A little teaser if you can call it that...

[whiteUSPflow]

Its only a K04 i know but just in case you guys wanted to see what i was up to.









and issam still has a couple boxes comming my way

let me know what you think.

[AudiA4_20T]

big port intake mani? Interesting for a K04 setup

are u doing the installs?

[whiteUSPflow]

Yep got it cheap so i figured what the hell ill throw it on.

[whiteUSPflow]

oh and ya im doing it myslef.

[vdubstreets]

whats that in the bottom right of the 6th pic?

[whiteUSPflow]

whats that in the bottom right of the 6th pic?

its a locking tab for the turbo bolts.

[HIERLEVELZ]

That was nice of them to send you that tab. When i got my manifold I received these style tabs which were a pain in the ass particularly the rear tab closest to the cylinder head. I may just remove then and find some turbine hardware with holes in them so I can use lockwire.

[whiteUSPflow]

That was nice of them to send you that tab. When i got my manifold I received these style tabs which were a pain in the ass particularly the rear tab closest to the cylinder head.

i dont see how thows would work if the bolt became loose wouldnt the whole tab spin.

[HIERLEVELZ]

You would bend one end over the edge of the manifold and the other over the nut similarly like you had pictured. It would work but the tab you received is the better design and there is little room to bend the one tab under the manifold. I actually have two tabs bent at the moment. After struggling to get the damn mounting nuts for the manifold on I just gave up on the tabs because of fatigue that day. When I first orderded the manifold tabs were out of stock so I didn't receive any. Those were the ones I finally received but I didn't raise a stink.

[AudiA4_20T]

i dont see how thows would work if the bolt became loose wouldnt the whole tab spin.

no, think about it, when you tighten the hell out of it and you pull the tab over, it would never have a chance to get loose

[Audi Skate Snow]

K04 or whatever...its still exciting as hell getting new upgrades and having some fun wrenching.

Looks like fun!

[whiteUSPflow]

ohhh i see how they would work now. ya ive heard the manifold bolts can be a PITA, anyone have any special tricks for getting to them?

[whiteUSPflow]

K04 or whatever...its still exciting as hell getting new upgrades and having some fun wrenching.

Looks like fun!

hahaha hell ya totally hear ya

[04TurboB6]

well look at this Rob...

it was about time your parts arrived....any luck on the exhuast?

man...i wouldn't trust you doing your own work...haha...juss messing man...

[AudiA4Turbo22]

congrats SNAP-ON FTW!

[03 silverbullet]

Where did you get the manifold ?

Is that throttle body larger then the stock one ?

[whiteUSPflow]

congrats SNAP-ON FTW!

hahah thanks bud

[whiteUSPflow]

Where did you get the manifold ?

Issam at 034 hooked me up

Is that throttle body larger then the stock one ?

yep its an S4 2.7t throttle body with the adapter plate also from Issam (thanks bud)

[JBM]

ohh there is my beautiful manifold :( I hope you enjoy it, I sold off the block and the AEB head last month and now I have some SCAT rods to go.

[03 silverbullet]

Issam at 034 hooked me up

yep its an S4 2.7t throttle body with the adapter plate also from Issam (thanks bud)

Cool, so how much bigger is the 2.7 throttle body ?

[whiteUSPflow]

well look at this Rob...

it was about time your parts arrived....any luck on the exhuast?

man...i wouldn't trust you doing your own work...haha...juss messing man...

Still working on the exhaust should be done soon.

ohhhh thats cool bud just wait till you need help on anything to do with your engine.. ill be like nope hahah J/k

[whiteUSPflow]

Cool, so how much bigger is the 2.7 throttle body ?

the stock throttle body is about 2.5" but the S4 one is 3"

[03 silverbullet]

the stock throttle body is about 2.5" but the S4 one is 3"

oh thats a nice step up then. You get that from 034 too ?

[whiteUSPflow]

I have a question for you guys. Does anyone know if it is ok to REUSE the stock bolts for the exhaust manifold? I thought I heard somewhere that the bolts stretch so you cant reuse them. Is this true? thanks alot

[whiteUSPflow]

oh thats a nice step up then. You get that from 034 too ?

Got the throttle body used but in great shape in the classifieds for 40 bucks. I couldnt beat that.

[03 silverbullet]

Got the throttle body used but in great shape in the classifieds for 40 bucks. I couldnt beat that.

ok, no change on the wire connector.

As for the exhaust bolts i have changed my manifold 2 times and used the same bolts over with no leaks

[whiteUSPflow]

ok, no change on the wire connector.

As for the exhaust bolts i have changed my manifold 2 times and used the same bolts over with no leaks

ya no change it plugs right in but you have to tune your car for it with lemmewinks.

and thanks bud I was worried about that. nice new bolts are expensive as shit.

[dewey527]

very nice...you can install them on my car for a test any expectation on added hp/torque?

[whiteUSPflow]

very nice...you can install them on my car for a test any expectation on added hp/torque?

I have no clue and im not going to say some rediculous number because Im pretty sure its not going to be too much.

I came from driving an R32 so if it feels simular to that ide be really happy.

[dewey527]

you would probably get thrown under the bus for "exaggerating" the numbers from all the BT people. any more good deals?

[whiteUSPflow]

you would probably get thrown under the bus for "exaggerating" the numbers from all the BT people.

hahaha exactly what I dont want to happen

any more good deals?

what do you mean?

[dewey527]

ohh there is my beautiful manifold :( I hope you enjoy it, I sold off the block and the AEB head last month and now I have some SCAT rods to go.

i should have paid more attention to the classifieds.

[whiteUSPflow]

ohh there is my beautiful manifold :( I hope you enjoy it, I sold off the block and the AEB head last month and now I have some SCAT rods to go.

hahaha yep im putting it to good use bud dont worry. I really wish that I could have bought that head. my K03 went out so i had to spend the extra cash on what you see here haha

you still in the area? we should do a sweet photo shoot when spring starts.

[whiteUSPflow]

i should have paid more attention to the classifieds.

haha hell ya man save every penny

[JBM]

yeah i'm still in the area. I found out that I'm not moving to Japan or Pearl so I'm coming back strong. I got some plans in the work but I have to put in my 034 Cat first :( fck VA

[whiteUSPflow]

word dude I have one of those comming from 034 also with a little bit more attached.

and why did you say "fck VA" VA is the shit my friend haha

but hit me up when your ready

[JBM]

Because of the stupid emissions. If I lived somewhere else in VA like blacksburg I wouldn't be shelling out money for a new cat.

[whiteUSPflow]

Thats true, you should move to south caralina. I heard that you can run open headers down there.

[whiteUSPflow]

and another question, does anyone know how much I should torque the 3 bolts that go to the turbo. I dont want to over torque and then strip the turbo.

[03 silverbullet]

and another question, does anyone know how much I should torque the 3 bolts that go to the turbo. I dont want to over torque and then strip the turbo.

Im not sure what the exact torque is for them i just tightened them down pretty snug. Your going into cast iron not aluminum so there is less threat of over tightening them. When i tried to take them out for the first time I actually snapped off one of my bolts with a good 1/4 inch still in the turbo so ended up taking it to a machine shop and having them fix that problem. I put antiseiz on the new bolts. You will need a 17 mm box end wrench to get at the bolt in the back thats kind of under the motor head.

Also for the exhaust manifold you asked about bolts, the exhaust manifold is held on with i think 13 12mm nuts. Also when i took the stock header off 2 of the nuts backed out the stud. I just double nutted the stud and carefully put it back in so that it would not cross thread.

You are gone to have a hell of a time getting tight the 2, 3 , 4 and 5 nut from the right (facing the exhaust side of the motor ) with the head on the motor due to the size of the new manifold.

Go get a set of crows feet from sears ( the ones at autozone and advance auto DO NOT have a 12mm ) that will be able to tighten down most of them. There is also a tool i got at autozone i will post a pic of it later that worked really well i just dont remember what it was called.

Have you thought about running the stock manifold first then changing out to see what the difference is ?

I ran the larger one for a while and the boost came in later then with the smaller one. I am assuming its do to exhaust velocity from the smaller runners

With your new throttle body you said you have to tune it with Lemmiwinks. What all do you have to change ? I could see how the idle would be affected but what else since you are using a bigger turbo now anyways ?