This is just a little build thread I’m putting together for my Laser red B5 avant to help keep track of everything.
August 2016 I purchased a 1999 Laser red avant 1.8t with a 5 speed Quattro and no sunroof! The car is originally from Hawaii and was super clean besides minor scratches and some clear coat peeling. I always wanted b5 wagon so I scooped up this gem with 101k with all maintenance up to date and a bunch of goodies already installed.
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The car already had b5 s4 front brakes, a Miltek hfc and full exhaust, st coilovers, all new stern and 034 engine and trans mounts, forge 008, stage 1 tune, new speakers b6 s4 Wheels and probably a few more things I can’t really remember. It was set up pretty nice already but naturally I wanted to make it my own and got the itch to start modifying it. Started off little with a boost gauge, skid plate, sway bar end links metal slave rear diff mount . Then it was time to make some more power so I went out and got a Franken turbo f21 kit, Ecs rs4 clutch, used fmic and paired it all with a United motor sports stage 3 630 tune and a vr6 maf.
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I finally got around to changing out those junk eBay headlights for some depo ecodes and eventually I picked up 2.0 coil packs an 034 down pipe and an IE catch can to throw in the mix. I rigged up a heat shield and fitted some stock ducts for my intake . IMG_2169.JPGIMG_1647.jpgIMG_2286.JPGIMG_0056.JPG
With the new power I wanted to beef up the brakes and tighten the suspension up so I went and got b6 s4 rear calipers 300mm rotors aNd an 034 rear sway bar. I picked up a jhm short shifter, red bfi shift knob, an electric fan kit, walbro 450 fuel pump stud conversion, some new for me wheels, a roof rack and the car was really starting to come together.
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This brings me to winter 2018 I owned the car for 2 and a half years at this point and I drove this thing a ton put on 45k in that time. I kept ripping drivers seats(3) and I always loved the sport clothes so I went out and found a set for a sedan even though I had the avant I was going to make it work. Few weeks later I ended up coming across an rear sport cloth avant back seat which was perfect. I found a laser red b5s4 front bumper in really good condition that I had to have so I went and grabbed that. At some point I picked up a set of b5s4 side skirts in laser red but they haven’t made it on the car yet.
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At some point last winter I was offered a fully built 058 long block with a Garrett 50 trim external wastegate and a tuned ecu for a bargain so I jumped all over. It was in a friends car that was wrecked(was actually another laser red avant lol) so I had this motor sitting for a while because my current setup was fine no need to mess with it....until I blew out my rear main seal and I was in need of a new clutch as well so I figured since I have to do all this what better time to put the new motor in.
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Motor was in and I had street lethal which is now boost source in lindenhurst NY fab up an intake and down pipe for me. The car ran pretty rich with the tune that was in it so I took it to a local tuner waynespeed in Oceanside NY for some Dyno tuning
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It made like 310hp 360 torque on 93 then I went back and got it tuned on e50 and made 347hp and 360 torque. With all this new power I was going to need more stopping power so I went and found a set of 17z which still aren’t on the car yet lol. The cars name is Hawaiian Punch but everyone calls it the money pit so I figured I’d embrace it.
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This pretty much brings us up to current time(winter2019), the car was smoking a bit I was pretty sure it was the turbo and my catch can wasn’t venting to great. So I swapped out my valve cover to run an extra line to the can and I had an extra 50 trim that was given to me for free that I swapped on and it didn’t smoke nearly as much but it I was pretty sure this turbo was on it way out too. I was sick of all these little issues going on so I decided to splurge and ordered a gtx gen2 2867 .63 housing and a new Garrett 600hp intercooler.
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