Chasta: The Rebuild

[NeedingAnAudi]

Ok back in december I was that lucky Audi owner who had a blown engine .....




Around late April I was finally able to get that damn engine out and I found some stuff






Needless to say my block was permanently modified





So I got a newish one and a bunch of parts







Unfortunately, the guy I bought the block off of did not send the oil pan. I'm waiting on that and a brand newish turbo. Check out how she sits right now





Just so everyone knows how much crap I have in the car right now, I have non-sport OEM suspension in the rear and sport in the front

[NeedingAnAudi]

Oh and just for shits and giggles I took a reference pic of the ko3 inlet

[geeky]

Are you doing a stock rebuild? What specs/work is being done? How'd you even manage to bend/snap your rod like that?

[McGovs2.7TB5]

Just so everyone knows how much crap I have in the car right now, I have non-sport OEM suspension in the rear and sport in the front

looks non sport in front and sport rear, kinda resembles a dog dragging his ass across the carpet. what the hell is back there? Another B5? Glad to see you're getting the parts you need to get her back on the road.

[blackwat5r]

Are you sure you don't have s4 springs in the front? Looks really high

[Coopa]

Dude, mother of god.. that rod and piston. How'd you manage that on a k03?!

[Coopa]

Are you sure you don't have s4 springs in the front? Looks really high

No motor = lifted front.

[stevejones19]

No motor = lifted front.

Looks motor and all his parts are in the truck. lol

[NeedingAnAudi]

Are you doing a stock rebuild? What specs/work is being done? How'd you even manage to bend/snap your rod like that?

For now, I'm just putting it back to stock. I had the head refurbed because I bent a valve when cylinder one exploded. After I get it running I can't decide if I want to keep it or go for an avant. If it stays I'll definitely put something else, big turbo and such.

Dude, mother of god.. that rod and piston. How'd you manage that on a k03?!

I don't even know! I've never seen a stock engine mangle a piston and rod that much before.

Looks motor and all his parts are in the truck. lol

Correct I almost have enough parts in the trunk and back seat to build two 1.8t. 2 blocks, 2 complete timing belt kits (one old one new), all my wires and piping and junk, most of the front end, new gutted cat, two complete clutch kits with respective flywheels, the head, manifolds, and in the next couple days I will have 3 turbos in there
Of course the old block is junk I just haven't gotten rid of it yet. I would keep the parts in my dorm but my school doesn't allow it

[NeedingAnAudi]

I went to a friends house for the weekend and I finally painted a couple things:

This piece goes to the snub mount but I can't remember how the mount goes together. I ripped it apart 5+ months ago in a furry.


And just like everyone else on here I decided the valve cover needed to be painted all pretty



Does anyone have a pic of how the whole snub mount goes together?

[NeedingAnAudi]

Ok, little update. My dad bought me a k03, and at first I was like !



Then when I tried to mount it up on my manifold I realized that the exhaust housing is for an s4 . So I figured eh, I still have the original k03 and the correct housing, I'll just swap them out.


But oh wait! Of course along with everything else on my car the housing is cracked so bad it was rubbing on the wheel. So at this point I was . Luckily I found one for real cheap and it will be here within the week.

The part I really needed was a new oil pan which also arrived this week, and it was supposed to have a windage tray and an oil pan gasket. Of course all I got was a part of an oil pick up that doesn't even work with my car.

So I ordered a new gasket and found a windage tray on ebay for real cheap, and those will be here within a week too.

So all I have to do this week is sit on my ass waiting for parts and sort through my steadily decreasing assortment of bolts, screws, and nuts.

[NeedingAnAudi]

Upadate!! most of you guys will just be like eh, that's cool but whatever. But to me, this is a huge step! I finally have all the parts I need, and I started putting that ish together.
Windage Tray

Engine Build Day One

This is me -Doing Werk!


Finished up for the day





So, what I have done, got the oil pump and pickup, windage tray, oil pan, and clutch and flywheel bolted up. Again, most have seen or have done this before, but this is my first complete engine build. Also, the count for how long my car has been broke down is 7 months and 4 days

And yes, I do have a k03 exhaust housing holding up my engine

[NeedingAnAudi]

Engine Hoists are for PU**IES!!




The Workshop, fully equipped

[Kyle H]

lol, this beats my build for the Engine Build at College award.

[NeedingAnAudi]

lol, this beats my build for the Engine Build at College award.

haha I appreciate that, I've looked over your build thread countless times trying to figure out where everything goes. Maybe we should have a Ghetto-est Engine Build at College Challenge.

And don't worry, you'll still be the most heavily built ko3 on Audizine

[BaconBait]

Did you figure out what caused the damage? If not, you may have to do another rebuild soon after you start it up.

[NeedingAnAudi]

Lack of oil, I had the oil cooloer oil ring give me trouble

[NeedingAnAudi]

Does anybody have a picture or can take a picture of the a/c compressor connector? I'm completely lost as to where I plug it in. Also, if you can, I need a picture of the starter connections.

[NeedingAnAudi]

Another update.

So I have been diligently working on the engine, getting everything all together, and my goal was to get it running last wednesday. But of course nothing goes as planned, sooo BAM! I'm torquing the camshaft gear bolt and it snaps in half, half the bolt is still in the camshaft. After that I lost it. I basically let the car sit for a couple days while I tried not to take a bat to the car. This weekend I decided that the absolute worst that I'd have to do is replace the exhaust cam, so I could put everything less the timing belt on.

Snub mount, that bar is painted blue because the original coating had pealed off and I didn't want it to rust


Previous owner somehow broke the washer fluid tank, so I patched that up






So now all I have left is the turbo, belts, camshaft problem, fluids, and start her up for the first time since mid december

[NeedingAnAudi]

Down time count: 8 months 3 days

While waiting for parts I had to find stuff to fix, and I got a little bored.




Found my coolant flange was broken so I bought a new one from ECS Tuning. It was 6 bucks!!




All done




Loved the pic that Kyle took when he got his most heavily built k03 build done, so I copyed a little



My buddy has been bugging me that we have to take the german cars cruising, and so we did Chasta and Nicole



I'm having starter problems, need a new one

[NeedingAnAudi]

I also got to weigh my car in school, Chasta weighs 3164 lbs.

[Seerlah]

Good sh*t, man.

[groovetek]

i'm surprsied that car is running! everything was ghetto to the max. i don't get what u were doing with the cable tie "stitching".

[NeedingAnAudi]

Ghetto is the way of life for a broke college student. And I had a bunch of zipties and I literally had nothing to do for a week, so I decided, eh I should just do something.

[McGovs2.7TB5]

Nice job man, good to see her back on the road again

[Euromike]

Congrats, hope shes still running good.


what are you taking in school?

[NeedingAnAudi]

Congrats, hope shes still running good.


what are you taking in school?

Automotive haha

[walky_talky20]

How'd you fix your cam problem? And that dipstick appears to be incorrect. Does the read the correct level? I mean, is the metal part the correct length to get the right oil pan depth? What's wrong with the starter?

[ECS Tuning-Audi]

How'd you fix your cam problem? And that dipstick appears to be incorrect. Does the read the correct level? I mean, is the metal part the correct length to get the right oil pan depth? What's wrong with the starter?

x2 on all questions.

PS: Thanks for the flange order glad to help

[NeedingAnAudi]

How'd you fix your cam problem? And that dipstick appears to be incorrect. Does the read the correct level? I mean, is the metal part the correct length to get the right oil pan depth? What's wrong with the starter?

I was able to drill a small hole into the bolt and use an ez-out. Dipstick is incorrect, an I don't know which dipstick to order from ecs. And the starter, hell I don't know. Maybe I hooked it up wrong? Not sure how I could seeing as there is only one post.

x2 on all questions.

PS: Thanks for the flange order glad to help

Flange was a life saver, I'm so glad ecs exists or I would have be s.o.l. However, I am having trouble with finding the correct dipstick, last time I bought one it was the wrong one, as you can see from the pics. My car specs are in the my garage.

[ECS Tuning-Audi]

I was able to drill a small hole into the bolt and use an ez-out. Dipstick is incorrect, an I don't know which dipstick to order from ecs. And the starter, hell I don't know. Maybe I hooked it up wrong? Not sure how I could seeing as there is only one post.



Flange was a life saver, I'm so glad ecs exists or I would have be s.o.l. However, I am having trouble with finding the correct dipstick, last time I bought one it was the wrong one, as you can see from the pics. My car specs are in the my garage.

They are VIN specific, drop me a PM with your VIN and I'll sort you out!

[NeedingAnAudi]

I haven't done an update in foreevvaahh.

Found out my starter problem was because one of the ground connections was rusty. Sanded it down and put it back on, now she starts everytime. Also moved back to Chicago from Wyoming.


Then I found out that the PO was in an accident so the bumper side clips on the driver side were bent in. Spacers are not only for wheels -



Indy fogs FTW!


Also fixed my front bumper apperance wise

[ThatA4T]

looking better ,am g;ad to see her back together... somewhat better lol

[NeedingAnAudi]

It's about the same as when you saw it, damn that was almost a year ago already!

[ECS Tuning-Audi]

Love the update! It was cool reading through the whole thing since taking over this position from Chris. Is that a Uhaul?! How did you get it in the back - a loading dock??

[Gaberossi]

I am wondering the same...do you have a huge ramp for the car or something haha

[zrowcool]

flat bed tow truck... i've loaded a few vehicles into a trailer that way.

[NeedingAnAudi]

Love the update! It was cool reading through the whole thing since taking over this position from Chris. Is that a Uhaul?! How did you get it in the back - a loading dock??

Thanks! I always love support for my car.

flat bed tow truck... i've loaded a few vehicles into a trailer that way.

Nope I used a loading dock like Pete guessed. But now I destroyed my radiator, I"ll get pics today.

[NeedingAnAudi]

Had my mechanical fan esplode on me so she looks like this again


Only the middle part of the fan is left


Good thing I have a parts car that I can steal an electric fan off of :D


Poor radiator 181k RIP


On the spares while I do a lil sumpin sumpin to my rims


End update.

[walky_talky20]

Don't you want a fan that is a bit larger? Parts cars are always awesome, though. Very nice.

On a slightly weird and not-at-all-related note: Is this red flashlight yours? Do you know (or could you find out) the manufacturer for me? TIA