Audi A4 BAT - Quattro Project by Tom's Garage

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Remember my on-going project for the all-black interior ?

Well I had this idea . . . I will not tell you what - however, there I was, following the FeDex van



Here is what was inside



Loved it in excellent shape a bargain actually



After an hour of work on this, two cut fingers etc etc. . .



I managed to remove the airbag seat, heavier than I thought, a pain in the ass to remove, I dont want to see it again





Also thinking that it is the perfect chance to take my time, and built in any other thing i want, like the shift light for instance...i think it would look awesome if done properly...

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Waiting for these . . .



4in Alu Pipe



And Full Race Heat Foil



So It took this . . .



And started filling . . .





Started Sanding . . .



REALLY boring . . .

And then I put my hands in there . . . Oh boy













B o o o r i n g . . . .

Added some filler for fine finish . . .



Then sand it again . . .

Almost there



Tomorrow I plan on making the spot for the shift light . . .

As for the AEM Filter Waiting to go on, a friend of mine gave me something he bought for his wrangler to protect the filter from mud, water, dust . . . check it out . . .

Donor Car :P











Could come handy when it is raining with my filter being on a low spot near the water roads . . .

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So more dash work







Once Trimmed it will look awesome I believe

Prepping the middle / main vent quad gauge pod in order to paint it in black . . . Slowly working everything out . . .

sneak pic



Removed . . .



Sanded from Anthracite Grey . . . Then Primered . . .



And is now left to dry in a Matte OEM Black finish







Needs to do some more trimming tomorrow . . . Getting there, I love this project

This is how I left it yesterday



Started with some trimming today for the gauges to go in . . .





Gauge Pod ready



Testing



Rear Diff Temp Ready



Shift Light in



And all together



Need to trim the airbag some more . . . and then ready for . . . . . alcantara . . . ! ! !

Dash left at the shop . .



Original Italian Black Alcantara with Blue Stitches where needed is the theme . . .

Then I got a bit carried away, and left this there, as well . . .



Oooops . . .

Cant Wait ! !

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At last they arrived . . .









So off I went to a friend's garage with Tom, to fix the intake pipe . . .





At first, I thought it wouldnt fit, but with patience, come results . .

It was a tight fit either way..

So onto the pics to let them talk themselves . . .







Started to do some tests





The Route from Lower to Upper







There it is ready with the heat wrap on









As I said, tight fit . . .



Looks and works awesooooooome . . .

Tested the car at 1,8bar of Pressure, BOY IS IT FAST . . . It was something else. . . . I need another road for more boost, to be safe . . .

Cant wait..Love this car . . .

Hope you enjoyed this update as much as I did

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Teaser Videos, sorry for the quality, I was also driving, and looking for hidden cops . . .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63376842@N02/5857966518/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63376842@N02/5857415421/

More random photos of the setup

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Ok time, for a proper build update.

Firstly some updates on the VC project i had shown before . . .

Started as a bit of a mess



But I made it turn out good . . .

Halfway



Almost Cleaned



Then took the tools to cut out some unnecessary little metal parts and make it smooth and pretty





Primered it with 1K aluminium Primer



And then started to put the colour on it . . .



Ready for installation



Close up of the crankcase breather



Bought some hose



Test fitted it



And then ready, installed, breathing to air




On another note, ordered these goodies from Ringer Racing



And this from TiAL,



To increase some boost, as this isnt enough on the 6262, L O L



Hehe . . .


DO you remember the Dash I was working on, for days, and had left at the shop for a retrim in alcantara. . . ?

Guess what, it is ready . . .

Voila . . .











NeedLess to say, that crappy iphone pics dont do it justice, it is AWESOME in person . . . a proper photoshoot will follow, I promise


Then I lost no time, and installed it myself . . .







Doesnt look that bad . . . hmmm. oh well, since I have it ready, I might as well put it on, I thought . . .









Again, proper pics will follow very soon, I promise . . . really worth the cost, even though, NOT cheap . . .


Some more good news , is we ran a compression test, all 4 cylinders are the same, at 155psi, awesome engine build work by Tom, @ Tom's Garage

Hope you liked it

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Just a quick pass to give an idea from outside. . .


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKflsLE2EuI"]Partial 3rd Gear, Drive-By - YouTube[/ame]

And a teaser photo of the next photoshoot we did to capture the car's new mods. . .



More to come guys

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More photoz


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Cheers

Mike

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So . . . .

Looking at those . . . you see a weak remaining linkage. . . expensive, comfortable, yeah for sure, but does not suit this car . . .





Correct, seat is on the way to exit my car, once more, like two years before . . . This time though, for a set of RECAROs . . .



So I chose

2x RECARO Profi SPG XL Plus + 2x Set of RECARO Aluminium Side Mounts + 2x Custom Seat Frames





Onto the mounting and meauring of the frames . . .







First Seat to go in the car . . .





And then the other . . .









A big thanks to Kostas Sant for the photos, and for the help in mounting the seats ;-)

I hope you guys liked it , hehe

Cheers

Mike

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More orders . . . .

Racing Fuel Cell


Bigger Fuel Pump


New Bigger Fuel Filter

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My new stuff, mixed with some stuff from my friend's oncoming 5cylinder PTE 5857 Ford Focus ST project









I see.

Some maintenance issues, aaah it sucks . . . it sets me back every now and then . . .

So . . .

Out with the old . . .



New stuff from Zimmerman . . .









Yeah I know, they are small, LoL . . .

And two of these tie downs, to install the Fuel Cell . . . .

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And two small videos to hear how it sounded back then

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pju1kheojik"]Audi A4 PTE6262 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDpTgLmRQEU"]1.8boost, drive by - YouTube[/ame]

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Started to put some time on the new fueling system . . . Didnt have much free time, so it would get there slowly, even though I did have every thing, needed . . .









more progress . . .

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Pics of installation



Test fitting



Welding







Initially I thought of putting the stripes like that, but it wasnt correct.



So we welded some hinges, and went this way . . .



Safe, no movement



Everything inside will be colourcoded and painted nicely, I will show you the finished results . . .

Clean, Polished, Painted the Fabricated parts









Not much left to do now . . .

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Updates:

Everything connected, wires and hoses still to be put neattly hiidden on the underbody, safe and all . . . .

time to remove the OEM fuel tank. Boy, what a project . . . exhaust, quattro, rear subframe, handbrake cables, etc etc . . . onto the pics..

Starting...



Exhaust off the car...



Tom stealing my Torsen while I caught him red-handed





More things off



Time to remove the subframe, cause the tank wouldnt come off in any other way . . .

After some work, voila . . .







Look what came off, after that.







Leaving my car empty from the underside (and very very light in the back, if you think what has been removed so far so my friends were sitting in the back of the car, LoL ) . check it out.





So, I just came back from a ride, in the national road to make some pulls on 4th gear . . . Weather was about 15-20oC cold (60-70o F) so it was a good chance.

I have some good and some bad news . . .

The bad news . . .

870cc injectors, 3bar static in the FPR, 044 inline pump, and there are fuel cuts in the 4th gear after 6500rpm in everything above 30psi of boost.

I certainly didnt expect that to happen in that boost. Well not certainly, lets say I hoped . . .

The good news is ,that the car makes some serious power, otherwise, this wouldnt happen.

Tom said, that we could lower the FPR to 2,5bar static, but then, the idle would have some serious issues .

My thoughts now are these. I possibly need bigger lines, a second 044 pump and a new fuel rail . . . .

Oh boy, does it ever end . . . .?

Some more pics of the OEM tank removal procedure, I forgot from the last post.

Tidy



Empty-ness beneath rear passengers' compartment ( i might make it flat bottom in the future )



Washing OEM Fuel Tank



Ready to hit the road . . .

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New orders

This:





Along with these:



More essential orders, sadly, setting us back quite a lot of cash. . .





330x32 Floating Rotors / Bells, Ferodo DS2500 Racing Pads