Audi A4 BAT - Quattro Project by Tom's Garage

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So there is an idea in my head for quite some time now . . . here is a teaser of it.



More to come . . .:driver::driver:

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in other news, my car was featured somewhere . . . here are some of the pics they used, Kostas Sant, was again the photographer.

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Been collecting some more parts here and there for some things I want to make

Random pics













More to come . . . Cheers . . .

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So some more pics from the snow-day. Despite the fact that the car was super clean, and polished, I decided to go out on the snow, like I always do. Despite my semi-slick tires, as well.





It soon got really bad



But I was there already, so I enjoyed it









But then, we decided to go play with some proper tools on the mountain







We were some off-road vehicles there, Cherokees, Wranglers, G500 MB, Grand Cherokees and more.

Also found two lost beauties while on the mountain



In the end of the day - it all ends like this



Cheers

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I know I should stop . . . but . . . I kinda ordered this . . .



Yesterday was snowtime here in Athens. So I went out to play after work - some teaser photos - more to come . Cheers





Next to a cop car -







Cheers

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A couple of vids I took to show how easy it works. :wave::wave:

Passenger Side

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJQCsTF8aGE"]Door Levers Mod-GT3 Style - YouTube[/ame]

Driver Side

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyY_jYrY7RY"]Testing GT3-Style door levers - YouTube[/ame]

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Bought some little thingies today - let me show you some sneak pics . . .











And a perfect shot by Kostas this time



through the aluminum pipe - Hehe

Cheers

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So, some days ago I had bought some red material. Well I bought so as to do a little project that I wanted for some time now, but was always either bored to take off what was needed, or didnt have time to do it. So . . .

Started from passenger's side, and took the door card off





Removed this part



And then also removed these



I guess you can tell where this is heading by now . . .

Testing my skills on making something like this



And then going bigger



Didnt use the thick one in the end, opted for the thinner one



Started test fitting



Everything seemed perfect



Putting the door card back together



And let's see how we did









Moving on to the driver's side





Removed





Bye bye - yet still usable



Marking where the cutting will take place



Almost done



Test fitting this colour as well - not bad





And driver's side ready too





All in all a very nice and subtle mod - an inspiration I had from the GT3 of course

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So, another issue I had to take care of, is my fire extinguisher.

Here it is, has sat there for a long time



It has, hasnt it



So time for a change with something new



Mounted the bracket with some fresh hardware



And there it went, secured in place



Ι did keep my old Sparco Extinguisher, cause I can refurbish it, plus I like it

Cheers

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Hello and Best of Wishes to you all for these holidays

I hadnt uploaded some final pics of the work that took place on the car, so here they are

Removed the weird oem stud that goes from M8 to M10 for the timing belt tensioner



Time for some IE parts to go on the car



Installed the new stud





Belt Installed



Everything set



Ready to close the valve cover



New Hardware



And then installed the auxiliary belt - had forgotten about these tensioner oem bolts -



So replaced those too



And ready to go

Cheers everyone

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So where were we.

Yeap. Here we are



It was time for maintenance. After all I want to keep this engine at its best. Do you know the funny thing. We just realised that so much time after we had done the engine build, nothing was removed again since then.

So time for some new lifters, new oem chain tensioner, new chain, new belt, new IE mechanical tensioner conversion, new everything actually.

Valve cover off, and time to clean it, in order to do something I wanted for a while.



Hello my beloved cams



Take some rest off the car, in order to remove the lifters , LoL



Old lifters, Old Cam Chain Tensioner, Old Bolts, all those to be replaced



Prepping . . .



Welcome new lifters







While Tom was busy with the engine, I did something I was better at







Almost ready.





Since head was ready, we turned into installing the new IE things. Mechanical tensioner conversion.



Till that time, we had not removed the front end, we had changed belt again, without removing the front end, it was not a first time for this. So we test fitted it.



However . . .

Here you can see a difference



There is a difference due to the fact that the kit supplies you with a M10 stud, whereas the hole in the head is for a M8 one. We could just fit the new one on the M8 stud. However Tom decided to remove the front end, and make the M10 fit there as it should. Let's face it, vibrations are there, especially at 8500+ rpm so, it would be best with the M10.

So, more to come guys .

--------given I did some shopping today, updates are to come for sure - LoL







Cheers

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So work was done this evening . . . some sample shots . . . more to come . . .

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Remember some things I had purchased back some time ago for maintenance issues ?



Well it seems their time has come at last :thumb:











And them lifters



Cheers, more to come guys :driver:

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So, while it was raining almost all day long



-I thought I'd do some work in the garage -



Ι wanted to refresh the way I had previously mounted my APEX-i valve



So I did -



With rubber between the valve and the chassis, cause otherwise vibration will come in the cabin from the valve working - it is funny, but annoying when you are about to boost - lol



Ι then did some work on the hood

before



and later





Cheers guys

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Finally, I got to installing the battery. I wanted to place it lower this time, so I chose this spot to begin with



At this point, I used heavy duty velcro to keep it in place - even with this way, the battery wouldnt move at all under heavy braking, acceleration, cornering, anything. But ofcourse it would not stay that way.

Started fabricating the aluminum bracket I wanted to make



Starting to take shape



I opted for raw brushed look





Covered it with this black velcro to have no vibrations at all



Drilled the floor, and then used these rivets to directly fit them bolts M8 in them



Like so



Removed excess wire not needed



Used my favorite TESA product



Keeping it subtle



Making progress





And with the help of these



Ah, much better





Readings were higher than the big Bosch battery, and the car started easier than before - didnt expect that.



So bye bye old battery



and old bracket



which were in total 40lbs - so that is a total of 25lbs(11kg) off the car - not bad at all I might say.