New Member, Old Car

[team illuminata]

looks awesome

Thanks

[team illuminata]

Well, looks like I haven't updated this thread for a while. I'm going to use the excuse that I have been driving the car instead of working on it. Who'd have thought?

I did finally get the anti roll bar back on. Had to order parts from the UK. I couldn't find OE bushings so had to settle for upgraded poly versions. I'm sure they are better but are a bit blue.

I also had to buy a pair of anti roll bar endlinks with bushings from the UK to replace the one I broke during disassembly. The very fist nut I tried to remove during the suspension rebuild.

I did put the original wheels back on for the summer

sig by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

so my friend Tim could put them on his as he was headed to Pike's Peak.

quattro243666_4383413866293_516756617_oserie6r by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

Not a bad bit of exposure for the brand.

I managed to snag a replacement clutch in case mine gives out on me soon. It does feel quite high on the pedal now but is not slipping.

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So with the car pretty much back together I have enjoyed driving it around for a few uneventful months and parking it next to other interesting vehicles (apparantly).


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I didn't park it next to these two beauties but I did get to see them in Europe, and about eight others just like them. Yes, they are real, unlike Tim's replica above. I even touched them!

IMG_9266 by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


So next on the agenda is to fix the washers as they are quite lame and this one leak.


OE gasket came in today. $3! must be the cheapest quattro fix ever.

Hopefully the car will stay together till winter when I think we may be putting a clutch in it. How hard could that be?
I did put the original wheels back on for the summer



so my friend Tim could put them on his as he was headed to Pike's Peak.



Not a bad bit of exposure for the brand.

I managed to snag a replacement clutch in case mine gives out on me soon. It does feel quite high on the pedal now but is not slipping.





So with the car pretty much back together I have enjoyed driving it around for a few uneventful months and parking it next to other interesting vehicles (apparantly).

















I didn't park it next to these two beauties but I did get to see them in Europe, and about eight others just like them. Yes, they are real, unlike Tim's replica above. I even touched them!




So next on the agenda is to fix the washers as they are quite lame and this one leak.



OE gasket came in today. $3! must be the cheapest quattro fix ever.

Hopefully the car will stay together till winter when I think we may be putting a clutch in it. How hard could that be?

[team illuminata]

I think my BRAID Serie 6 RC wheels look much better on my mate Tim's car than mine.

quattro471244_4383417786391_2046218046_oserie6R by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

quattro170412_432676573444519_738068279_oserie6r by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

quattro243666_4383413866293_516756617_oserie6r by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

So i'm thinking of getting some Serie 4 RC instead.





What do you think?

[silverman]

Man those wheels would look nice!

You should totally consider them. Also, nice coupe! enjoyed the first three pages... time for three more.

[team illuminata]

Here's another option. I could get BRAID to make some 9x15 RONAL replicas like these:



Of course they'd have to make more than one set. Anyone else interested?

[team illuminata]

OK, it's a GO. I'm getting some 15x9 Ronals!

We have teamed up with HANSPORT http://www.hansport.co.uk/index.php= in the UK and BRAID Wheels Braid Wheels in Barcelona to offer classic Audi replica rally wheels in the original specs starting with the 15x9 Ronal originally used on the Sport quattro.



These wheels will be heat treated cast aluminium, 15x9, ET12, 5x112 with a 57.1 center bore, white powder coat finish. Other colours will be available at extra cost.

These wheels will be sold exclusively through Hansport. Team Illuminata Motorsport, through our subsidiary BRAID USA will manage the project. Price is not yet set but expected to be around £500/$800/620€ each. Available as a minimum order of four wheels with no maximum. Delivered anywhere in the world. 50% deposit due with order, balance before delivery.

The main thread for this project will be Alloy wheel Manufacture could be back on the cards | quattroforum. Please post any questions and orders there or contact Hansport or myself direct.

BRAID have been making high quality, competition wheels in Europe since 1978. They offer a full range of competition wheels for all forms of motorsport and classic cars. BRAID wheels are specifically designed for competition but, of course, are equally at home on the street. Many of BRAID's are cast from lightweight aluminum and heat treated for maximum strength. Others use forged or flowcast technology. BRAID already produce many ultra-high quality replica wheels for customers including Porsche 911 Fuchs, Ferrari F40 and Lancia 037.




Hansport was founded by John Hanlon in 1996 to restore, prepare and provide on-event support for an ever increasing personal collection of historic competition cars. The HanSport Team combines the talents of engineers who insist upon excellence, have a true understanding and passion for motorsport, together with it's history. Over the years, HanSport have prepared cars which have subsequently been piloted by many World Championship Winning drivers, such as Hannu Mikkola, Michèle Mouton, Stig Blomqvist, Jimmy McRae and Harald Demuth; to name just a few. HanSport currently own the largest collection of factory Group B Audis in the world and are based in Manchester, England; my home town.

[team illuminata]

Not much interest in 15x9 Ronal replicas.

How about 16x9?

[team illuminata]

The Quattro has been running like a champ so not much to report. That and the fact that I am currently obsessed with our 911 RallyCross project means that all I have are pictures. Still; PICTURES.


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I have a Cars and Coffee thing tomorrow. Maybe something will break so I'll have more interesting posts next week.

Have a great weekend.

[team illuminata]

After ordering some new (correct) spark plugs and injector seals I brought the car into the main shop and started a concerted poking around to try to figure out why it wont idle. You'd think this might have something to do with it. air temperature sensor.

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I removed the throttle body and cleaned it out paying particular attention to the air bypass screw which I think allows it to idle.

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I made some interesting observations:

There's a hole in the throttle plate.
The air bypass screw was fully closed
The arm that actuates the idle and full throttle micro switches was loose. Wouldn't operate the full throttle switch at all. I peened it firm with a small hammer.
Both switches appear to function as intended and are wired correctly.

I put it all back together but it didn't make any difference to the idle, even after backing out the air bypass screw a full turn :(


.

[salmjo1]

I have been reading your thread with interest for a long time and now it just got more interesting: I bought an UrQ!
Mine is an '83 and far from original. Which is perfect because I am a hot-rodder at heart. Tell me more about those wheels!
I am off to the Braid website....

[team illuminata]

I have been reading your thread with interest for a long time and now it just got more interesting: I bought an UrQ!
Mine is an '83 and far from original. Which is perfect because I am a hot-rodder at heart. Tell me more about those wheels!
I am off to the Braid website....

Congratulations on the new car salmjo1. Where can we see pictures of it? I'm a hot rodder too but have to resist on my version. Have other cars to mess with fortunately.

Did you go to our BRAID web site yet? braidusa.com. Basically we can make almost any of our wheels to customer specs in about 3-4 weeks so just pick one and tell us what specs and color you need. I may even be persuaded to part with mine. Give me a call if you have any questions 248.207.0894 or drop me an email. [email protected].

[salmjo1]

Thanks! I'll start a thread so as not to hijack yours.

[team illuminata]

I had a little time yesterday so I pulled the injectors with a view to installing new seals. Here is what I found:

#1
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#2
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#3
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#4
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#5
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I was surprised only #2 was really torn up though the rest look quite done. Of course the most alarming discovery was on #4 which is missing a tip! Looking at it it may have been off for some time but where is it and how long is any bodies guess. If it fell off into he intake port it can't be good right? Could it get past a valve into a cylinder. Out again and into the turbo? Pass right through without doing any harm?

I did install new seals and, perhaps foolishly started it up to see if they made a difference. I hoped it was safe based on how aged the area where the tip had been looked. It still didn't idle and I don't think it made any strange noises.

Next step?

[team illuminata]

So I had another look at the odd injector over the weekend and it turns out to have the same part number as the other four: 0 437 502 041. All the pictures I find of it show an end cap (air shroud) so now I think I must have one floating around in my intake or stuck at the end of the inject insert. I don't think it's in the insert as that one injector has quite a lot of lateral play when inserted so is at least not locating in the cap.

So now I feel I should take the intake manifold off or the head or even the engine out. I f I take the engine out I could also fix a lot of leaks, replace engine mounts, clutch etc. Maybe I can even get it to idle again!

What do you think?

[salmjo1]

Winter project = engine out. It will be awesome!
I just watched the video of your car being tested. The thing sounds absolutely epic!

[team illuminata]

Back from Europe and inspired to get the Quattro running again.

Before I went away I had my Friend Werner look over the engine and we agreed the best course of action was to totally refurbish the CIS system as it has been messed with over the years, is not as Audi intended and looks to have some very dodgy vacuum lines. We thought the best approach was to remove the engine to do this as I also want to take the head off to find the bits of missing injector and replace the clutch. But first, and today I did a compressions test:

1525704_4545269966338_8221214129329366875_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


At least I now know the head is coming off. Hopefully the problem is with the valves on #1 as I have a refurbished head already. Just over 100,000 miles on the block so that should be OK.

I found specs online that suggest stock compression should be from 100-130psi so the rest of the cylinders look pretty good.

So here we go with the next big project. Hopefully it wont take too long as I'd like to drive the car this season. Here is the scope and issues I hope to resolve in the process:

*starting and idling issues
*Injector holder
*Coolant leak
*Boost issue
*Shifter link
*Alignment
*Tune up
*cat joint leak
*engine mounts
*Drive line shunt
*clutch
*Belts
*Check timing
*Timing belt cover missing
*Cracked exhaust manifold?
*Oil Leaks
*Hot starting
*Plastic pipe broken engine bay
*spark plug wires wrong
*Fuel pipe orientation wrong

Wish me luck.

[Ruffiano]

No plans to go 20vt? Now would be the time

[team illuminata]

Trying to keep this car as original as possible. I have other things to modify if I feel the need:








http://www.teamilluminata.com/cars/cars.htm

[team illuminata]

And so it begins. Spent the afternoon draining fluids, removing the radiator and disconnecting about a thousand wires and vacuum hoses. Tomorrow I'll start disconnecting the same around the transmission.

Engine and transmission could be out Tuesday!

10364116_4554323072660_2557119417139114435_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


I don't know what it is about this car but I'm already missing two nuts, a bolt and the accelerator cable clip. When you drop Audi fasteners on the floor they make one sound then evaporate!

[team illuminata]

OK, well I didn't exactly promise it would be out Tuesday did I?

Due to wheels sales keeping me busy and the ridiculous complexity of detaching everything necessary to drop the engine and gearbox they are still in the car. The hardest component was the clutch slave cylinder. It took me over an hour just to find it. Then I still couldn't see it. I was supposed to remove it to keep the lines sealed but it is held in in such a ridiculous fashion that I finally gave up and detached the line. Hopefully I can bleed it later, in situ and blind!

Some pictures of progress so far:









So, If I have found everything only the subframe is holding it all in. I'm going to try to drop the engine, transmission, subframe and front suspension in one go. Just have to figure out what to drop it on and how. Maybe today. No promises though.

[team illuminata]

Here goes......

10537027_4559768488792_7023689556499875354_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


and it's out.

10525769_4559768648796_3436364074631754398_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

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That was tight. Going to be fun getting it back in. Wish I'd known this was still attached. Would have been a whole lot easier. DOH!

10271619_4561174603944_6404720823281949131_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Right side engine mount fell apart.

10557334_4559769568819_7866817184123284223_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr



SO next is remove sub-frame, split engine and box, Asses all the leaks, clean, remove head. That will be next week as I'm busy over the weekend.

[team illuminata]

Some progress today :). I removed the subframe and dragged it to one side of the shop:

10524017_4575068911293_2835192701529782284_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10341657_4575069071297_2067181424762820864_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

Was going to split the block and transmission next but was thwarted by one wastegate bracket nut so decided to remove the intake and exhaust plumbing first.

10544375_4575071071347_6268382722877742546_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10537857_4575071591360_7914573473282991438_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10570379_4575072671387_4706849729211369977_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Discovered a few issues of course. One is that almost every fastener I have removed so far seemed very loose. Is this normal? Also these:

1888565_4575072151374_7997902474220793907_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10517573_4575071951369_2461782827130574865_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10522443_4575071351354_5903759323579562841_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


What's this?

10577146_4575069471307_143061650747588010_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Broken connector on the diff lock actuator:

10511258_4575069231301_2627185516530486987_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


If I get time tomorrow I'll split the block and trans :)

[Badger Audi]

amazing!!

[team illuminata]

They're under starter's orders......

10563051_4578800844589_4357570291975784638_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr




Ready............

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Go!

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YUK!

10583874_4578802044619_352056740911211585_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Not too bad

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Clutch slave cylinder off. Replace?

10407643_4578800804588_239428268717640863_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

Borrowed this to test fit. Will it fit?

936074_4578800884590_2425092070513567589_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Today I might get to power-wash everything and take off the clutch.

[team illuminata]

Got the head off. No problem with any fasteners or anything. Took me a while to figure out hoe to slacken the timing belt though. Never seen that before.

Here are some shots of the pistons and valves:

1240378_4589847960760_997257388265748875_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

1622612_4589848280768_5447259164635422943_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr



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10170714_4589849400796_6939671066026195417_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

13582_4589849760805_3437682752668629591_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10511294_4589849960810_4009478500258595522_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

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And the valves:

10480202_4589851200841_144939564676059940_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

I filled the head with gasoline but couldn't see any leaking past the valves.

[Yogie]

Just started reading this. Excellent work, enjoyed reading it all and seeing the progress for the past two years! Looks great, good luck with the rebuild.

[team illuminata]

So yesterday I did as suggested: flipped the head, filled the combustion chambers with gasoline and aimed compressed air at the valve seats from below. Results can be seen in this video.

URQ Intake and Exhaust Valves Check - YouTube



As you can see, almost every cylinder has an issue. The worst is #1 though which is the one with bad compression. I think we'll be putting the new head on when we put this back all together.

I also did a similar thing with the piston rings. No compressed air though. I just poured some fuel into each to see if it leaked by fairly quickly. I have no benchmark for this test but in my opinion they leaked down very, very slowly. I'm thinking the pistons are OK but I need a better way to prove this before reassembly.

One thing I'm not sure about, how to remove the large pulley on the front also seems to be called "vibration damper". Big central nut or four Allen screws or all five? 9, 10 and 12 below.



Any suggestion for stopping the crank rotating?

[team illuminata]

This is scary.

How about locking the crank off the flywheel, like this?

10368391_4603634625418_4989138158757684671_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


The four Allen screws actually came out very easily.


So an air impact gun should free the center bolt up then? But I'll still need the tool to torque it back up when it's in the car?

[team illuminata]

Took the oil pan off yesterday. All the screws were very loose. That's been a feature of this project so far. Hope it extends to the crank bolt. Some screws were even missing!

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While it will be nice to check the bottom end out the main reason for taking off the oil pan was to wedge the crank in preparation for the dreaded crank bolt extraction.

10559702_4607633885397_7593363943951006681_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


So I tooled up and crossed my fingers.




I needn't have worried. Came off like butter.

10559702_4607633645391_205008138190614395_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


It certainly wasn't loose but I doubt it was fully torqued.


So, relieved, I put the kettle on for a well earned brew and then dug through my boxes of spares and pulled the reconditioned head I bought earlier in the year to see if it matched the old one.

10565129_4607635405435_3823639279177941789_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

Slightly different part numbers:

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10552585_4607635565439_3539743691564270254_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

What's this tube sticking out of the side for?

10544332_4607635485437_115982354742202958_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

Different boss arrangement on the left side. Problem?

10606242_4609112082351_4399206140791206893_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

And the cam lobes look smaller in the refurb head.

Shall I use this one of fix the old one?

[team illuminata]

I just found this quote from the ad when I bought the car a few years ago:

"The car has a modified head and a modified ECU to allow use of the Euro wastegate spring."

What do you think they did? Maybe I should contact the previous owner.

[team illuminata]

Isn't Google amazing? From the previous previous owner's ad:

"Modifications include,,, port matched intake and exhaust, multiangle angle valve grind, chipped ECU with euro wastegate spring"

Doesn't mention anything about the cam but I am intrigued by "chipped ECU" now.

[team illuminata]

I disassembled the turbo, manifold, down pipe and waste gate over the weekend. It put up a bit of a fight but nothing a bit of heat and an impact gun couldn't handle.

10565123_4610214029899_5116158346131189916_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

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The manifold is cracked. Need to decide whether to repair it or install the later Audi "fix" manifold.

There is a little play in the turbo bearings so I think I should have it rebuilt. Any recommendations for a rebuilder?

Should I rebuild the waste gate too? I've been told they wear over time and bleed off boost.

[team illuminata]

Progress is slow. Please stop ordering wheels so I can work on this car more LOL. Oh, I meant "Please order more wheels so I can afford parts for this car".

Today is brought to you by the letter Oil Pump.

10384228_4610215349932_1361418370398512838_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10580268_4610215709941_197495448913129139_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

and Cleaning pistons. I used gasoline and a soft wire brush. A lot of grease from my elbows helped too.

10505297_4610216269955_8716098810117373762_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

[team illuminata]

I went through my parts stash over the weekend. It's amazing what I have. Am I missing anything though?

10523152_4612404324655_1117274435689025327_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10561794_4612404364656_8453615274936754392_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10603364_4612404444658_1132630521255135398_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

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[team illuminata]

So I'm ready to start putting this engine back together but I'm still not 100% convinced my refurbished head is correct for the WX engine. Are the 38mm intake valves and slightly smaller cam lobes stock for the WX?

Of course I will need a head gasket and apparently new head bolts for this job. I assume these should all be OE right? Any suggestions where to buy (USA preferably). I'll obviously need a few other seals and gaskets but I might have them in my parts stash already. If you noticed anything that wasn't pictured above let me know.

Time to turn the corner on this project.

[team illuminata]

Oops, sorry. I forgot to post these two pictures. First one shows the oil and coolant passages on both heads, To me they seem identical.

10632582_4650881886570_1801364765633948559_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


I'm a bit concerned about how some of the oil and coolant passages were seemingly blocked (red) or partially blocked (yellow) by the old head gasket. Is this normal?

10575274_4650904727141_1521189660366053610_o by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

[team illuminata]

It looks like my refurbished head has hydraulic valves after all so it was decided to refurbish the head that came off. To that end I ripped into it. Not sure it's going to work out though.

10423694_4662952268322_3665118206738515884_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

10599410_4662952428326_1516271255718620755_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

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10569053_4662952348324_4904993497782901578_n by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Can it be salvaged?

[team illuminata]

So I took the refurbished head apart to see if it really has hydraulic lifters. Indeed it does as you can see in the pictures:

Old head:



New head:



You can see the hole for the oil feed that doesn't seem to be present in the old head so it looks like this head is also setup for hydraulic lifters and didn't just get them by mistake. As all the oil and coolant passageways line up with the block it should work right?

[team illuminata]

So I've been thinking about using this hydraulic lifter head in place of the mechanical lifter head and what might happen. The way I see it everything needed to make the hydraulic head function should be contained within the head especially as it is exactly the same physical shape as the old head. It should bolt right up. The only thing it needs to function is oil pressure to operate the tappets but almost everything else in there needs oil too. There's going to be oil regardless. So then it occurred to me that this oil may get to the tappets via an oil passageway that was blocked off by the mechanical head's gasket and if I just use the same configuration gasket I could be blocking off that oil supply that it will now need. So I thought, if I place the head on some paper towels and squirt a little brake cleaner down the oil feed hole for each tappet I will be able to see which passage way through the gasket it flows through, right? I'll try it today if I get to the shop.


Now for some progress because there has to be progress, no matter how small. It's important. As it looks like this project is going to take waaaaay longer than I'd hoped I thought it wise to at least free up the hoist by bolting the sub-frame back on. Should be easy to push without an engine and transmission but impossible without a sub-frame.

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More head research. I wanted to make sure the rebuilt head would get it's required oil feed if I just bolted it on to the block to I back-fed brake cleaner through a few of the lifter oil supply holes and guess what? It feeds through an existing port which is common to the cam bearings. Therefore it should get the oil feed it needs, right?

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Now I just need a gasket and bolts. I checked the head thickness by the way: same as my old head.


I also acquired a third head for the sake of research. This was bought by a friend for use on a "10 valve turbo" engine but of unknown origin. He had it rebuilt but it doesn't have a cam. Intake valves are 38mm for what it's worth.

IMG_5995 by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
IMG_5997 by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

IMG_5998 by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

The part number (casting number) and in fact the head itself are exactly the same as my rebuilt head. Researching the part/casting number produced a few hits suggesting it belongs to an Audi 5000 turbo. Interesting no?

So I think I'm ready to commit my rebuilt head to the block. I guess I should check that first though eh?