Silvaro STK Build

[jolio1994]

Long story short I traded my Stage 2 Cactus for this Single Turbo S4 back in September. On the way home as I was getting of my exit I decided to do one pull and the car threw a rod... spike 31 psi on a 23 psi tune.

So, month later I took a week off, got the car to West Points Hobby Shop, and pretty much just swapped motors with a low mileage one I was able to pick up.






I took off the old Valve Covers and Manifold off the old motor and did some nice painting. Not powdercoat, but it will do the job...


I hate the way he did the engine bay, ultra trashy but whatever... lots of connectors broken, and wires frayed. Rather then making a new harness, I bought a used one and will piece toget her a custom one. Everything in the passenger side will run behind the firewall.

It's not there yet, but I'm nearing the end of where I want to be with this car. Still cleaning up the bay, and hopefully by the end of this week the harness will be done. 👍👍👍

[rguil]

nice, did you build the block when you swapped?

[jolio1994]

nice, did you build the block when you swapped?

No, I was short on time and unprepared... I bought high mileage motor a few days ago. I'll go through the while thing and hopefully be looking at a 6262 sometime in the Fall of next year.

[LightningLou]

How did the engine spike to 31psi?? Sucks it happened man, but glad to see you're getting her all straightened out. Keep up the good work 😎

[jolio1994]

Thanks man!

Here's what the bay looked like the day I got it. It's coming along nice

[hibiscusS4]

awesome! this is were im looking to go with my next s4 keep up the build

[christianb5s4]

Did they move the secondary firewall back to fit the turbo in? Looks like that battery is non-removable!

[Monty23]

Did they move the secondary firewall back to fit the turbo in? Looks like that battery is non-removable!

If you look under your hood, you'll see the battery is half under the rain tray. Secondary firewall is untouched.

[christianb5s4]

Ah, you're right. For some reason it looks like the secondary firewall was pushed back a bit so was curious.

[blakemorgs]

That is an interesting setup, I like it!

[jolio1994]

Maybe someone can answer a question real quick. Trying to undo the ******y of the previous owners wiring. The colors on the map sensor isn't matching up to the harness... any ideas?

[AudiSportB5S4]

I read the title as "Silvarado" STK build. Was expecting to see a pickup with a 2.7 T in it.