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Members => Projects & Installs => Topic started by: grillage on November 02, 2015, 12:20:57 am
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Hey all!
I have posted a few general questions here but I will give a more full rundown of the project so far...
Long story short, I had a 1993 Audi V8 and wanted to swap the engine into something else.
I found this really rough 1990 audi coupe quattro:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/DSC01239_zps3622a1ee.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/DSC01239_zps3622a1ee.jpg.html)
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/DSC01278_zpsed3ab078.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/DSC01278_zpsed3ab078.jpg.html)
and set to work on fixing it up as a recipient for the 4.2L V8 ABH engine from the V8
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/39881F42-EF34-4F32-B489-498922E19CCB_zpsqevawqfh.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/39881F42-EF34-4F32-B489-498922E19CCB_zpsqevawqfh.jpg.html)
I ended up taking the bottom of the ABH and the top of an ABZ (audi A8 engine) so I could ditch the distributors and go coil on plugs.
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/8D7E34C7-CFCD-4FBF-8FC5-BD08890A961C_zpsin1ezxkf.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/8D7E34C7-CFCD-4FBF-8FC5-BD08890A961C_zpsin1ezxkf.jpg.html)
Got a new B4 hood and cleaned up the inside:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/DSC01283_zps3370243e.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/DSC01283_zps3370243e.jpg.html)
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/DSC01286_zpse7fa18ee.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/DSC01286_zpse7fa18ee.jpg.html)
I took a 1997 A8 harness and made it work for VEMS:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/E61B4B51-7D94-46D6-A7B0-CE3882609920_zpsbnkg8lji.jpg)
Got some motor mounts made:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/6E94EF12-3E16-4718-BAB5-720B65597EF0_zpscagd4z4k.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/6E94EF12-3E16-4718-BAB5-720B65597EF0_zpscagd4z4k.jpg.html)
and started test fitting:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/A6283031-B480-43E7-BDE9-A04473AD0007_zpsnivcwi2y.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/A6283031-B480-43E7-BDE9-A04473AD0007_zpsnivcwi2y.jpg.html)
I was having some trigger issues and so I had to move the flywheel a little closer to the engine. Now I get the crank position sensor, flywheel teeth better:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/09C86BEE-F4B7-4477-9EB0-8181DBC9AEF6_zpswcu26veb.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/09C86BEE-F4B7-4477-9EB0-8181DBC9AEF6_zpswcu26veb.jpg.html)
I'm running auditrigger by the way...
Then I figured out the biggest radiator that would fit:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/45CCA08E-8DDD-42FA-8ED3-546163B0DFAB_zpsjkf9nv0t.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/45CCA08E-8DDD-42FA-8ED3-546163B0DFAB_zpsjkf9nv0t.jpg.html)
Took this shroud kit from Summit Auto Parts and hacked it up to make a shroud for the radiator:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/BABE1B72-CCF1-47AE-9D65-E49A9F6D1FCB_zpsy4dg43xe.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/BABE1B72-CCF1-47AE-9D65-E49A9F6D1FCB_zpsy4dg43xe.jpg.html)
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/3B1925A1-D91E-477A-B122-088D2775C9FC_zpslfy2vpb3.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/3B1925A1-D91E-477A-B122-088D2775C9FC_zpslfy2vpb3.jpg.html)
Mocked up a snub mount:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/5CF8B573-CAAC-4DDF-A983-24978DECC64A_zps2ekotv6q.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/5CF8B573-CAAC-4DDF-A983-24978DECC64A_zps2ekotv6q.jpg.html)
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/2D2227A8-ED19-4985-9296-C69A4ADB84B9_zpscfo0kmth.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/2D2227A8-ED19-4985-9296-C69A4ADB84B9_zpscfo0kmth.jpg.html)
drew out the radiator hoses:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/C1C27ED3-66EC-49A3-916E-B637ACE78805_zpslzbovit1.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/C1C27ED3-66EC-49A3-916E-B637ACE78805_zpslzbovit1.jpg.html)
and made them:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/529185BD-F4B7-43AA-9816-1A63F07FA698_zpsgne1w3iy.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/529185BD-F4B7-43AA-9816-1A63F07FA698_zpsgne1w3iy.jpg.html)
Got the exhaust built:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/image_zpszwhkxb60.jpeg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/image_zpszwhkxb60.jpeg.html)
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/115D24BE-98D5-4084-9EF1-C85E52C9B4E2_zpsehxtk072.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/115D24BE-98D5-4084-9EF1-C85E52C9B4E2_zpsehxtk072.jpg.html)
Here's what it looks like now:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/grillage/Coupe/12934452-5E19-4F2A-8E2E-A1C3BB87E228_zps6zm6uwlx.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/grillage/media/Coupe/12934452-5E19-4F2A-8E2E-A1C3BB87E228_zps6zm6uwlx.jpg.html)
and here's what it sounds like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ScOYwV8WwI
So here I am working on the base tune. I have a log here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7HlyuOSGlvQUVU4X3c2eG4ySnM/view?usp=sharing
I'd LOVE some feedback on it