Audi A4 BAT - Quattro Project by Tom's Garage

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Removed the non-locking one



painted it



Not sure if I am gonna leave it black

side by side



Installed



And these are to go to the trunk and then remove the oem locking mechanism from there as well . . .



Tom started fabricating a bracket for the CoilPacks to sit . . .

Here are some pics . . nothing fancy, just what it is needed, no extra weight, and good looking..








And then I painted it myself , on the car's colour, and it will be welded onto the firewall



more to come . . .

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More work done - Here goes .

Had an ever better fitment at the Cupra Lip



Do you see anything missing from the front suspension system ?



Hmmm some of you guessed right -

Bye Bye Front Sway Bar and some other not needed things



[before some of you start criticizing on the removal - search -try and then freely criticize ]

Here are the things that are coming . . .



or at a more artistic pic













Fixed my Key that had a problem - here are some pics to see how it looks in pieces -



I had the brackets for the Magnecor Spark Plug Wires delivered to me



More OEM parts - more on that later . . .





un-necessary parts removed . . . .



And some snow fun time - even snow and ice , couldnt stop Quattro system , despite my 245 semi-slick tires

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New orders made -

1. PlugWires Brackets



2. AeroCatch Lock Pins



3. ClutchMasters FX850 Twin Disc w/ LightWeight Single Mass FlyWheel








4. ARP FlyWheel Bolts

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Some updates -

got some things from the post office - - -

an .:R32 Throttle Body and the DipStick little thingy from Old Guy. Awesome service from him is the least to say . . .

Thanks Graham



Followed the very precise guides . . .









And final product into place - ta daaaaaaa

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More pics of that photoshoot













And this one. The writing on the wall - means in Greek - welcome to my world

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And a quick teaser of the next photoshoot we did with Kostas again









More pics to come . . I hope you guys like them.

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Something else I did, was totally removing the fuel filler neck, and had to make something to keep the fuel cap flush - here are some quick pics .







Flush



And a random night shot of my car being dirty from rain and mud



And some pics of the interior

Things at the front are civilised, yet lightweight.
At the back though - no need for things - noone sits there after all . . .

Take a look . . .

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Ooops I almost forgot - I ordered this little thingy as well - to add to my engine bay some more -







And what is more - - - -



I guess an .:R32 Throttle Body, wouldnt matter , would it . . .

Ordered .

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So I received another package - This time the package was for me, and it had my ignition components .



The coilpacks - plugs went in



And then I had a plan to change the appearance of these . . .



To this . . .

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Ok - so, first work for 2012, it was time to lower the car a bit more to bring it to sit as it should on its new weight figures . It also had an alignment.

Onto the pics -

Up up it goes . . .



Wheel gap front before -



Wheel gap front after





Moving on to the rear - we had some difficulties in releasing the aluminium thingy that moves the height of the suspension cause it had water stains and corrosion on it from time but nothing a little fire cant deal with . . .



So . . .

rear wheel gap before





rear wheel gap after



And one more of the whole car

before



after

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Managed to remove some more weight - about 15kgs (33lbs). So we are looking at somewhere around 2930lbs at the moment. Not bad hey . . .



And also I did order the ignition mentioned , four of these - plus the rest needed . . .





Cheers everyone

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Had some misfiring issues due to ignition being weak at the power lever the car was at . . . So the solution that Tom suggested for that time, and for future plans, for ignition issues solved for good, consists of the following components . .









Along with these . . .







And these . . .



And a brand new set of colder sparkplugs . . .

Let's see if I can pull this one off, because the TFSI ones will be good, but wont stand up to the level I plan on going.

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Gave the car a quick wash - and had this video on cold start , LoL

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt9aoQqtBdQ"]Cold Start Audi A4 - YouTube[/ame]

Test run

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wSj0SrsroA"]2nd-3rd-partial 4th gear pull A4PTE6262 - YouTube[/ame]

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So out with the old - Just look at it, for God's shake . . .







In with the new one - Red Loctite in all the nuts of the heavy duty clamps-fingers crossed







Tom also installed the shift light, I have to set it up too . . .

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Gave the engine bay a quick wipe out to test some detailing products, just some quickies








And on a side note, I bought these today . . .



so . . . I smell more weight reduction, hahaha

---------Then we went for some road tests - closed private road blah blah blah ----------

Car hit almost 2,5 bars of boost without fuel cuts , Tom found the issue which was with the Aeromotive FPR, and just when we started logging . . . look . . .

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHqzKSvUNO0"]PTE6262 siliconecoupler failure - YouTube[/ame]

here is a close-up of what happened to the VenAir hose

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lpI0tuTKcA"]VENAIR Silicone Hose Gone Wrong - YouTube[/ame]

I will get it fixed tomorrow, and propably find a boost gauge to see more than 35 psi somehow, and some more things . .. stay tuned . . .