Audi A4 BAT - Quattro Project by Tom's Garage

[mgpdoc]

Some more diet for my car...4 more KGs gone home... []




I then received my BRAILLE LightWeight B106 battery.

Weighs 2,8 kg, less than 6lbs, whereas the stock weighs 20kg which is 45lbs...

So yeah, that was a good weight reduction once more...

Here are some crappy cell phone pics. Better ones will come if wanted as well



Some pics of what I've been doing today



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[mgpdoc]

Started building my first home garage and some more things arrived too

Some updates, both from the car, and from the Garage project I am doing also...
Some 3M masking tapes, and Vallet-Pro Wheels' Cleaner, Apex-I AVCR Boost Controller, and a place to store some things by Keter.

Let the pics speak for themselves...





At that time, car was about to enter its first trackday - more on that on the next update

[Dome]

Well I must say they look nothing less than awesome.

Thanks man

[mgpdoc]

Onto the track event

Some photos of the preparation of the car...that took place on the newly opened back then, 4 years ago, Dazzle Detailing Center of my good friend Andy, whom I thank for all his tolerance throughout the years



Some track-pics



And some random pics



And some pics from the problem I had with the exhaust, which I fixed myself...

[mule.]

holy amount of pictures batman.

wasting no time! props

[Rubens]

Well I must say that I expected some serious engine works..

[hinrichs]

Well I must say that I expected some serious engine works..

X2 on this one. Why not match the gauges in the upper vent with the other black defi gauges? Also why not just strip the entire interrior?

[mgpdoc]

Well I must say that I expected some serious engine works..

Well I must say that you do not have the virtue of patience
If you wait, you can see a family car being transformed into something else. Making more than 600hp. And being track-ready in so many ways. So please. Wait. Is that ok with you ?

I mean, by the time of the last update I did not have the car for one year, and all that was done. So please, let's continue.

holy amount of pictures batman.

wasting no time! props

Cheers

Why not match the gauges in the upper vent with the other black defi gauges? Also why not just strip the entire interrior?

Because one company wasnt making all the gauges I wanted.
Wait, dont be impatient. Enjoy the thread.

Cheers,

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Some more updates:

1. We cleaned the car after the track race, again @ DAZZLE Show Car Promotions with Andy's help

Pics from before:




And after:


And some more changes in the car...



Some more updates of todays work...I started a new project...



Roof....

Before...





And afterwards, almost finished...

[mgpdoc]

Well I decide I didnt want the new year to find me with a dirty air filter, so heres what I did today although I was pretty bored...

Before filter



A little comparison



And then ready to go to the car



Last updates for this year
Received the Integrated Engineering Block-Off plate today




And then some more orders





I cant help it sometimes hehehehe

Today I decided to take the project of a thing I had not before been familiar with...To take off some vacuum lines, and unnecessary stuff from the car....

Ι did start with a good DIY in my hands,,but it was from the B6 so due to some differences we did have some problems in the way....
Either way we fought it, and we did manage it....
Even though in the end, I did do a major stupidity, and I almost destroyed the Engine's ECU...But lets take it one at a time...

Some photos from the whole procedure :whistle:



I left my bones...



Here is the block-off plate from Integrated Enginnering



Continuing to work....



Purge Valve



More stuff off...



Initially out...



Removal of the lower pipe of the SAI system



Putting on the pipe of the CAI...



Check out the final stuff removed....Not bad heh...



And in the end everything nice and more empty....



And now for the mistake I did....
Wanting to go as fast as possible for a test run after all this was over, I left something on here...pretty warm....



Believing they would stand the heat...
I drive, everything ok, and while I reached home, the car went off on its own....Plus it could start no way....
I opened the hood and saw smoke coming off...I totally blacked out....
Whereas the guy that helped me, told from the first moment it was a melting of the wires, and there was a short circuit...And some fuse was off...
Luckily it was only the fuse and not the ECU...
Then we had to sort the pile or melted wires and fix everything again...Sad...
Luckily it was done and well...

And a photo... Pretty bad...



Conclusion is, not to be lazy to do something right the first time...Otherwise u might be in bad trouble...really bad...Luckily Tom was there

Well onto a new project I had in mind...

I decided to take the valve cap off, paint it, and change the valve cover gasket as well just cause it would be a good chance....

here are some pics of the process, which was something new for me, I hadnt done it before and it was nice...for the moment at least cause I havent finished it yet....

First I had to disconnect some stuff of the cover...
(the PCV system and SAI were already off, so it saved time)



Me into action with some light :p



Disconnecting the hose from the crank breather



And here is the valve cover



A look at inside



(the gasket will be changed even though its not torn in any way)

Then I had to clean the cover inside out...

Before



And after



Due to some Megs stuff, and Bilberry as well



i then used this to paint the cover



From this



To this



And a final touch with these as well



The final results . . .

Here is the finished thing...



And onto the car

[mgpdoc]

Some more updates:

The boost controller itself



The place where I put the new boost controller valve





Whereas, there is somewhere waiting for me to pick it up

Thanks to Kyriakos that helped me buy it



For fun





Tow Hook by Ruff is on...



Tidying up on some wires and setting them nicely...




And then a pod that had been on the list a long time ago....




PS: Pic quality is very bad, my camera's light (flash) is off

UpDates:

-Killer battery Switch from Hella



The pod is on the way...



-Then I decided to remove the front doors' interior part....
The weight was significant...
They will be done the same way as the rear ones really tidy.

Some fast photoz, the good ones will follow...





Pod almost there...

Time for killer switch





To the interior






The red wires will be wrapped and not be visible at all

here is some more...

-The pod



The switch, not yet finished totally...



I think they are nice...

Switch is ready



Some refreshments needed...



While doing more work on my interior towards weight removal

Some photos of today's process...
Not easy to say the least....







I may cover some bolts...maybe not...like the racing look...However...I liked the finished result....



Some more updates...

1. Passengers side front door ready (again very difficult project this one, took a lot of patience)

Some pics



What I do like especially, is that nothing from the OEM things is destroyed in any way, and will be ok once i decide to return the car to stock...well someday....[eek]

2. Removed some more weight and cleaned as well....

Some photos from the process...

Rear Wheels



Front Wheels

[Brian.]

I feel if you removed ALL those stickers, inside and out, your car would look that much cleaner.

Other then that, I'm in for 600+awhp.

[mgpdoc]

I feel if you removed ALL those stickers, inside and out, your car would look that much cleaner.

Other then that, I'm in for 600+awhp.

Of course, they have long been removed. They were put on for that track event

Cheers

[exs]

what materials are you using for the door panels and rooflining ?

[mgpdoc]

what materials are you using for the door panels and rooflining ?

At that point, I opted for something very light, not expensive, and good looking in the final result. I used thick carton sheets, that I then wrapped with self-adhesive carpet in the chosen colour. It came out really good in real life. Oh well memories . . .I still have kept them though in my house. All that work, I didnt want to throw them away