Man, those plugs look wild. It almost looks like FOD vs. melting stuff from detonation. That much detonation should sound absolutely horrific inside the car--like, mechanical destruction happening under load type of rattling metal noises.

This is all really cool.

It's Sunday and three packages have arrived. I'm going for a bike ride

Parts are on their way via no fewer than seven UPS/Fedex packages, scheduled to arrive Friday/Saturday. There is basically 0% chance all of them show up on time, so I'm taking it easy on the superhustle this week.

If any of you get the chance to meet and hang around Kirk/thequattromog, be wary. He's a great guy and super nice, but the ambition he has for projects is contagious.

Long story short, he picked up Afterthought's white '83 20vt UrQ, and I've been working to get it tuned up on VEMS. It's a really ...

alxdgr8 wrote:Some motivation for me to get my UrQ up to snuff for you...so then I can shear some 016 teeth

I'm ready when you are! I think there is a lot left in your car from what we've spoken about, from power to fuel economy. I know you'll use it too!

Sam

2020 Update!

The Coupe provided me reliable transportation in the PNW from the time I moved my household up here in June 2019 until the end of February, 2020 when I brought the rest of my things including my Mk7 GTI up from Phoenix. Throughout almost that entire period, I was commuting back and ...

Super glue the nylon line into the rubber hose.

Damn, it looks like you've been having a great time! I am jelly of all of the single track, I have no one to ride with down here so my MTB gets little to no use. Car is looking good! I too am excited to see how the PNW treats you, rest assured with this group there is at least someone local to any ...

Two updates in a month!?

A couple weekends ago, Jim, Micah (pra4wx) and I planned a guy's weekend mountain bike trip in Moab. Since I got back into mountain biking about a year and a half ago, Micah has been a great friend and riding buddy. If anyone is ever in Phoenix and into biking, look him up ...

Getting the Coupe ready for a cross country trip, and one thing I'm working on is keeping the exhaust smell out of the interior. When I repainted the car a couple years ago, I removed the tail lights and in the process removed/lost much of the rubber sealing material around the edges. I'm pretty ...

audifreakjim wrote:Blah blah, can you fit two bikes in the back of that thing?

Is that a challenge?

Alex notiied me that I haven't logged onto here in...forever. I thought I wrote a BBQ update but guess not.

First things first...BBQ5 or 6? BBQ 2018!

I himmed and hawed for a while about what to do with the Audi last year. Lack of motivation to do anything with it, combined with missing the ...

I've had a couple close calls finding good engines/blocks. Haven't pulled the trigger on anything yet. I picked up a nasty mountain biking habit that has been sucking up free time and money. Still, I've realized I almost forget what it's like to drive a super fun old Audi and it makes me really miss ...

Now that you have the Fox body wheels on, are the old wheels up for sale by chance?

It is confirmed. I'll be there from June 2nd-7th. Hopefully visiting Hank's shop that Monday or Tuesday. Anyone else gonna be around? Would like to visit with some of you as I'm never out west!

I might be out there for a day sometime in that timeframe. I will keep you in mind and hit you up. We ...

That's common to see in a catch can, it's what you get when a lot of moisture mixes with a little oil vapor. The moisture is normal crankcase vapors.

Sam

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Does 034 still sell their silcone hoses? That's what I run, zero issues with fitment or the hose leaking like some people reported issues with.

The only autoboxes I would at all consider would be the 6spds in B7/C6 models. Everything else is fragile and shifts really slowly. Like, why bother building a strong, responsive performance engine if you're just going to connect it to a mediocre transmission. You would also need to be using an OEM ...

Whelp the after the freshly rebuilt engine got broke in and i started turning up the boost E85 here in arizona changed to e55 ethanol so i pulled timing/boost and fuel for a get around town tune and basically stopped driving the car. fast forward a few months and i took the time to relay the fuel ...

A little tiny piece of me hopes this isn't a sign of a death vibration like Hank talks about that breaks TT-RS cranks in half when using a single mass flywheel. Might be wise to invest in a better crank balancer? We deal with the same shit on the super lightweight Porsche stroker cranks and ...

Bro. That looks beautiful, and so much less work/ghettoness than doing it yourself in the middle of Summer. Can't wait to see the final results!

Sam

I would've liked to get balanced but it wasn't in my budget and my *gasp* shady f#cking machinist said its pointless when you account for carbon buildup on the pistons. Idk he's probably a crackhead. Anyway I'm glad to hear an eta Chris. It'll be awesome!

I weighed a whole bunch of pistons during ...

Having it balanced would be nice but I think we're past that point now. Plus it seems to be a dark art lol.

I believe the engine is almost done being assembled now and will be going in next week. We have a concrete date for finishing it now which revolves around my vacation time just before ...