Audi 200 20v

[Bimmerteck]

anyone know where to get a spherical bearing I can mount on top of this spacer I'm making? (aka camber plate style)

BDI bearings carries the bearings you're after, check the site and find your local distributer, the guys here in nashville are super helpful when ever I've needed odd bearings.
http://www.bdi-usa.com/

[loxxrider]

Thanks, I'm looking at those and aurora bearings. I have to determine the correct ID for the bearings to fit the weird OD of the Bilstein front struts on the car.

I'm actually discussing the new strut mount design with a professor here in the ME department with a PhD in machining. I'm also a ME major, so they should have some good R&D in them by the time I make them. This car is making good progress on getting lower!

Wheels have not been making much progress due to other parts of the project that are getting all of the attention.

In non-stance related news, I finally ordered the intercooler I wanted (there goes my bank account) and got my Hargett couplers.



its no wonder they aren't cheap...looks like they are machined out of a solid chunk of aluminum



dont forget your o-rings! They cost extra lol



all closed up




those also wiped my bank account clean.

Now I just need some 3" piping, one little oil fitting, my manifold to get back from the foundry, and some hardware to mount it with.

After thats done, the Holset will go on with very low boost. Injectors will come next ($500 yuck), and then finally I'll probably pull the motor to do a new steering rack, throw some rods in, and put a nice southbend clutch in. That will complete this phase of the build.

From there, I'll set out towards my final goal...spinning all four tires at highway speeds

I've met everything else thus far. The car corners, (custom coilovers) stops, (Porsche brakes) and goes (Holset) all very well. Its also nice and low and had stance at one point...still has stance in the works. Just a new incarnation of it with the BBS's. Should be a fun summer!

[lowpoke]

we demand updates!!! throwin you under the bus chris

[loxxrider]

Haha, thanks Chuck. I was actually thinking about updating this last week, but I decided it'd be better to wait until the really big stuff started goin down.

Basically I haven't been able to do much lately other than collect some parts, strip down the S4 wheels, finally got my manifold for the new turbo, and went on a 3700 mile trip with the car. AC was fixed for a bit, but then all leaked out of the compressor lol. I have to address that soon.

Here's the new manifold



oh and I bought another car Puttin a V8 in this bitch



I'll have a major update in a few weeks. Just gotta get a paycheck.

[ROFL Waffle]

nice build, it's looking good

[loxxrider]

From my main build thread on Motorgeek.com


*Disclaimer* I cleaned a lot of the mess in these pictures up this afternoon. I moved the coils over to the intake manifold side, changed some vac. routing, etc., etc. so its so much better now. I'll have to take pics of it later this week. This was at like 1:30 in the morning, so I just wanted to get home! I had to get up for work at 6. Also, Tom's TIG took a shit when we started welding. Needs a new torch in a bad way. The line to the torch started smoking when we tried to hit the thick intercooler for some brackets.

I don't have pics of everything of course because I was too busy with the car, but I got enough. I'll try to outline what we went thru for the build as a whole.

First order of business was stripping the car of its boost components. To my surprise, everything came off really easily. No rust is effin awesome. Didn't even have to use any PB Blaster at all.

Off came the stock IC piping and IC, then started unbolting manifold, turbo, lines, and downpipe. All of it was relatively easy but time consuming as always with turbo manifolds and their related components.

Got 'er down to nothing and proceeded with mock fitting the new turbo and manifold. Got the manifold on with a little help from the pry bar (not much needed really, but it helped) with the turbo attached and all. Got it snug with a few nuts and then decided the best place to go from there would be mounting the intercooler.




I never really test fit the IC. I just made a mock one out of some cardboard and held it up to the car and said, "This should work." Well it worked...but barely. I'll have to get more pics of the clearance later on. For one thing its a tight squeeze to the pulleys, but the worst part is its width. When we were done it cleared by about a centimeter. One thing I knew would have to get cut out was this support thingy here...



After that was finally all figured out, we had to decide how to route the IC piping. I always envisioned the piping in my head the way we eventually did it. Our reasoning was because when I go with a custom tubular manifold and bigger turbo it will be over by the fender more. IC piping over there wouldn't work for the future so well over there. The way it is now, its fairly flexible for future upgrades.

Next was cutting the IC piping and debating whether to use the Hargetts or not. We decided not to use them yet because everything will probably change a bit when I get the intake manifold and also because I need to get some tight 3" aluminum 90's to replace the silicone ones we used (for lack of a better option at the time). That was one thing I didn't foresee.

Tacked the pipes up with the terribly functioning TIG and called it a night.



Next day we started out by getting the downpipe welded up. I need to put another v-band in it because right now I can't get it out of the car without having it on a lift. That will be for next time though. We did so many things right. Got it absolutely perfect as far as fitment is concerned. The downpipe used to hang a little low thanks to the first guy who made it for me. We chopped it up to accommodate the Holset and in the process sucked it up at least a few inches. My ground clearance has increased dramatically now. I'm super happy about that.

Notice the spark right next to my fuel filter!











and then we were finally able to use a friend's welder and got the IC pipes all buttoned up. They aren't the prettiest welds, but the penetration is perfect and they are strong ones. Next time we are going to grind them down and do some nice, pretty welds on it and fit the Hargetts.

Finally we had to mess a lot with the damned drain line because it required a 45 on the block to avoid hitting the alternator. We got it all sorted out though.

Like I said, I also moved the coils to the driver's side and changed up a few other things, but here is the finished product for the most part!



We then started it up (actually started it previous to getting the top pipe finished to check for leaks and it sounded awesome) and it was perfect. Different sound than the stock turbo for sure. Not sure how to describe it though. We then tuned the car for as low boost as possible and called it done.

[Kielan]

You are a mad man.....


And I love it.

[loxxrider]

[Steve]

I am really impressed with your work dude. Every time I see a thread like this, I tell myself, "I'm gonna go out and fix a bunch of shit on my car and make it really nice." Then i get a little in over my head and give up, haha. I wish I had your motivation/skills/patience to get everything done that I wanted.

[loxxrider]

Thanks Steve, its always nice to hear that kind of thing. It makes it all even more worth it

I just can't keep my hands off of cars to be honest. Its a sickness.

[sugmag]

It's not a sickness my freind, you have genuine talent for this.

[dfreshx00]

<3

[loxxrider]

why thank you

Injectors should be here on Monday, so I'll install them, do a little street tune, and then probably rent a dyno out for an hour or so and do some real good tuning. Just gotta be careful not to hit the magic 400awhp number where these stock rods seem to **** life.

After those get taken care of, the sky's the limit

[dfreshx00]

I really like this more than alot of people for this reason.. my winter car.



/threadjack.

[loxxrider]

NICE!

I've got no problem with threadjacking. Everything is free game in here. Gotta love the t44 as a cruiser.