i guess i will start a build thread here for my most recent incarnation of the car.. if you dont know the car i will catch you up.
bought the car in august of 2006
looked like this:
clear corner and homemade rs4 grille:
bought some new wheels, and a real rs4 grille.. and some h&r race springs
bought coilovers:
got new wheels:
put ST's on it, and drove it STUPID low
decided to go eliminator :
bought another:
gutted the interior:
filled it with black stuff:
and white stuff:
anyway.. the current list of modifications to the car is as follows:
valeo ecode headlight
ddm 55w hid kit
painted front valence
s4 side skirts
s4 rear
s4 interior
creme s4 seats
double din console swap
ebay short shifter
euro a3 shift knob and boot
podi column pod and gauge
awe pedals and dead pedal
2.5" magnaflow exhaust with turn down tip
3" catless downpipe
ATP knock off t3 manifold
tial 38mm wastegate externally vented
50 trim t3/t4 turbo
atp oil lines
3" inlet with 3" vr6 maf housing
aem dryflow
hallman MBC
southbend stage 4 ofe clutch
racetec FMIC with custom piping
550cc injectors
eurosport adjustable FPR
unitronic 440 ecu
forge 004 BOV
ST coilovers
18x8.5 et18 borbet type A
42 draft designs LED's
im sure im missing stuff, oh well.. whats in store you ask ?
Last edited by Lazer Viking; 11-21-2011 at 06:43 PM.
okay, so with the past out of the way.. its time to move forward
here is what will be going on with the car over the winter:
swapping the car from me5 to me7
maestro tuning
aeromotive a1000 FPR
034 fuel rail
044 or aeromotive stealth 340 fuel pump
custom intake manifold with aeb runners and cnc'd velocity stacks
65mm vr6 throttle body
injectors are still undecided
treadstone TR11 intercooler
custom piping
atp manifold
3" downpipe
3" v-banded exhaust
tial 38mm wastegate
spec 12lb 240mm flywheel
clutchmasters fx400
supertech springs and retainers
81.5mm 8.5:1 Mahle Forged Pistons
Scat 144m x 20mm Forged Connecting Rods
Rosten Main bearing girdle
ACL High performance Rod bearings
ACL High performance main bearings
ARP Main studs
ARP head studs
new pcv system
turbo.. i dont know, 3076 maybe ?
and a bunch of little stuff, and lots of re arranging and cleaning while in there.
outside
s4 front, unless i can find a good deal on an oem or dietrich bumper
s4 door trim
finally shaving the rear valence
front end respray
under the car
new axles
new control arms
s4 uprights
toureg calipers up front
s4 rear brakes
apikol rear mounts and such
Last edited by Lazer Viking; 11-21-2011 at 07:22 PM.
IMO your car looked perfect with the flat fives (but I'm a bit picky on wheels). I so want a set of those on my car, I'm just having trouble sinking anymore money into my car at this point.
Although I'm sure most will look at this as a downgrade, have you considered going to a .48 A/R 4 bolt turbine housing with a stage 3 turbine? If you look at my build thread you'll see that they're not as small as you might think. What's interesting though is that the 5 bolt Ford style with the internal wastegate provision are a lot smaller than the 4 bolt non-internal. So that's where people may get that impression.
Hell, if I can run 25 PSI on a 60-1 through my .48 housing you should be able to run the same, if not a little more on the .48 and it may very well make the car a lot more liveable. Besides, it's not like it would cost a whole lot, $200 or so. Call Jess at pureturbo.com (or net) and ask him what he thinks. The guy knows what he's talking about, especially when it comes to the T3/T4.
I will most likely not be staying with the 50 trim.. Or a journal bearing turbo for that matter, but I have thought about putting my .48 housing on it several times and never ended up having to pull the turbo off so it didn't happen.. I think for the price and the power it's a great option, but in order for it to perform how I want I believe I will need some newer technology
I will most likely not be staying with the 50 trim.. Or a journal bearing turbo for that matter, but I have thought about putting my .48 housing on it several times and never ended up having to pull the turbo off so it didn't happen.. I think for the price and the power it's a great option, but in order for it to perform how I want I believe I will need some newer technology
Fair enough, there are so many new offerings on the market that I can see where you're coming from. However, if you wanted to keep that exact same turbo footprint and throw some rods in, may I suggest a 60-1 with a stage 3 turbine and a .48 A/R 4 bolt housing? I know that Jess at pureturbos.net can hook you up with one for a really good price. However if you have your heart set on something a little more 'nouveau' see what kind of deal Jess will give you on a BB Billet Precision turbo. He's a Precision dealer, so he can shoot you some pretty good deals. I know I may sound like I'm schilling for him, but I honestly found that he had the best prices and really good customer service.
Fair enough, there are so many new offerings on the market that I can see where you're coming from. However, if you wanted to keep that exact same turbo footprint and throw some rods in, may I suggest a 60-1 with a stage 3 turbine and a .48 A/R 4 bolt housing? I know that Jess at pureturbos.net can hook you up with one for a really good price. However if you have your heart set on something a little more 'nouveau' see what kind of deal Jess will give you on a BB Billet Precision turbo. He's a Precision dealer, so he can shoot you some pretty good deals. I know I may sound like I'm schilling for him, but I honestly found that he had the best prices and really good customer service.
will keep that in mind fo sho'
updated the 2nd and 3d posts with more info on whats going on
Amazing.
Even the homemade grille was looking good.
Any plans on the silver b5?
eh.. its chipped and has a forge 007.. i bought a set of coilovers for it, and have some wheels laying around but who knows if or when they will make it on the car
I'd marry it, if that was legal. I'm totally gay-bones for it.
PTE6262 w/ .63 A/R turbine = 28psi @ 5.3k rpms
CT4-6262 w/ .82 A/R turbine = 28psi @ 4.8k rpms
and with the Comp I see 1psi at 2.3k rpms. haha. so when just cruising in traffic, I still have more than enough power to overtake and keep up with traffic.
thats pretty awesome.. i see literally 0 psi till about 3400-3500
That leads me to think it may be related to your tune or hardware. I mean, I'm at 3500 ft and I'll see 1-2 PSI at 3000 on my 60-1. Yes, I don't hit full boost until 5000 RPM. But it's ramping up from, oh, I don't know, 5-6 PSI at 4000 RPM to 22-23 PSI by (or whatever I set my limit to) at 5000 RPM. I know you're running a .63 A/R turbine housing, but at your elevation with the lighter 50 trim compressor, you should be seeing some kind of positive pressure at 3000 RPM.
What are you running for a manifold? IIRC it's an ATP one right? Maybe that's part of the spool problem. Mashing your exhaust pulses together hurts things most at low RPM. I'd be curious to see if my equal length, 5/16th steel pipe manifold actually makes a difference vis a vis an ATP one.
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