Engine oil to arrive.
-JHM and 034 Stuff should be here by thursday as well.

Going to spend Friday-> getting the car back together so im crossing my fingers all goes well and the car is back together by next week. :)

[*Blue-Angel*]

My clutch: SB Custom Clutch & Steel Flywheel, Segmented Kevlar on pp side, Feramic on FLywheel side vs a SB 8 puck ceramic disc utilizing new RS4 pp.

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[*Blue-Angel*]

Forgot Digi at garage so the other pics will have to wait.

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[gearhead1186]

lookin good.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Car looks totally different dropped. Your gonna love the look Mike. I only got my rears down and 1.4 in lower than stock but wow looks great.

[gearhead1186]

Car looks totally different dropped. Your gonna love the look Mike. I only got my rears down and 1.4 in lower than stock but wow looks great.

pics please!! i think im going to do the min (1.5) on my v3s since im going to run 255s.. curious to see wat a 1.4" drop looks like

[*Blue-Angel*]

I think the min you can run the v3 is about 1.5 right

how much taller are those 255 than what your using now? be sure to take that into consideration that way you can compensate with the coils if need be

[gearhead1186]

I think the min you can run the v3 is about 1.5 right

how much taller are those 255 than what your using now? be sure to take that into consideration that way you can compensate with the coils if need be

same tire diameter of the stock setup.. i do my HW dont worry [:D]

[*Blue-Angel*]

Ok well if all goes as planned the whole car will be on all 4 wheels tomorrow. SO i can take some pics then of the fender gap

Im on stock rims and tires as well.

[gearhead1186]

Ok well if all goes as planned the whole car will be on all 4 wheels tomorrow. SO i can take some pics then of the fender gap

Im on stock rims and tires as well.

sounds good. ill be waiting. just wanna see the fender gap.

[*Blue-Angel*]

im also gonna get the cam in by the shocks/struts so you can see what clearance there is in between the tires and the rear uprights as well as the front knuckles.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Finally got a chance to test fit the front now that the rear end of the car is complete. :)

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[*Blue-Angel*]

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[*Blue-Angel*]

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decided to not install the VAST exhaust manifolds and possibly save them if I go Tial 770, but there is a chance I go GT instead so the Manifolds might be up for sale soon.

[sy0296]

everything is so clean and pretty!! gotta go mine soon

[*Blue-Angel*]

:)

[gearhead1186]

Finally got a chance to test fit the front now that the rear end of the car is complete. :)

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gorgeous.

[*Blue-Angel*]

I didnt forget about you buddy. Tomorrow my new control arm comes in. I will install it. Throw the suspension and brakes together and get this car back on all 4s. I will be posting a bunch of pics as I think im gonna roll it out of garage sat to give it a bath.

at that time Im gonna test fit a bunch of engine stuff as well as the power steering cooler and oil cooler as I need to make brackets for them and figure out how I want to secure the passenger side ER cooler.

[*Blue-Angel*]

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Nice modest drop. 1.4" front and rear. Car looks great at this stance. Cant wait to start driving it. More pics tonight.

[gearhead1186]

^not too bad. looks good.

[*Blue-Angel*]

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[*Blue-Angel*]

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[*Blue-Angel*]

Just ordered a snow performance meth kit :)

[gearhead1186]

nice pics

[*Blue-Angel*]

Thanks man. Hoping badly to get this damn car together soon. Im so eager to drive the fuckin thing its ridiculous.

[*Blue-Angel*]

I am dropping engine in this weekend and most likely turning key on sunday. I am so tempted to just get in and beat the hell outta the car but I know I cant with all the new goodies and the time that everything needs in order to be where it should ie clutch, tranny. Car will be placed in Valet mode for a lil while in order to keep me from accidentally stomping on the gas!

will have more pics and hopefully some vids of first start up by sunday evening if everything goes as planned!

[kiellish]

nice thread dude, haven't really looked through it thoroughly before. hopefully we can work something out next week to get the engine and trans back in!

[Sales@RAI]

Stefan, looks great! I wish my undercarriage was that clean.

[Capt. Obvious]

Are the new brakes from a B6 S4?

[*Blue-Angel*]

yeah its a B6/B7 set up. Custom brakelines front and rear, B5 rear calipers, B7 single piston fron calipers, DBA rotors and Hawk pads .

[*Blue-Angel*]

Stefan, looks great! I wish my undercarriage was that clean.

Dude you should have seen the car when I bought it. The majority of people on here would have overlooked it. The car was sooooo dirty and nasty. Spent so many hours cleaning and cleaning. Only downside now is that I need new exterior (hood, bumper ect ect) Once I get those Ill get the car repainted. Interior is in really good condition minus the sticky cup holder lol. Only two tears on the drivers seat and the rest is immaculate. Guess I should throw in there that Id like to get the fabric redone on the rear deck lid as well as roof.

[gearhead1186]

running yet?

[*Blue-Angel*]

Just a random shot of it the day before going in
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/51/tempgf.jpg
Heavy ass biotch tilted all sideways.
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Going In !!
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[*Blue-Angel*]

Update*

The engine is in but nothing is bolted in place except the tranny and motor mounts. Wanted to bleed out the new slave cylinder and line before I went any further and ran into a major problem. The fucking thing leaked fluid all over the place. I am in the process of fixing that so that I can continue with bolting the rest of the car together. On a side note. When a good majority of the air was out of the line during the bleeding phase.

I must say that the SB clutch I had made feels absolutely amazing. Tested some of the gears on the new tranny and short shifter and ohhh my word. Car feels completely different. The drivetrain feels amazing to say the least. I cant wait to get the car on the wheels to feel how this car is really going to behave even if it has K03s its an all around solid fuckin car and is anxiously awaiting its big turbo engine :)

I already have some pictures and parts for the motor build coming in and will post up all those pictures in the future after this portion of the car is finalized and I can get some driving impressions and vids and dynos up. Then on to the next phase!

[*Blue-Angel*]

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guess i wont be running my DTS bar. the stupid 3" 034 passenger pipe rides right on top of the bar instead of the in the provided notch.

[kiellish]

thought you were going to grind it down

[gearhead1186]

grind it down

[Sales@RAI]

Stefan, I wish you picked ours up. They look good regardless thought!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Trust me clint I thought about it for a very long time and after figuring out last night that id have to grind the dts bar all I thought was damn I've had to modify all 4 things I bout from 034! Should have gone with RAIs dps.

[bigern45]

damn.. i had some local guy do my RS6's dp's.. 3" ASP dp's.. and i worried about JHM's dts.. but its not even close...

make it work bro!!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Yeah it rides up on my tranny and I dont like that. But anyways ill get it off tonight and machine it down. Car will be up and running by friday. Kinda taking my time now because its all over and ill be lost without going to work on my car lol.

[FLYINGLEGGS]

Finally took a minute to read all the way through the thread. Great thread. I'm sure everyone is grateful for the pics and updates. Wish I could be more help, but I'm still on the injured list. Doesn't look like it will be ready for the Dyno on the 28th eh? Oh well, you don't want to rush anything. Let me know if you are still going to come out to S&R though.

[*Blue-Angel*]

yeah man im deff not rushing anything with this car. Did that with my last two cars and it just leads to problems. Between the three cars of mine right now and work I really dont have time to finish anything lately. The car is honestly as close as possible to being finished but I am dragging it on because I am still looking to see if any fluid is dripping from the slave cylinder I installed. The other night it looked like some fluid was around the edges of the slave and that just doesnt cut it. I need a perfect seal on that thing. I really dont want to have to yank it yet another time.

Im also sitting here patiently waiting on my driveshaft but things do not look so great with that at the moment.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Having trouble aligning shifter. Can get reverse, 1st, 2nd, 3rd but locked out of 4th-6th
That's using Audis suggested 3degrees to right and 7degrees back.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Debate right now is whether to go with a carbon fiber DS or stick with a one piece steel shaft.

[gearhead1186]

Having trouble aligning shifter. Can get reverse, 1st, 2nd, 3rd but locked out of 4th-6th
That's using Audis suggested 3degrees to right and 7degrees back.

did you shave down metal where the bushing sits?

http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/27136/2937737440103989424S600x600Q85.jpg

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[*Blue-Angel*]

yessir. I will get in there with a flashlight and my fingers and see what I feel tho. I can access Reverse. 1st-4th at the moment but not 5th and 6th. Im hoping/thinking its just because the gearbox was freshly rebuilt and the input shaft needs to be spinning. But I dont know bout that. I think I should still be able to nail all the gears.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Having trouble aligning shifter. Can get reverse, 1st, 2nd, 3rd but locked out of 4th-6th
That's using Audis suggested 3degrees to right and 7degrees back.

Actually looks like I can get in every gear. Not very easily but it appears the biggest problem is that there is no reverse. May have to redo the shifter. SIgh.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Debate right now is whether to go with a carbon fiber DS or stick with a one piece steel shaft.

Carbon shaft should be ready by next week. Had a driveshaft made for both my speed6 and s4. Soon to come out is a shaft for evox and sti :)

[*Blue-Angel*]

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/418/img0454gp.jpg
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[*Blue-Angel*]

Just a couple hours away from finally being able to drive my car for the first time in 11 Months!!!

So stoked.

[gearhead1186]

Just a couple hours away from finally being able to drive my car for the first time in 11 Months!!!

So stoked.

hurry up slacker.

[Spooled1.8]

Congrats man [up]

[*Blue-Angel*]

Got her out the garage!
What a day its been. So many issues so many little things to wrap up. Only one major issue left and its the brakes. They mediate between extremely hard and very mushy practically not working. So I am guessing there is a pile of air in the system somewhere. I will try to bleed them out and see if that helps or not and then possibly take it out the garage for a song and dance later around 2am :)

[RolledMySTi]

Good to hear she is alive, mostly anyway.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Vids, Pics of my actual car and some of the other custom work ive done and things installed that havent had there pics yet as well as dynos and engine build to follow :)

[*Blue-Angel*]

Got the linkage figured out and fixed! car goes in every gear.

Still waiting on master cylinder then that will get installed and hopefully the stop from triple digits :)

Waiting on custom tune from VAST should be here Friday

Then alignment from Reeves Motorsport Audi.

Saturday = FixxFest.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Car is breaking in really nicely. Only put about 78miles on it so far. Car is running stupid rich right now. Getting about 17mpg. Back fires like crazy. The car also appears to have a faulty N75. Nothing new around here lol. Car boosts to ~21 and drops to around 15 and then boosts back to 20 or so and then back to 15. Still need to hook up the Meth controller and get this tune fine tuned a bit. In the process of getting a VAG cable that actually works and updating operating system on my laptop for car so I can run ECUx and send the logs off and get everything smoothed over a bit. Over all the car is a complete blast to drive. I can see everyones pashion for this car and I also understand how this has been a car I adored since 15. Well worth the 11 months it spent in the garage and the very large amount of money it drained from my bank account.

It goes in for alignment tomorrow. And dyno tune next Tues. Stay tuned for more pics and vids and logs in near future.

[*Blue-Angel*]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2CK-sNjK8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[AudiSportB5S4]

Looking good man, it must be great to be back in the car driving it again. I looked through the pages, this is with Tials right? Congrats, everything you did took time but certainly was a thorough job.

[*Blue-Angel*]

not yet it doesnt. The motor build will begin after I build my MS6 first. The S4 will be 3.0L 770 with built heads. But if I gut the car then I may just go with 605s instead since I will yeild the same acceleration with less weight.

[*Blue-Angel*]

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[*Blue-Angel*]

Looking forward to getting her back on the road in a couple days. Newest additions are a custom exhaust and Meth. Retune to come soon.

[FlaS4]

Nice man. Are you building the motor yet? Any parts collected?

[*Blue-Angel*]

Still being held back with my Mazdaspeed6. Hell the S4 has been sitting for awhile. Im going to start the process of gutting the car in the next week or two max. And then pulling the motor in july and doing some more work. Motor build and turbo build wont start till the end of the year at the latest.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Mazdaspeed finally finished. So Audi is starting to see some time.

New tires, New ABS Module, Exhaust being fabbed new Headlights so I can actually drive at night so its not 96degrees out side. Looking forward to finally getting her back on the road again.

[FLYINGLEGGS]

I think your biggest problem is not having a real driver that can handle the power of das audi. I'll be glad to fill that spot for you after all the work is done.
Yah! You must make das Audi finished!!!!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Das Audi Is finally finished. I had to turn boost down a few psi because of knock because my tune calls for Race gas. At any rate it runs great. Just took bypassing the N75 and using a Perrin MBC to get a controlled and linear boost response.

Im already in the process of gathering parts for my 3.0L 770R turbo engine swap.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Finalyzing:

Custom Floating Rotors
Cayenne Calipers
Hotchkis Sways
New Brake Lines front and rear
New Carbon Fiber Driveshaft
A/C System Delete

Will Post Pics of Everything Soon When Done

[*Blue-Angel*]

Edit:
Scraped the crappy cayenne brakes and heavy rotors for a custom Competition AP Racing front BBK with 2 piece rotors and lightweight forged aluminum racing calipers
Calipers alone are 5 lbs lights than Cayenne calipers and the rotors are 15lbs lighter on each side!

Hotchkis Rear sway bar and H&R front sway bar

[AudiA4_20T]

Edit:
Scraped the crappy cayenne brakes and heavy rotors for a custom Competition AP Racing front BBK with 2 piece rotors and lightweight forged aluminum racing calipers
Calipers alone are 5 lbs lights than Cayenne calipers and the rotors are 15lbs lighter on each side!

Hotchkis Rear sway bar and H&R front sway bar

Nice keep us updated. Do you feel the difference?

[*Blue-Angel*]

I will be posting pics and threads shortly. Will be updating this thread as well.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Just finished gutting the entire car. Ready for roll cage and chasis reinforcements.

Updated the first page.
KW Coils, Carbon Trim And Sunroof etc...check it out.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Teaser
http://s16.postimage.org/86miyzxjp/IMG_0542.jpg

[AudiSportB5S4]

Rotors look awesome!!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Rotors look awesome!!

Thanks, been a long time designing them. I personally believe they are of the nicest on the market and will look fantastic in the finsihed form, stay tuned for details.

[AudiSportB5S4]

Definitely.. Eventually I'll need replacements for my Cayenne calipers, I run a 350mm 2 Piece JHM rotor now.. Would they be making a set that would work with what I have?

Looking forward to installed pics.

[*Blue-Angel*]

Definitely.. Eventually I'll need replacements for my Cayenne calipers, I run a 350mm 2 Piece JHM rotor now.. Would they be making a set that would work with what I have?

Looking forward to installed pics.

Nope sorry, stand alone system. 6 different models available for the B5 chassis and 2 available for the B7 and B8 chassis

[*Blue-Angel*]

http://i44.tinypic.com/b4avxw.jpg

[jibberjive]

Got the linkage figured out and fixed! car goes in every gear.
What was the issue and solution with the linkage? Just aligning the shifter?

[*Blue-Angel*]

Very small amount of material that was holding the OEM pieces in place was left to long so when you threw the shifter forward for reverse it was unable to make a complete travel to engage reverse. Took the dremel up to that area and carefully removed a little more material and it was now able to move forward far enough to engage reverse.

[30vQuattro]

subscrizzledddd.... Finish it sucka. I can't believe I hadn't seen your thread..

[kiellish]

It will never be done.

Looks nice on jackstands though.

[*Blue-Angel*]

ahahah screw both of you. But yes I have not uploaded pictures of anything because I really dont want to crop all the shit out of the background out of it. Once it is done! I will be posting pics of all the porn material that has made it onto this S4.

[kiellish]

2013

[*Blue-Angel*]

Ehh lets hope not. Im tired of not driving the thing.

[30vQuattro]

I will have to put the smackdown if this thing doesn't get finished by the end of the year!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Just went out in the garage to fuck around with it and get it ready for the last two shipments of parts and noticed the damn torque wrench failed me. So closed the garage and she sits once again.

[30vQuattro]

you get a new torque wrench yet or what???

[*Blue-Angel*]

Yeah yeah. I got that shit. Car is ready for Momo seat and rotor hats. Carbon shaft is being made at the moment and should be shipped next week.

[30vQuattro]

Updates!! My car will be done by the end of the week!!!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Here is a short teaser. Will update later.

http://s17.postimage.org/5d79qrtb3/IMG_0612.jpg

[kiellish]

Tremendous setup man. If I still had an s4 I would be picking this up. Hats are perfect.

[30vQuattro]

Here is a short teaser. Will update later.

http://s17.postimage.org/5d79qrtb3/IMG_0612.jpg


SICK! Has the driveshaft come in yet???

[*Blue-Angel*]

Nope still waiting on that. Hopefully I will get an answer tomorrow. I would like it shipped out this week so I can have the car driving by next weekend.

[30vQuattro]

heck yea! You need to come out to road course next time!! I'm more than likely going!

[*Blue-Angel*]

Thats what its built for. Should be an interesting show.

[30vQuattro]

Hell. Yea.

[IgofastS4]

Nice

[*Blue-Angel*]

Rears are on their way from the UK now.

[30vQuattro]

So what was all that last night?

[*Blue-Angel*]

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[jibberjive]

Your car susploded?

[*Blue-Angel*]

Haha no but i have been having a whore of a time figuring out what is wrong with the brakes. Slowly isolating one thing and trying to eliminate it as possibility. Ordered a new OEM caliper until my AP racing stuff from UK arrives.