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Okay now that's out of the way, hi guys it me. I've been on Stanceworks for a long time and some of you may have seen my Mazda6 before. Here it is:
Having reached the point of diminishing returns with the Mazda and also recently finished business school and gotten a job, I started to look around at potential project cars. This time around, wanted to do something older, 80s-90sish and hopefully keep it relatively functional. I'm still keeping the Mazda but for a quick financial boost I sold the Works off the car and used some of the money to buy the new one!
This is a 1995 Audi S6, which is referred to as the UrS6 because Ur is a prefix in German meaning 'the original' or something. Don't quote me on that. It has the most evolved version of Audi's 5-cylinder turbocharged engine, a 5 speed manual transmission, and Quattro of course. These are pretty rare cars at least in the states, and this particular example is... uh.... rough, with 262k miles on it. Pretty much a recipe for guaranteed trouble-free ownership and bliss.
Actually it's a pretty funny story how I found the car. It was on craigslist back in my home state of NC for $2200 or something like that, very little detail in the ad but the previous owner said he had replaced TB/WP, tensioner, valve cover gasket, a turbo hose, etc etc. Was incredibly ratty/dirty and beat up, but he said he dailied it. I offered $1000 over text sort of as a way of leaving whether I bought the car up to fate, and he accepted. Then I had to buy a plane ticket to go get the damn thing!
When I arrived in NC, here's what I saw:
Note the sticker residue (I think from racing) on the door and the smorgasbord of dents. The front bumper is supposed to flare out to meet the S6's fenders but it doesn't because someone replaced it with a beat to shit regular A6 bumper. The doors and front fenders have rust holes, but the underbody is pretty much OK.
The car made it 450 miles back from NC to Georgia without any trouble other than what I was told it would do, which was mostly leak coolant when parked and the system was pressurized. Got it cleaned up as best I could.
Here's the interior, not bad for the mileage and dem OEM Recaros!
Oh, also here's what was done to the car when I bought it:
- 034 motorsport intake
- Sunpro A-pillar boost gauge
- Exhaust chopped off after cats
- Push button start rigged up, meaning:
---- Doors don't lock
---- Trunk doesn't open because key doesn't work
- FULLY SIQQQQ Carbon fiber wrapped hood, roof, trunk
Anyway, I've started poring over the various mostly-dead forums dedicated to these cars. They're not especially hard to work on and the drivetrains are supposed to be pretty bulletproof, but parts are made from unobtanium and there aren't many Ur-S cars left. Also I have no idea what I'm doing. Recently cleaned the MAF which seemed to improve an intermittent issue where it only boosts 5-7psi which is wastegate pressure, but it still sometimes happens when the car is warm. Maybe N75 or diverter valve next.
As far as plans for the car, I'd like to
- get it mechanically sorted (axles, alignment, fix coolant and boost issues, shifter bushings, fix e brake)
- make it less ugly (doors and fenders to eliminate rust, maybe modify A6 or buy S6 bumper, period correct wheels like Borbet Type A)
- make it faster
Yeah that's pretty much it! Not super mechanically inclined beyond like doing coilovers, brakes, stuff like that so I'm excited to start learning.
Okay now that's out of the way, hi guys it me. I've been on Stanceworks for a long time and some of you may have seen my Mazda6 before. Here it is:
Having reached the point of diminishing returns with the Mazda and also recently finished business school and gotten a job, I started to look around at potential project cars. This time around, wanted to do something older, 80s-90sish and hopefully keep it relatively functional. I'm still keeping the Mazda but for a quick financial boost I sold the Works off the car and used some of the money to buy the new one!
This is a 1995 Audi S6, which is referred to as the UrS6 because Ur is a prefix in German meaning 'the original' or something. Don't quote me on that. It has the most evolved version of Audi's 5-cylinder turbocharged engine, a 5 speed manual transmission, and Quattro of course. These are pretty rare cars at least in the states, and this particular example is... uh.... rough, with 262k miles on it. Pretty much a recipe for guaranteed trouble-free ownership and bliss.
Actually it's a pretty funny story how I found the car. It was on craigslist back in my home state of NC for $2200 or something like that, very little detail in the ad but the previous owner said he had replaced TB/WP, tensioner, valve cover gasket, a turbo hose, etc etc. Was incredibly ratty/dirty and beat up, but he said he dailied it. I offered $1000 over text sort of as a way of leaving whether I bought the car up to fate, and he accepted. Then I had to buy a plane ticket to go get the damn thing!
When I arrived in NC, here's what I saw:
Note the sticker residue (I think from racing) on the door and the smorgasbord of dents. The front bumper is supposed to flare out to meet the S6's fenders but it doesn't because someone replaced it with a beat to shit regular A6 bumper. The doors and front fenders have rust holes, but the underbody is pretty much OK.
The car made it 450 miles back from NC to Georgia without any trouble other than what I was told it would do, which was mostly leak coolant when parked and the system was pressurized. Got it cleaned up as best I could.
Here's the interior, not bad for the mileage and dem OEM Recaros!
Oh, also here's what was done to the car when I bought it:
- 034 motorsport intake
- Sunpro A-pillar boost gauge
- Exhaust chopped off after cats
- Push button start rigged up, meaning:
---- Doors don't lock
---- Trunk doesn't open because key doesn't work
- FULLY SIQQQQ Carbon fiber wrapped hood, roof, trunk
Anyway, I've started poring over the various mostly-dead forums dedicated to these cars. They're not especially hard to work on and the drivetrains are supposed to be pretty bulletproof, but parts are made from unobtanium and there aren't many Ur-S cars left. Also I have no idea what I'm doing. Recently cleaned the MAF which seemed to improve an intermittent issue where it only boosts 5-7psi which is wastegate pressure, but it still sometimes happens when the car is warm. Maybe N75 or diverter valve next.
As far as plans for the car, I'd like to
- get it mechanically sorted (axles, alignment, fix coolant and boost issues, shifter bushings, fix e brake)
- make it less ugly (doors and fenders to eliminate rust, maybe modify A6 or buy S6 bumper, period correct wheels like Borbet Type A)
- make it faster
Yeah that's pretty much it! Not super mechanically inclined beyond like doing coilovers, brakes, stuff like that so I'm excited to start learning.
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