My name's Ian and I go by bassed on the forums. I'm new on here and figured I'd post the story of my dirty little whore Eleanor.
2001.5 Audi A4 1.8T QMS Stock --->Stg1--->Stg2+--->Stg3--->Stg3+BT--->Stg3+BAT
I've had this car for a good stint now and she's been around the block a couple times. I picked her up about 5 years ago certified and pre-owned oddly enough with a Borla V1 exhaust. I drove her as she was, did a few little things like painting the lowers....
Then adding the obligatory Rieger RS4 Bump Skin....
About a year later I up right got the desire to move out to California while I still had the opportunity. I packed up and moved to Tahoe for 2 record seasons....
On the drive out there I had some fun
Qite a bit of getting BDFT when living in Tahoe.
Ran this siggy over on AW for a while;)
And then I decided to move back East, where I was able to see some more of scenic America....
Drive over the Hoover Dam on snows:confused:
Peep the "Painted Desert"
I get back East and since moving back 2+ years ago have not stopped this never ending project.
I took a job outside of A.C. when I moved back and was designing Casino's and living out of good old Cape May when I first moved back east. While down there I threw a pair of Adjustable Koni's with Eibach Springs and a Pair of Valeo Ecodes on her, to compliment the GIAC X-Program I had been running. I had also decided to put my grandfathers Europlate on from his time living in the UK.
While down in South Jersey I took full advantage of the lack of population in the off season and pulled off some fun shots.....
I moved back up to Pennslyvania for another job and to make commuting to Drexel for my second degree a bit easier on myself and the car. I thought a BT daily driver would be nice so I picked up a 2860rs (Disco Potatoe) and Greddy FMIC and all associated hardware and a PES GT28file for my car, but tradgedy struck at 34.28 psi and zee rods, zay just could not take it. There's actually a whole story behind this, but it's in the past and that's where it will stay.
Well after throwing 3 rods I pretty much went ballz out. I figured it would be like a new car in the end, so why not right? The project was born and dubbed "Projekt B5"
Step 1: Order a brand new fully built 2.0L from 034 Motorsport and Eurospec....
Step 2: Custom Fabrication done by Nothing Leaves Stock....
Step 3: Custom Fabrication meets new motor....
Step 4: Break in new motor and see what problems develop/arise.
Lesson learned ATP products blow. Repetitive loss of studs, shearing of nuts and the general fit of the ATP Manifold when coupled with anything smaller than a 3071 = PITA not worth dealing with.
So we try POS Tubular Manifold a shop called DTR had lying around and frankly should have thrown in the dumpster.
I have the lower molding pins I had pulled filled and a shaved thing going on, well kinda it drove around like this for a month until the POS Manifold cracked again....
I get the car back from getting the shaved looked finally sprayed, the roof done in Black Magic Pearl and Stasis Track Sport Coilovers being installed at 4:00 am the day I'm supposed to Dyno her for the first time......
After months of cracking this POS and not having a running car very often along with the manifold cracking after 1 hr on the road and going to Dyno as mentioned above. A couple weeks later I get a message from a good friend telling me to look at a new Exhaust Manifold on the market for the B5. I look, I call and I buy this wonderful piece made by SPA TURBO and will need to find a new T3 Flange Snail to work with this bad boy....
I then send this manifold to Swain Tech for ceramic coating. But by this time I had teamed up with Strasse and we put the wheels in motion for a right propa build....
This is the point where Projekt B5 goes from Phase 1 of a running on occasional build to Phase 2
where we smack my bish up again and do the damn thing right.
So at this point Projekt B5 Build Spec List Phase 1 looks like this:
Engine:
Turbo:
Gt2860rs with Polished Compressor Housing and Jet Hot Coated Exhaust Turbine Housing w/ internal WG locked out.
Tial 38mm
Bottom End:
Custom 034 Motorsport built Eurospec Machined 2.0L
Compression dropped to 8.5:1with JE Pistons bored to 82.5mm
SCAT Rods
Eurospec Forged Crank stroked to 92.8mm and Triple Pinned to Crank Shaft
Main Bearing GIRDLE with CHAIN DRIVE for AWM Bottom End
Fully BALANCED and BLUEPRINTED
ATP Externally Wastegated Exhaust Manifold – Hot Jet Coated
Head:
AEB Head with VVT
REVOLVER Cams with High Performance Street Grind
RACEWARE Head Studs
4 wire Bolt down Coil Packs
034 Coil Cover
AEB Intake Manifold
PCV:
034 V-Banded Oil Catch Can
Mounts:
034 Track Density Engine Mounts
034 Snubber and Bracket
FMIC:
Greddy Custom Plumbed
Fueling:
034 Fuel Pressure Gauge
Ross Machine Racing Fuel Rail
Aeromotive External Fuel Pressure Regulator
Programming:
PES remapped Gt28 series program
Transmission:
STERN Drivers Side Mount
034 Pass Side Mount
AWE DTS-Bar
Brakes:
Mintex Red Rear Pads with Braided Steel Lines all around
Suspension:
Stasis Tracksport Coilovers
Shortened Shaft lower CA's
Custom Fabricated:
FMIC Charge and Discharge Piping:
Positive Pressure Nipple on Charge Pipe
Hard Piped Throttle Body Inlet with H20/Meth direct plumbed
Custom Intake setup
3” Custom Turbo Back Exhaust
Electronic:
Apexi AVC-r EBC
AWE Boost Gauge
Innovate LC-1 Wide Band
Innovate DB Red Display Wideband AFR Gauge
At this point there is a new Manifold, Turbo, Tuning, Wastegate and BOV in the mix.
So as of this morning the new Downpipe is complete, the turbo is bolted up, the open dump is complete and the oil feed and supply lines should arrive by this afternoon:D
She's going to be running by Mid-Week next week me finks.
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It also pulls much harder I think 20+ whp was easily had. Tunning continues later this month
Originally Posted by deb38
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