Marc's 1990 4.2L V8 Twin Turbo Coupe Quattro

Toxcheap · Post by **Toxcheap** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:44 pm

a4kquattro wrote:
Toxcheap wrote:Someone get that kid a stool to stand on

asshat :-P

still ROFLMAO

WAUG0806 · Post by **WAUG0806** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:02 pm

a4kquattro wrote:
Toxcheap wrote:Someone get that kid a stool to stand on

asshat :-P

be kind to the vertically challenged there!

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Toxcheap · Post by **Toxcheap** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:55 am

So Marc did that fix it or what?

Quote this pic: Me first..."I now pronounce you husband and wife!" :lol:

Derracuda · Post by **Derracuda** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:00 am

man, doug's only a little bit taller than me....

SilverCQ · Post by **SilverCQ** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:07 am

damn, doug looks huge in that pic, how tall are you man? (im 6'6")

oh and that 4k looks sooooooo nice thumbsup to both you and marc on that one :thumbsup:

WAUG0806 · Post by **WAUG0806** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:47 am

6'4" and shrinking

my caption-

"Here's your car sir, the boost is on backorder and will be there in a few days... trust me"

Post by **Marc** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:36 am

WAUG0806 wrote:6'4" and shrinking

my caption-

"Here's your car sir, the boost is on backorder and will be there in a few days... trust me"

well it did come back, didn't it?

Cat-gutting did the trick which is something you actually suggested while we were phone-diagnosing. You got a good start on your turbo audi diagnostics

WAUG0806 · Post by **WAUG0806** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:40 am

now if I could just un clog my calendar as easily and still make a living! :wink:

Post by **Marc** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:06 pm

Aaaaaand now I have a clutch that works

Drove the car out of the driveway for the first time, albeit only long enough to turn the car around and point it in the other direction.

w00t.

GTIVR62801 · Post by **GTIVR62801** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:28 pm

I'm going to start the Watkins Glen chant now.

PRA4WX · Post by **PRA4WX** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:40 pm

SaaaaweeeeeT! 8)

Post by **HT Motorsport** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:01 pm

Video coming in about 10 mins

Post by **HT Motorsport** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:24 pm

Here it is

http://homepage.mac.com/haydntaylor/iMo ... ter16.html

NJOY

Post by **Marc** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:41 pm

lol @ the stalling moments. I should add this car has not been tuned, at all. I have the wideband hooked up but couldn't get any data out of it. I'll have to trouble shoot that as my next todo item, right next to fixing a few coolant leaks.

Thanks for stopping by and taking some vids haydn, it was <sniff> quite a moment driving the car for the first time.

SilverCQ · Post by **SilverCQ** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:07 pm

SWEEEET!

s2 on the way · Post by **s2 on the way** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:21 pm

its alive............................

congrats......
lookin forward to seein what the v8tt puts out when its dialed in....

WAUG0806 · Post by **WAUG0806** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:00 pm

8) ... exciting for sure, nice looking hardware!

git er done!

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:50 am

:woowoo:

3bAudios · Post by **3bAudios** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:19 pm

:woowoo: yay Marc!!!!

SpoolinS6 · Post by **SpoolinS6** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:50 pm

Very nice Marc, you must be stoked!

3B'dB3 · Post by **3B'dB3** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:04 pm

I think you have a brake light out!

jk, the car is awesome!!!!! 8)

Jretal · Post by **Jretal** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:05 am

a4kquattro wrote: it was <sniff> quite a moment driving the car for the first time.

I hear ya... it was great to finally drive my 4000 this weekend after 8 months!

congrats buddy!!!

Post by **Marc** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:54 pm

Man, been more than a week since a post in my project thread, time for an update

Couple of things, first off I figured out the source of my exhaust leak, the welds I made for the v-band flanges cracked on one side (I did not use any special methods on these. The one I gave to a professional welder to do on my wagon is holding up perftect to daily use and abuse, these failed just from test firing the motor and spinning it around in the driveway :-o)

The cure will be to grind off the old weld, heat the part to ~250F, use a high nickel content rod, and allow the piece to cool slowly. Thats what my welding instructor did for my GT3071 on the wagon and its holding perfect

While I was in there I knew I was going to have to re-route my coolant connections on the radiator as I had :tard: 'd ly put both input and output way high at the top on both ends of the radiator.. the effect being that only the first 3 rows or so were actually being used :bashtard:

So I'll be flipping around the connections so the copper adapter pipe will swing right and the connection at the t-stat will go to the bottom left hand corner (from the drivers perspective)

Post by **Marc** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:04 pm

Got the turbo flanges all welded up today and re-installed them on the car. After I put the exhaust all back together I decided to investigate why the car was running so crappy when I drove it out of the driveway to spin it around in the garage. Turns out the last time I pressure washed the engine I apparently wasn't very careful about making sure water didn't get into the spark plug holes because there was all kinds of rusty spooge in #8 and #4, bad enough for the spring running in my coil pack connector to be corroded all the way down. Running on 6/8 probably doesn't make for a smooth running engine :-P

audifreakjim · Post by **audifreakjim** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:31 pm

:stupid: :slap: :cheers: :-D