About a year and a half ago I got a package deal on a pair of 3.0l B6 A4s. One of them had been hit but had a good engine and this one was an early '02 so it has the FYF 01E and a minty body and interior but a wrecked 3.0l. I bought them, parted the other car in a weekend, sold everything I didn't need and ended up with a $350 01E equipped, super clean roller. Then I traded an ABA/16v and 020 trans for a complete AWM with harness which is the later wideband version, small port head internal water pump etc.
The car sat at my parents for a few months in the winter and when spring came I moved it to downtown Burlington so I could work on it at my house. The plan was a big turbo 1.8t as they did come in that chassis so theoretically parts should be readily available when needed. I figured a bad ass Southbend clutch, some rods, a big 'ol Holset, VEMS and I could make good power on the cheap in comfort.
Exhaust valves were the only thing I didn't do that I felt like I should have, but we'll get to that...
So over the course of 5 months I put this thing together. It still rocks stock suspension and brakes but I got some HP2s for cheap I'm going to put on. Almost all the fab work was done in my garage, all the TIG welding was done at my work (Rennline Inc.) but I built the header, engine and everything else in the tiniest of garages. My intake manifold throttle body flange is really the only thing I didn't do myself, and there are some hacks (catch can and turbo outlet elbow
) but overall I'm pretty happy with the result.The list:
FYF 01E
VEMS standalone
Southbend custom 6 puck clutch and steel flywheel
AWM (now parts runner status)
Stock head/cams/valves
AEB Pistons
Scat rods
ARP headstuds
Walbro 460lph pump
Siemens 870cc injectors @4bar = 1000cc
Stock combo lines/rail (3.0l wasn't returnless)
Forge Splitter DV totally vented (junkyard find)
Home built divided equal(ish) length manifold
Holset HX35 7 blade- was stock 12cm, now .63 exhaust housing
Audi I5 wastegate
Stock intake manifold w/ VR6 TB flange
VR6 throttle body
CX Racing special gigantic intercooler
3" intercooler piping
3" downpipe -> 3" to diff -> 2x 2.25" home built $75 exhaust
Anyway, onto some pics!
Let's start with some good old 5cyl content: the $500 5k of win bringing the engine home
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The shell losing it's 3.0l in the rents garage
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Moved to my house! I live downtown and got really lucky and have a garage and relatively big driveway
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Clean engine bay
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Gromit with the 7 blade HX35
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) girlfriend's Prius C and found a new block and head from my friend Rusty who works at the local VW dealership. It's now an AWP block with AUG head, AWM cams and AEB pistons #partsrunner 
This is the view from my kitchen window- that's my MK2 and those flames are maybe 30ft from my garage/house
