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    the CQ

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    kind of quiet lately. the 1990 CQ. another great car.


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    really need to get a good photo of the urq. can no longer link to picasa. whos the image hosting of choice?


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    YAY. Our pictures are back!

    We had all our early pictures hosted on some servers that went away. Now we have them hosted more securely and have replaced all the broken links. As a bonus you can also see full size images for this and all our other builds here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/team_illuminata/albums
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    Feels like we are very close. Also feels like winter is approaching. Better get cracking.

    Started cleaning the fuel injection system. Decided not to dismantle it and just leave well alone.

    image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


    Air filter housing:

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    New injectors and seals

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    Battery!

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    On a roll now :)

    Jumped the fuel pump relay to drain some old fuel.

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    New filter

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    Had to come up with a way to mount this thingy-me-jig as the mounting tabs were long gone.

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    Turbo inlet. Tight down there.

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    and fuel distributor

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    Our parts shelf is look quite bare now.
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    Today's progress. Hopefully not this weekend's progress.

    Connected the fuel lines to the warm up regulator.

    image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


    New fuel filters:

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    There really isn't much left to do. At least to get it running:

    CRANK BOLT
    THROTTLE BODY
    WIRING ISSUES
    SPARK PLUGS
    TRANS FLUID

    Then once it works:
    COOLANT
    REAR BRAKE LINE
    BLEED BRAKES, CLUTCH
    PS STEERING FLUID
    WIPERS
    BUMPER
    HEADLIGHT
    INJECTOR BLOWER
    TIGHTEN CONTROL ARMS
    ADJUST SHIFT LINKAGE
    ALIGNMENT
    DETAIL

    Then we put it away for the winter.
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    So, assembly continues as we edge nearer to the momentous day when it drives itself off the hoist, hopefully down the road and not into winter storage.

    Got the throttle body cleaned, adjusted and back on.

    image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

    Then had to fix the inlet air temperature sensor.

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    Fortunately our 83 has one that looks like it was a replacement once. Ohms check check out too.

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    A bit of electrical shenanigans and it's in.

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    Then there was nothing left to do but call my Audi expert, Werner then fire it up!

    https://www.youtube.com/attribution_...m-upload_owner

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    Doesn't idle yet and still needs coolant but we had a little celebration anyway.

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    As this project is sort of wrapping up we started another one we thought you might like. Introducing the Audi UR Quattro Rally Build.


    transformation by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
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    So, a lot of work but not a lot of updates. Here's why.

    Bled the brakes.

    image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


    Reinstalled the grill and the bumper.

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    and put it back on all fours for the first time in years.

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    Then got it to idle and run quiet.

    https://youtu.be/4aqI0iT-wP8

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    Then drove it off the lift.

    https://youtu.be/Qp0ASTHZ-V8

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    Then took it for a drive.

    https://youtu.be/ypoHY6EsoyQ

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    Then stood back and admired it

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    Happy birthday to me!
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    Sorry about the lack of updates. Got distracted by some work related events not the least of which was attending LSPR with our 911 and other assorted old rally cars.

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    Since I got back I haven't worked on the car but taken every opportunity I could to drive it. This included a funeral, a couple of cars and coffee events, an open house and running to Autozone for parts for our ailing Allroad.

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    I'd forgotten how much I enjoy driving this car and how much attention it gets. I'm going to try to enjoy it as much as possible before it goes away for the winter. It drives very well, is smooth and quiet but does have a slight hesitation under load though it pulls strong. I can figure that out and put the remaining few parts back on this winter. For now LET"S DRIVE!
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    Been looking for opportunities to show of the car and have some fun with it before we run out of season.

    The demise of our A3 left us with some 17" BRAID Fullrace A wheels and 225 tires lying around and with the help of the spacers that our ALLROAD doesn't need with it's winter wheels it soon became obvious what we must do. Throw them on the quattro!

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    This is only for fun mind you. They are a little contemporary and the 225/45-17 tires are about an inch to tall but it was well received in this state at our local meet Saturday.

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    You can feel the extra weight and diameter when driving and there is s slight rub somewhere on full lock but they are about the same diameter as the package we are planning to use on our 83 build so worth the trouble. 15" BRAIDs go back on soon.

    The car is starting to srtuggle to start again now. Runs great once warmed up exept for a slight hesitation around 4000 rpm. Maybe the cold start valve? It is also pissing out hydraulic fluid still. We replaced everything around the bomb except the pressure switches so we suspect those. New ones are on the way.

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    We have also been tidying up the mess we gad left over from the project. This consists of mostly parts that need to go into boxes and parts that still need to go on the car.Tok care of inventorying and boxing parts and installed the plastic underbody stuff.

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    So just the cruise control actuator and injector blower to reinstall when we get chance. Holding off for now until we diagnose the starting issue though.
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    It's been winter for too long already so no driving the 85. No working on it either as our 83 rally build and wheel sales have been keeping us busy. We have been picking away at the hydraulic system leaks however. We easily sourced some new pressure switches for the hydraulic bomb and quickly replaced the one on the side. However we did manage to disconnect a wire in the process.

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    The one underneath was a different prospect requiring us to access it from below. This, of course, took many, many weeks to get round to until recently when we finally drove it onto some ramps in the showroom.

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    where it sat for another couple of weeks till we had time to crawl under it. It soon became anther classic Audi "unscrew the simplest thing, if you can" project until we found just the right 24mm deep socket to get the switch off. At first we tried loosening the bomb from it's moorings but you cant undue these two nuts even though you can see them:

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    Finally found a thin wall socket that fit.

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    This still left the wiring issue to fix.

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    Think this is where it came from.

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    This puppy cost $35! Well, it was free, but we had to buy $35 worth of zip ties to liberate it from the box of 100 we were supposed to buy.

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    Soon had it on and back on the switch.

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    image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


    Of course we can't tell if it's solved the leaks till we drive it and it's still too salty outside. Never mind, now we can fix the leaky rear diff. However, this involves putting it on the lift and you now how long it took to get it off there last time! Wish us luck.
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    Uh oh! Car is on the lift again! Hopefully not for two years this time.




    The plan is to drop the diff and reseal it. Three main seals to replace and I think they are all leaking to some extent.








    My first plan was to undo the axle and drive shaft bolts, undo the diff mounts and then, hopefully wrangle the diff out. All the axle and drive shaft bolts came out easily but, however, it looks like the axles don't have enough axial free play to release and the subframe bushings have seen better days so new plan is to remove the diff with the subframe. Still have to separate the axles and drive shaft first though. Probably going to remove the track rods and lower control arms at the subframe and leave the struts hanging.




    Must remember to disconnect the diff actuator though.




    So, how hard could it be?
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    How hard could it be? Very

    Well the axles and drive shaft needed some persuasion to let go of their respective couplings. A few wacks with a hammer did the job. I made some room by disconecting the lower control arms and the tie rods from the subframe.




    Then moved on to the subframe bolts. Two came out easily. the rear right was seized in the sleeve but that tore out of the bushing so it did unscrew at least. The rear left just broke it's head off as soon as it saw the socket approaching.




    We still managed to free the subframe from it with a bit of brute force but that left a siezed bolt taunting us in place.






    So my friend Carlos welded a nut to it but as soon as we offered up the big socket to attempt to unscrew it we realised it was already hand tight! The power of heat. It's magical.





    So next is inspection and tear down of the diff and subframe. Oh, and finding lots of parts.

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    We started to dismantle the diff and subframe. Dismantle might be too strong a word and we are just replacing bushings and seals, but it is an old Audi.

    Drive shaft and both axle flanges are out.




    This is the big seal on the left. No longer available but 034 Motorsport had some made. Phew!




    Will need to replace this as it broke off the diff lock actuator shaft.




    Will be replacing the diff lock actuator too of course. Already have a new one of those. The rear mount has seen better days. It will have to go. Have a couple of these in the parts bin though :)




    and the left tie rod boot is split so this will have to be replaced too. Fortunately still available as a complete unit.




    And, of course, new subframe bushings from Germany! So here we are, waiting for parts, again.
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    Got the right axle seal in but not started on the right one yet, the BIG one. Had to order the drive shaft seal as I had the wrong one but I did try fixing the groove in the saft with a Speedi Sleeve.






    These press on the shaft using the tool provided with the sleeve but it didn't go too well and we were very disappointed with the tool as it seemed too big.




    Will try again perhaps with one from a different supplier. We received some yokes for the diff actuator from a generous member of the community.




    and for fun tried our new BRAID wheels for the 83 rally build on for size.




    16x9, et12 so they are way too wide for the stock fenders of this car but will work well on or wide body rally car.
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    It’s been another slow project. Who would have thought replacing three diff seals would take this long? LOL

    So we replaced the rear diff mount. The old one came out on the press but the new one only needed a g-clamp and some grease to persuade it home. Fortunately we took pictures so we were able to orient it correctly; or at least the same.




    We searched hi and low for a new shaft repair sleeve that was the right size and not made by SKF. You may remember the last one was distorted by it’s own installation tool. Finally settled on one from National but when we opened the box the instructions were from SKF! Anyway we were a lot more wary installing his one and managed to keep it staright by making our own installation tool out of a pipe clamp.






    Then we pressed in all the seals, The left one is huge and does not have a shoulder to press it against. We measured the old one’s depth before taking it out and gradually tapped the new one home around it’s circumference till it measured the same all round.






    Then we turned our attention to the diff lock actuator. We used the same Mercedes part we had used for the center diff. We had to drill another hole in the mounting plate as the back hole is in a different place. Not a big deal. We managed to salvage the original yoke and had to tap the Merc actuator shaft to mate up to it. Then we slapped it all together. There’s something magical about operating the diff lock on the bench. Maybe it’s the lack of driving the car.





    With the diff done it’s time for the tricky bit: sub-frame bushings! We destroyed one last time remember?
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    Well, the diff project is done, not without with some casualties. Read on……….

    Our friend Carlos, a venerated old car genius, made a jig for the press to keep everything aligned while pressing in the notorious pair of small sub frame bushings. The large pair went in like you’d hope a bushing went in: easily.




    Well that didn’t work and we destroyed one $50, only available from Germany bushing. Apparently there is always a 50% failure rate when pressing these in which is why we had a spare!




    So we gave up with the jig and just used a bolt down the middle and lots and lots of patience. This took several attempts with each bushing as we eye-balled them intensely looking for any sign of them starting to twist.



    Once they are happy they go in nicely, like you’d expect but the slightest mis-alignment causes them to rotate and if you persist, distort. It was a bit stressful as ruining one more would set us back a month. Once in we soon had the diff mounted in the sub-frame again.




    Before we could reinstall the assembly in the car we still had one more bit of housekeeping to perform. One rather rough inner CV joint. Fortnately you can still get these from an OE supplier and we were able to work on it still attached to the car, though it was a little dark under there. Once cleaned the old CV joint came off with some elbow grease and a puller.




    We assembled the new joint on the bench and packed it full of grease.




    Then drove it home with a drift. They are surprisingly tight on the axle splines.




    Then we were finally ready to throw this thing back in the car and tighten everything back up






    Except for the lower control arm bushings off course, which have to be tightened with the car on the ground. Unless you have some BRAID wheels lying around that is. Don’t try this without proper wheels!




    And of course, don’t forget to put some nice diff lube in it.




    By then it was 1am so we waited till the next day to take it for a test drive




    Before returning it to the stable with its friends.




    Now the car needs an alignment and a tune. Still have some hesitation under load.
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    HELP ME CHOOSE SOME TIRES.

    The Kumho all seasons (no seasons) that are on the car are done so it's time for some new rubber. The stock size of 215/50-15 is NLA in anything affordable and streetable so it's going to be 225/50-15 again. The car does not see winter so summer tires are a must. I don't track it but want the most grip I can afford in case I have to stop or swerve in a hurry. They should look cool or period or both. Treadwear is a non-issue as these will age out before they wear out.

    I've narrowed it down to 4 but can't quite decide:

    P ZERO TROFEO R $169





    PROXES R888 $138





    PROXES R888R $140





    PROXES RA1 $189

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    The car is running but not perfectly (more later) so I have been taking every opportunity to drive it and pose around in it. Took it to the post office:






    A cars and coffee or two:








    Parked in in the driveway:




    and at the showroom:






    I even parked it outside the local Audi dealer:




    This really is the key to happiness.

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    Took the car to AutoEurope in Birmingham for:

    new tires
    alignment
    detailing
    dent removal

    Now so clean. Hadn't been cleaned for three years!










    They did a great job. Shame it's parked back in the showroom and not in my drive.





    Next on the agenda is to address the hesitation under load at around 3-4000rpm. Any ideas?
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    WOW. We can’t believe it’s been a year since we updated this thread. Better get cracking. Let’s see, what have we been up to?

    Well, before we put it away for the winter we took it to the gas station to fill it up but on the way back it died at a light. Took much cranking to get it to fire back up but then we only had a 100yds or so back to the shop so couldn’t tell if it was ok or not. We parked it and forgot about it.




    We fired it back up in April to take it to HOF Designs in Dearborn for some interior work. It didn’t seem really keen. Fortunately the roads were still bad so we trailered it there.



    It still didn’t seem very keen once it drove off the trailer:




    The car has been selected to appear at the Concours of America in July so we thought it was a good time to address a few issues with the interior. The drivers seat had a small hole and some of the stitching was coming loose. Also, a previous owner had installed big speakers in the doors and parcel shelf.






    We got the car back last week. Yes, it took a while but our shop was full so we didn’t mind at all. It actually fired up really nice and drove round the block just like last year. No sign of the stalling now. We’ll have to dig into that later.

    HOF did an amazing job and we could not be more pleased:








    Next thing to tackle is the hesitation while getting onto boost along with a list of concours prep stuff. Oh, and trying to figure out why it died that one time. Stay tuned.
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    MORE CONCOURS PREP FOR THE QUATTRO

    With only a few weeks to go before the Concours of America we thought we better get in stuck and fix some issues with the car so we got it into surgery:




    Where we removed the TIM and BRAID stickers we have had on the car since we got it:




    Put the stock steering wheel back on:




    Put the stock wheels back on:




    And found the right screws for the trunk carpet that covers the fuel tank:




    Although it’s not really concours related we did want to replace the valve lifters in the head as one or two sound as if they are sticking lately.






    Maybe this was the culprit. It was in about the right position considering where the noise was coming from.




    Then off to Auto Europe to get it detailed, with a month to spare!

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    Well, what a day we had at the Concours d’Elegance of America last Sunday. This is the first time the car has been accepted to a concours event and our first too so we had no idea what to expect. It’s scertainly not like RallyCross! With 11 year old tyres and a nice shiny car we decided the sensible option was to tow the car to the event, even though it was only an hour away. The “Rig Lot” was a bit of a zoo but we found a spot and unloaded without any issues, though the rather expensive looking Daimler being unloaded from a box truck next to us made us a bit more than nervous.




    The show was held at the Inn of St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan and was only a couple of miles away from the rig lot. It was also a beautiful sunny morning so was a nice drive, though rather short. As soon as we got to the entrance the attention started. We were somewhat taken aback as we have never really exposed the car to the wider car loving audience. All the way down onto the field people were stopping in their tracks and taking pictures. Two gentleman, one of whom later turned out to be judging our class, practically jumped up and down waving their arms about!

    We were quickly escorted to our “ring” and with help from the two “ring masters” positioned our car in its allotted slot. We were in MD class which apparently stand for “Modern Collectables”. We were parked with BMW Z1, Daimler Double Six, Vector M12, Toyota Supra Turbo, Nissan 300ZX, de Tomaso Pantera, Lotus Esprit, Ferrari 308GT4 and a Qvale Mangusta.



    Even before the show opened to the public there was a crowd gathered around the car. Then all day long we just stood next to it and fielded question after question. We were amazed by the reception the car received and the number of people who were very aware of them but had never seen one. We were also delighted to see old friends who, of course, were quite familiar with the car.





    Upon returning from lunch were we thrilled to see a ribbon on the windshield. This seemed to mean the car had won something but were weren’t sure what.




    At first we thought it might be for “Best In Shoe”.




    But a little investigation revealed that the Vortex had been awarded Best In Class and that our Quattro and the Pantera had won what was described as “Lion Awards”. We are going to call it 2nd and 3rd place as indicated by the order we were to drive onto the awards field later but we are still not quite sure. If anyone asks we were 2nd in class as far as we are concerned. If only Quattros had gullwing doors!







    So despite being completely out of our bubble we had a great day. We wouldn’t do it every week but it was fun and great to let so many people enjoy the car. Now back to the Quattro rally build.
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    Before we dropped the car off at Auto Europe for detailing we had been trying to diagnose some running issues. Basically the car would hesitate when transitioning onto boost but otherwise ran pretty good. There are no real diagnostics on these cars and the CIS injection we find baffling but thought we could troubleshoot it. We went ahead and bought a CIS fuel pressure tester kit to check the various fuel pressures in the system.



    These fell a little short of optimal so we replaced the fuel pump and fuel filter That did not help much but did make a marginal difference.






    We also tested fuel delivery. We had plenty. So, with Auto Europe also being the home of famed Audi guru Phil we suggested they take a look while they had it in for detailing. Well that escalated fast. Phil quickly diagnosed that the frequency valve was not pulsating. He fixed a dodgy previous owner splice in the wiring but unfortunately that didn’t bring it back to life. He then attacked the wires at the ECU end and discovered some disturbing previous owner hacks. Firstly there were a bunch of wire nut splice adjacent to the ECU. Then he realised the vacuum input had been tee’d and there were now two inputs! It didn’t get any better once he got into the ECU either. There was a second, aftermarket vacuum switch piggy backed onto the original and various pins on the chip were soldered together! Clearly a new ECU was needed to make this car run as intended by the factory.











    They managed to find a un-touched and supposedly working ecu from the same year car and threw it in just hours before we picked up the car to take it over to the concours. The car did indeed run and idle much more smoothly than before but exhibited a big backfire the moment it went from vacuum to boost. It also now will not run pat 4000rpm, an issue normally associated with a bad intake air sensor. That was all tested and the wiring repaired during the engine reseal project so it’s probably ECU end related. The backfiring stopped when we disconnected the cold start valve. It appears the ecu is using the that to add fuel on boost; way too much fuel. So that is where we are now: the car idles and runs great up to 4000rpm but then the ecu cuts fuel. We may just drive it like this till the season ends and then let Phil have at it as this car has been off the road far too much these past few years. Let’s see how that goes.
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    One of the backfire’s we mentioned in a previous post must have been so severe it blew a hole in the exhaust system! This was already hacked up by a previous owner who removed the silence and clad the baffled inner pipe but left the rear box end on as a pipe hanger. Temporary fix.





    The original floor mats started to dissolve! Apparantly this happens after 35 years. New replacements were sourced from Germany.





    We were visited by the Dirtfish tractor trailer on their way back from the east coast. Photo op!



    Could resist this.



    DIY Auto invited us to the Woodward Drean Cruise press launch







    We just had to try our BRAID SERIE 4 wheels off the rally Quattro. 15x10 et0 with 265 Michelin TB5 tires. I think we understand why the Group B cars had wide bodies.





    Of course the obvious nex thing to do was try the gravel rally setup from the rally car. They fit better but are still quite a bit taller than stock.





    Our 034 Motorsport shift link bushing are so accurate a replic of the factory units that they too dislove after 5 years. The day before a car show of course. Fortunately we had another on the rally Quattro that wasn’y exactly need right now. We’ll have to come up with a better solution for that car, and this one in five years time.





    RADWOOD came to Detroit in September so we dragged three cars there and the dog and pony show.





    The last outing of 2019 was a cars and coffee at AUDI ROCHESTER. Man it was cold.





    After the cars and coffee took thae car to our Quattro guru Phil to get it running right. Unfortunately a leak down test suggested cylinder 4 had some issues. Engine out for a bottom end rebuild!













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    It's Back!

    Sorry it’s been so long since we updated this project but, thanks mostly to COVID, there was nothing much to update.

    Last time we talked was back in June of 2020 when we’d just decided to rebuild the bottom end of the engine. Phil, our URQ guru stripped it down while we shopped around for an engine shop that could and would do the work. The first place we took it did not give me the warm and fuzzies so, after a couple of weeks of unreturned phone calls we scurried back there and retrieved the block and crank.

    Then the search was on for another shop and we were referred to Automotive Machine in Fraser, Michigan. When we deposited the block on their counter the owner said “Is that out of a Quattro? I love those things” and we knew we had come to the right place.

    Unfortunately COVID slowed engine work right down and finding parts took forever too. We had closed down our building and moved everything into storage so spent a lot of time working from home. We busied ourselves recreating pictures in 1:18 scale models and the continuous search for elusive Quattro engine parts.





    We needed to search for second oversize pistons and rings and 2nd undersized crank bearings. We finally found a set of pistons in Germany but when we opened the box were surprised to find that the rings had “Made in Hastings, Michigan” on the box”!

    Meanwhile the months were ticking by and come November we had a new building. We dragged the car, sans engine, back from Phil’s and gave it pride of place in the new showroom.





    Yes folks; that’s carpet! Posh us now.

    As the car would soon be back to fully running condition (yeah, right) we took the opportunity to replace the tires. It had 3 year old Toyo RA1s on it but we were never quite happy with the size of 225/50-15 and thought they would be much happier on the rear of the 911. Plus, Pirelli had just reintroduced their period correct P7000 tires in the correct 215/50-15 size so it was a no brainer. They just had to come from England, that’s all. Worth it though.







    Now the race was on the get the car done before they aged out. Yes, we thought we were joking too!

    Slowly, bit by bit, parts started showing up









    Until, finally, in June 2021 we picked up the finished block and crank!



    We hurried them over to Phil’s so he could start the reassembly process.





    However, it wasn’t till next April that we got the call that the engine was fully assembled and Phil needed the car. We couldn’t get it over there quick enough.



    Over the next few weeks we got a few tantalizing pictures from Phil of the engine nestling back into the engine bay until in mid-May we got the call we’d been waiting for for nearly two years: “your Quattro is ready to pick up”! With the aid of a friend who was dropping his 911 off for some "Philtention" we ran out there to drive back a running Quattro for the first time in almost two years. It didn’t disappoint.











    So what do you do with a running Audi Quattro in the summer? Take it to as many cars and coffee events as you can and forget to take pictures of it off course. Here’s a few. Must try harder LOL







    More to come………….
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    We’ve had fun sharing our Quattro, with its newly rebuilt engine with people all summer and fall but it’s not been all plain sailing. Read on…

    One duty we didn’t expect to put the car through was as a grocery getter but, as needs must sometimes we loaded it up with supplies for a function at our showroom and even sent it to FedEx Store to pickup some printing. We don’t think it minded too much.





    Of course we continued to take it to local car meets where it is always popular. We seem to like parking it next to it’s younger siblings, or are they more like offspring?







    We even took an opportunity to photograph it outside our local Audi dealership when they weren’t looking.





    Perhaps the highlight of the year for it was The Woodward Dream Cruise week and its involvement with the associated Woodward Rally Cars club events.



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    As a final fling we got brave enough to dirive the car two hours north to the NOWO car show in Frankenmuth, Michigan. Where it received a lot of attention.







    That trip was enough to prompt its first oil change so up on the hoist it went.





    Also, as we had it trapped, we decided to address its somewhat poor running characteristics. It was struggling to run smoothly on boost and was definitely running rich at idle. The problem was that without a wide band o2 sensor on the car we didn’t know how rich or when. We had to address that in a subtle and reversible manner of course. We borrowed the AEM wide band sensor and gauge destined for our Quattro rally car, if we ever finish it, and ordered up a clamp-on bung for the sensor. We put the sensor after a spare, gutted CAT we had and in a part of the exhaust that will likely get replaced soon, so no harm done.



    Then we temporarily rigged up the gauge and a power supply and fired it up.







    Indeed it was running very rich at startup and once warm and on the road. We spent a few days test driving and fiddling with the idle screw and mixture screw and eventually got it to behave somewhat. It still isn’t quite perfect on boost but at least it’s not too rich or worse, too lean. Still, we were quite surprised how much we had to back off the mixture screw to get it in the zone so maybe there is something else going on but, If you didn’t know what we did to get it where it is now you’d say it was behaving pretty nicely. We would have continued to refine the “tune” but someone dumped a million pounds of salt on our roads so now it’s quarantined till April. Not to worry; there’s a long list of other projects we can tackle. We’ll fill you in as we get stuck into those.

    Before it got stranded in the workshop we did get chance to grab a picture with almost all the fleet together outside. Just need to finish that damned rally Quattro.

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    OUT OF HIBERNATION

    When we left you back in January, we’d put the car away for the winter in pretty good shape with it running quite well. Before we got it out again, we thought we’d fix the horrible grinding noise coming from the passenger window regulator so we pulled the door card off and wrestled it out of the door.





    Once we got into the mechanism, we found that the cable had stretched and jumped the spiral tracks on the pulley. We realized we had to replace the cable.



    In order to get the cable out we had to disassemble the glass holder from the slider track. This meant drilling out the rivet from the bottom pulley wheel. Disconnecting the cable from the drive pulley and glass holder, making a new cable then reassembling it all. It was a lot of work but we managed it, with some help.





    Assembly was the reverse of disassembly, after a lot of cleaning.



    After popping it back in we decided the car deserved a new vapor barrier.



    We celebrated by showing off our power window at some local car events.



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    DETAILING, PAINT CORRECTION & CERAMIC COATING

    We entered the car for the DeutscheMarques car show at the Gilmore Car Museum. DeutscheMarques is the largest German car show in America and the Gilmore Car Museum is an automobile museum located in Hickory Corners, Michigan, about a two-hour drive from us. The museum exhibits over 400 vintage and collector vehicles and motorcycles from all eras in several vintage buildings located on a 90-acre campus. The museum claims to be the largest automobile museum in North America. So just a little bit a very prestigious event!

    Therefore, we thought we should probably get the car detailed as it has been touched by anyone armed with more than a bucket of warm water for a good few years. We entrusted the car to our friends (yes, literally) at Auto Europe in Birmingham and actually scheduled it for a full detail, paint correction and ceramic coating. We were amazed by the results. The only down side is that we are now too nervous to touch the car, it looks so good.





    Besides the Quattro we also entered our 911 rally car, the Cayenne Timsyberia and the 85 911. It was still dark when we set off; or, should we say tried to set off.



    Because it was so early it was a little chilly so we decided to put the windows up. The driver’s side went up but the passenger side, the one we’d just fixed, made al the noises but didn’t budge. We’d gone literally 10yds. We drove back inside and took the door car off to diagnose the problem. Hopefully we could still go though it had started to drizzle outside. We definitely needed the window up even if it didn’t go down again.

    Once inside we discovered the motor was spinning but the cable seemed to have detached from the regulator. We eased the window into the up position and clamped it there with some vice grips; slapped the door card back on and set off, an hour late.



    Although we arrived an hour later than intended the show hadn’t yet started so it wasn’t a problem. We still found a great spot to park, next to a couple of other Tornado Red icons as it turned out.









    As it happened they were no match for our “Best of the 1980s AUDI”.



    It was good that we fixed the passenger window in the up position rather than down as it poured down all the way back to hour showroom which took 2 hours. When we got back, we took everything apart again and discovered the crimps on the drive wires had failed so now we need to rebuild it again only better this time.

    NORTHVILLE

    The last outing of 2023 for the car was a small concours event held in Northville, Michigan. This was fairly unique in that it was judged by high school students. Needless to say, they were younger than almost all the cars there. We didn’t win but we had fun anyway and, unusually, weren’t the only Quattro in attendance.









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    TEAM ILLUMINATA MOTORSPORT 2023 FLEET REVIEW

    85 QUATTRO: https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/85-ur-quattro

    This year we got to drive and show the 85 Quattro a few times. We are still chasing some minor drivability issues and the passenger side window regulator is awaiting its third fix attempt but we can now enjoy the car. We got it fully detailed, paint corrected and ceramic coated at Auto Europe early in the year and it has never been cleaner. We really enjoyed showing the car at the DeutscheMarques show at the Gilmore Museum and a concours in Northville as well as numerous cars and coffee events.



    84 911 RALLY CAR: https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/84-porsche-911

    Not a lot of work on the 911 rally car this year but we got to drive it quite a bit. The year started out with some new wheels and tires as we upped our game with tire width. Then we replaced the front anti roll bar bushings and fixed an oil leak. We took the car to plenty of cars and coffee events but the standouts were our attendance at the Woodward Dream Show at M1 Concourse with around 15 other rally cars as part of the Woodward Rally Cars (WRC) Group. We were also invited back to the American Speed Festival at M1 where we demonstrated the car’s track capabilities and the Empire Hill climb again. Not a bad year for the little car that can.



    83 QUATTRO RALLY BUILD: https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/quattro-rally-build

    We are closing in on finishing the dry build phase of this project. Once we get the wiring done, we can disassemble the car and prep the shell for paint. Hi-lights this year include, power steering pump mount, hood pins, A-pillar gussets, handbrake lever delete, radiator ducting, cold air intake, spare tire, intercom, fire extinguishers, map light, dash cover, power wiring and the bumper and hood slot mesh.



    89 944 TURBO: https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/89-944-turbo

    Early in the year we got a new addition to the fleet. A 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo (951) fully built race car and all its spares. We are not sure what we’ll do with this one yet or how it will fit into our marketing plans but it does look good in the showroom. As it’s not even close to being street legal we haven’t driven it much but we did shake it down at a local autocross in the summer where, despite its wide Hoosier R7 tires, it performed very well and was very easy to drive. The only real mechanical work we have performed on the car is to give it some proper BRAID wheels and more autocross and track day friendly tires. Hopefully we’ll have some opportunities to get this beast out on a track during 2024 so we can see what it can really do in the environment it was built for.



    2005 CAYENNE (TIMSYBERIA): https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/timsyberia

    The Timsyberia Cayenne continues to fulfill its daily driver and TSD rally roles admirably while keeping us on our toes mechanically. No Cayenne nightmares have appeared and it has never let us down but we have had to fix a small oil leak, and replace the hatch struts during 2023. We gave it some 17” BRAID wheels and Blizzak winter tires recently and some rust protection from Krown as it’s just so clean. We took the car up the actual Sno*rift rally and also used the car to discover Northern Michigan’s trails on two separate occasions. We also participated in the Son of Sno*Drift TSD rally in what passes for winter these days. We were entered for the Press On Regardless TSD rally in the Fall but a back injury saw us withdraw a couple of days before. We’ll be back to conquer that one in 2024 however.



    2015 SPRINTER (RALIVAN): https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/ralivan2

    Of all our vehicles that actually drive this might me the one we’ve used the least this year. About the only proper road trip we’ve used it for was when we dragged our 911 up to the Empire Hill Climb again. Before we could do that, we had to address the cooling issues it had exhibited the last time we did this. To be sure we didn’t have any more issues about a month before the event we replaced the radiator and viscous cooling fan and give it some new coolant and a transmission service. Other work on the van involved wiring the heating elements of our amazingly comfortable Scheel-Mann seats and installing a bulkhead to separate the cargo area from the cabin. We also took the van to the Mercedes dealer in Novi for a recall and to have the 70mph governor deleted from the ECU. We now can rip at around 85 if we want to!

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