Audi A4 BAT - Quattro Project by Tom's Garage

[mgpdoc]

Time to strengthen the gearbox mount



Weld those brackets





And fill those holes



I think I will let my friend Panos, from RL's Garage do the welding





Started off like this



And got better







More welding











Came out great



Can't wait to install it

Cheers

More to come

[mgpdoc]

More tools, more cutting and trimming ahead





Installed the gearbox to chassis mount to see how it holds with the welding done



Yes it holds much, much better, but still not to our expectations





Plans are to further reinforce it, probably with another plate to close it on the lower part, we shall see



Moving on to the front end, we disassembled everything pretty much



And Thanos started taking measurements to machine some plates to replicate these, which would work as spacers





Thing is, that I decided to test fit the bumper as it was, with the lower bar/ic pipe removed, and to be honest everything worked perfectly, especially given the fact that i
secure my bumpers with the quick release system by Thanos again





So we decided to not replicate them, and just remove them

Look at all that space- I love it



Another thing we plan on making from scratch, is this Toyota gearbox mount. We plan on machining it out of solid aluminum and replacing bolts with studs and nuts







We can also use longer studs to play with the final gearbox height, depending on differential and center axle placement, and apply custom fabricated spacers where needed



More cutting will be applied here as shown in my excellent design to allow for manifold fabrication, both intake and exhaust





As well as here



Other Oem parts were installed to see how much space was left free

Like the oem filter





And starter





Removed the 034 solid front subframe rear lower mounts





50:50, LoL



Good as new



Plan is to replicate them in steel, but somewhat extended at the lower part, so as to make a bracing for the front subframe, like a strut bar but at the bottom of the car.

So, plenty of more to come hopefully and lots of things to do



Cheers

Mike

[JasonSA]

I love that you're going ahead with this. Going to be amazing!

I might've sped read a little, but what will you be doing with the rear axle/suspension setup/diff setup?

[mgpdoc]

More cutting was performed

Passenger side









Driver side







This air-saw is pretty serious with some good blades installed



Also trimmed these





Sourced this from my center console but sadly someone lost my dash metal support frame, and now i cannot seem to find one - any help on that guys ?



Then I started working on my front quattro axles







I will throw everything but the things i need for the front wheels

Ugly grime





Removed



Done



Removed and cleaned, because why not





Will clean them and they are ready to be re-installed with new front wheel bearings



Cheers more to come

[mgpdoc]

Went ahead and started cleaning them, for good



I'd say supplies were adequate



Came up really good





Went a bit further, and bought some nice garage equipment, air tools mostly

die grinder







Air Wrench Gun





Quality is amazing









And look at the size of it



1100NM, and hopefully I will put it to good use really soon

Cheers

more to come

Mike

[mgpdoc]

So my friend Thanos, got to fabricating the new modified subframe mounts. The plan was to replicate the 034 mounts, but in steel, and make them bigger to be able to weld the chassis bar on them, like a strut brace.

So...





Original one





Steel part to being with



This will enter the subframe



Side by side





All done





Now need to find a bar.

And then move to fabricating a modified trasmission mount from scratch.

Cheers

Mike

[tomcrowther]

Any updates?

[JasonSA]

Updaaaaaaates.

[white out]

I love this build.

[mgpdoc]

I love this build.

Thank you very much, really appreciate it. Likewise, your builds are interesting to say the least.

Updaaaaaaates.

Well, sadly i havent had time to spend on this car, mostly due to work at the clinic, and new MSc stuff etc etc. But I must make time, I know.

If anyone has a good tip on Viper rear diff, let me know

[DiegoMasid13]

Wow, nice build dude.

[tomcrowther]

Seeing as there's no updates, I figured I may as well go for read through No.146 love your quality of work

[mgpdoc]

So managed to put some time into the car.

Sadly the dashboard support got lost somewhere, and i had to source another one. It was not cheap at all in the dealership, and every single i found in the greek jankyards was either thrown away with the chassis, or bent from crashes.

Luckily ebay is our friend, and found this in germany, hoping it would be ok



Received the big box



Parts seemed like new to be honest









This is how i had left it, was curious to see if it would go in with the cage in place



had a hard time with these two studs, but it went in







Then I noticed this part on my original center console support was like this, i dont really remember why to be honest



Removed it



German overengineering at its best



installed the one that was included in my order



Dont even know if we are gonna use this, or go custom center console, since radio and ac are off the car either way



Center "feet" installed too



these were not used, so if anyone wants them let me know



these too



Does anyone where this bracket goes ?



I know it is for the storage tray support, but dont recall where. Must find my ELSA files otherwise



Even installed this vent



I might give the dashboard a try to see how it sits



Left it like this for now



Cheers guys

Mike ( @mgpdoc on Instagram)

[loekaaz]

I don't know any Greek swearing words, but I can imagine that a lot of them will be heard from your workshop when you put the dash back into place... (aiming at the cage)

[mgpdoc]

Hello guys. Been some days that i was ready to update my build threads of all the cars, when I logged in to my threads, and saw all my pics gone missing. I thought i had gone overboard with bandwidth, but then I also remembered, that i have a premium account, so that doesnt happen. Long story short, I figured out what PhotoBucket had done.

So, currently, more than 8-9 years of build threads are useless. All that work and effort is lost.
And what is more, Photobucket gave us NO warning, nor did they send their thoughts on this change whatsoever.

I accept paying for using one's services. I dont accept being bullied into doing it, in such a non-professional way.

I cant tell right now how I will continue blogging my build threads, but i wil definitely WONT be paying photobucket not 400, but not even a single cent.

Cheers

Mike