Boosting my 12 valve A4

[Spanky387]

VR6 that is

So now that the 1.8t blew up and my mk4 Gti VRT is gone, the motor needs a new home and what better than my A4!

As of now, it has ST Coilovers, AWE DTS, short shifter, Euro RS4 depot headlights, dented hood, and an S4 bumper.

I havent had a lot of time to work on it due to work being busy as shit, but as of now I have the motor mounts mocked up, and the oil pan cut and mocked up.

This weekend I hope to finish the oil pan and bolt it up.

I am also waiting on a friend to finish the CAD and cutting of the exhaust manifold flange. Once the pan is done, I will be starting on making both intake and exhaust manifolds.

I hope to have it done by the end of may, but we will see. Moar pics once more progess happens.

Last night Rob came over and worked some body work magic in the engine bay





Tonight we sprayed the first coat of high build primer. Still lots to go!



Broken front bumper... gonna start a new trend, Bigger than vws with BBS RS's

[MikeD7]

Looking good! Are you using the adapter plate from 034 to attach the trans to the motor?

[Spanky387]

Looking good! Are you using the adapter plate from 034 to attach the trans to the motor?

yep

[MikeD7]

Nice! What clutch are you running and what engine management will you be using?

[westie180]

something about a longitudinal vr6 just puts a smile on my face.

[Spanky387]

Nice! What clutch are you running and what engine management will you be using?

Tilton clutch, with DTA software

[CCA4]

[Dan[FN]6262]

[somebody5788]

I wanted to come in here and bash on a noob wanting to boost his 96 FWD Auto A4 =(

VR6 would be my next option after my current setup =) jealous

[bw86]

hell yeah!

[brettj20]

very nice.

[flynnr]

Looks like aarons bumper ha. You you think you'll be able to rescue it?

[Spanky387]

Looks like aarons bumper ha. You you think you'll be able to rescue it?

Not sure whos bumper it was but I got it off MNAudi so its possilble. I have another S4 bumper to get pieces off so yes.

[dowsett6]

are you running abs still?

[Spanky387]

are you running abs still?

yes, I just relocated the pump and lines behind the false fire wall.

[A4Rob]

Looks like aarons bumper ha. You you think you'll be able to rescue it?

Yup I picked it up for him off mnaudi.

Last night Rob came over and worked some body work magic in the engine bay

Thanks for the candid shot

[biketsai]

I wanted to come in here and bash on a noob wanting to boost his 96 FWD Auto A4 =(

Lol, I thought the same thing

[Spanky387]

The weekend was a complete failure for getting shit done on my car, a toyota rav4 and a turbo M3 consumed my weekend as well as this:

haha


But I did finish painting the motor mounts. Unfortunately I need to sand the paint off the passenger side motor mount and weld a bracket onto it for this:



That is a minor detail.





Last night i started welding the plates in for the wheel wells and Rob laid down the first layer of glass.

[Dan[FN]6262]

love it.

[Haenszel20v]

What made you choose DTA?

[Spanky387]

What made you choose DTA?

My boss uses DTA on his Hayabusa, which means he is more likely to help me tune when I run into a problem I cant resolve, its reliable, its closed loop tuning is fricking awesome, It has options for ethonal sensors, ALS maps etc...

Ive worked with a few different standalones such as AEM, megasuirt (lugtronics) SDS, Tech3 and out of all of those I perfered DTA

[Haenszel20v]

My boss uses DTA on his Hayabusa, which means he is more likely to help me tune when I run into a problem I cant resolve, its reliable, its closed loop tuning is fricking awesome, It has options for ethonal sensors, ALS maps etc...

Ive worked with a few different standalones such as AEM, megasuirt (lugtronics) SDS, Tech3 and out of all of those I perfered DTA

I've never used DTA but I've seen it noted a few times that some of its features(most notably datalogging) leave a lot to be desired. it essentially spits out an excel spreadsheet. Sweet. And you're right, out of those choices DTA is probably the winner with exception of lugtronic which is not MS, its VEMS.

[Spanky387]

Its not even their datalogging that sucks, its their software that isnt the greatest. The new S series has better datalogging, but there is also updated software on DTA's website that you can use for logging that is an off brand of DTA but works with the system.

I havent worked with the newest version of lugtronics, but the lugrtonics I have worked with uses the same software as MS

[Spanky387]

Made some temp brackets for the turbo mock up of the manifold. also got another coat of mud on the engine bay, Ill take pics when I get to the shop later tonight

[cory.smith]

omg more more more.

[Spanky387]

[Polski]

Very nice progress!

[Spanky387]

I had my oil filter housing machined today. I had the pipe cut and re threaded. I also had him machine me a custom plate so I could eliminate coolant running through it. The reason I had to get it shortened was so it could clear my motor mount. It was machined to use the factory gaskets :D 30 bucks well spent!!
He is also cutting me all the flanges I need for my intake manifold.

Also made a coilpack bracket using both GM and VW brackets I had lying around!!

Full Blown should be done with my twin scroll turbo collector next week.

[AndyQuick]

that thing's gonna be a beast... what are you gonna be doing with it when its done? (dd, road race, drag, show, etc)
any work done to the VR6?

[Spanky387]

that thing's gonna be a beast... what are you gonna be doing with it when its done? (dd, road race, drag, show, etc)
any work done to the VR6?

daily driving it/beating the shit out of it.

headspacer, main and head studs. I have another vr that I will build over the summer. The 01A will explode before the motor does so until I take care of that, there is no reason to have a built motor yet...

[themadscientist]

daily driving it/beating the shit out of it.

Thank God.

Too many garage queens in this scene.

Can't wait to see your spoolup on that T/S '52!

[Spanky387]

well three months later my clutch and flywheel finally show up. But the bolt kit was missing...

anyways, on with pics!

[S4NIK8]

Yep Ryan, that's my old front bumper. Makes me wish I'd put a vr6 in my A4

[somebody5788]

I keep falling for this title

[A4Rob]

Yep Ryan, that's my old front bumper. Makes me wish I'd put a vr6 in my A4

Is this Ben? We got the bumper from him and I have spent the past few months repairing it. It is actually 2 bumpers stitched together and modified. I also molded the grills into the bumper. Should look pretty sweet when it is done.

[S4NIK8]

Nope, Aaron. I'm pretty sure you picked up one of the bumpers from me Rob but I wasn't actually around when it was picked up, just left it outside.

[A4Rob]

Nope, Aaron. I'm pretty sure you picked up one of the bumpers from me Rob but I wasn't actually around when it was picked up, just left it outside.

Yea that's right. I only used the corner of that bumper and some of the plastic. Thanks again for the bumper!

[geeky]

Is that a boser hood in the first post? Man I love those things :( this VR6t is going to make an amazing vehicle.

[Spanky387]

Talking with Issam to get the missing hardware issue resolved. but here are some more pics of the clutch and flywheel

[Spanky387]

Here is a pic of the font bumper... almost done