The Project Pad

loxxrider wrote:Yeah, it's hard to beat a car that's already "swapped" with a 20v from the factory Don't worry about scrapping a T44... as long as is isn't a 200 20v

ugh, Almost got rear ended for the 5th time in a month dailying my car… I just scream to my self STAHP STAHP…. makes me want to just garage this one with it only being 130k………

I want a a 20v for daily duties in a bad way

themagellan wrote:

loxxrider wrote:Yeah, it's hard to beat a car that's already "swapped" with a 20v from the factory Don't worry about scrapping a T44... as long as is isn't a 200 20v

ugh, Almost got rear ended for the 5th time in a month dailying my car… I just scream to my self STAHP STAHP…. makes me want to just garage this one with it only being 130k………

I want a a 20v for daily duties in a bad way

Hmmm... do you want an avant or a sedan? I think we might be able to work something out...

Got the job



Saying it is a bad influence on my car addiction is an understatement... Already doing a little shopping

i know that sexy 993 thats never been driven on the street, congrats again dude.

Havent actually even seen that one around the shop yet but so. Much. Car. Porn. Every. Day. I'm busting ass to learn and improve but like I said, hardest part of the job is working with full wood all day hahaha

Nice! What about the s4?

Nope no URS4 in my future, gonna keep the 5k on the road as long as possible. Looking at getting into a project that can actually be profitable rather than a money pit.

vt10vt wrote:Nope no URS4 in my future, gonna keep the 5k on the road as long as possible. Looking at getting into a project that can actually be profitable rather than a money pit.

What did you have in mind as a profitable project? Obviously cant be a car.

DE80q wrote:

vt10vt wrote:Nope no URS4 in my future, gonna keep the 5k on the road as long as possible. Looking at getting into a project that can actually be profitable rather than a money pit.

What did you have in mind as a profitable project? Obviously cant be a car.

It's pretty much impossible not to make money on an aircooled 911, especially given my new line of work

Very nice. And congrats on the new job!

my2000apb wrote:

vt10vt wrote:It's pretty much impossible not to make money on an aircooled 911

And thus the reason for changing marques. Will retain some form of Audi winter beater probably forever unless a cheap C4 comes along down the line.

Haven't been doing nothing, just not a lot on my cars

To recap, the Avant almost got scrapped, instead got sold for $400 as a parts car.

So this is turning into the Valentine 5k/everything else not my GTI thread. Last week I FINALLY did the 5-10 "ish" year old timing belt on the 5k... let's just say I'm not sure if the belt or tensioner was more scary. Feeling much better, further upgrades coming, still rocking it every day without putting a penny into it.

The timing belt/H20 pump was an MC2 setup I ordered years ago by accident, stole an almost brand new idler off my free MC2 block and bam, good for another 100k She does need an oil change like woah.

Mostly just working on boring shit though...



~500hp K27 930 makes me I welded in a nice sized patch and some fresh 930 flare to cover up some previous brake ducting. Came out pretty primo, I'm happy to report I have been invited back to work on it haha. I'll get some pics of the finished product. Then I burned/scraped undercoat in the trunk for a couple hours.

New tools: Always fun. I had actually lit it up a few times at this point, not sure why I look so amazed



After studying Porsches like it's my job ( ) on and off the clock for weeks it was nice to finally lay hands on one. Looking foreword to more in the future.

Valentine puked coolant once at at home bad and the next day at work. Zero shits were given, daily driving was continued with intermittent coolant low level light and zero overheating. Distilled water added three weeks later. Rock on 5k, rock on.

On a related note I finally bought not one but two 3.0l b6 a4s this week. Project mayhem to commence, hopefully resulting in a nice new daily by the end of winter.

Riveting update Shawn, I can't wait to to see more.
What's the plans for the 3.0's? Fix them up or swap.

I vote 2.7t swap

But yes, more infos please.

Haha what that didnt keep yoy guys on the edges of your seats?!

One b6 rear ended someone so the nose is toast but has good heads, interior body panels electronics etc. Other is mint mint inside and outside and is a sport package but lost the engine. The hit car has mint summers and the mint car has mint snows which is the main reason I'm getting both. Goal is to pull both motors and part/scrap it all to end up with the nice one, sans engine, for $800 or so.

Then a $500 1.8t parts car from the local yard should yield a $200 engine which I'll throw a set of rods in, put it on megasquirt with a holset for good measure to result in an unbreakable ~400hp daily. The nice car is an 02 which means flexible main shaft 01e goodness.

What sold me was getting in the nice one... put the seat so far back I couldnt put the clutch all the way down. I'm 6'5 = sold

Sounds like a sweatheart deal, all around! Would like to see progress, as I'd estimate the car doesn't stay "stock" for long lol

So pretty minor update. The 5k toils on, I took it on a round trip up to Portland, Maine and back the weekend before last. More than 15hrs of driving easy, I went with tow straps, alt belts, tools, a jack, even a 75ft extension cord and a battery charger since the battery is pretty weak, so of course nothing went wrong

Today I finally installed a part from the company I work for. I converted to lug studs and I used the longest ones we have... 60mm death race style stud poke; perfect for the theme of the car. Anyways, here's a few pics and some work related stuff. I've been getting to do a lot of marketing style stuff and all these pictures are taken by yours truly, sorry if the size format is a little goofy these are all my Instagram square format copies!



Winter in VT got me like




Only thing more impressive than watching a water jet cut sheet at crazy speed?



Watching it cut 1" thick TITANIUM



The 930 project I've been helping out with here and there:



My coworker/friend Tom Ritt hard at work



B6 updates soon

Okay so about that B6... to rehash it was a 3.0l V6 01E 6spd that I got for $350 after parting/scrapping the other almost identical B6 I got in a package with the silver car.

It has taken wayy longer and way more money and time than originally anticipated. I guess in the end I should have anticipated that. To rehash the goals of this build they were/are:

-400whp capable 1.8t w/ 6spd 01E
-Comfortable and reliable daily
-Relatively cheap to build
-Integrated factory B6 Body, AWM engine and VEMS ECU

So this is what I came up with for a build sheet:

AWM 1.8T traded ABA/16v for the complete motor/harness, the AWM used a wideband 02 so it was the perfect harness
AEB pistons
SCAT Rods/ARP Studs
ARP Headstuds
Stock small port head
Southbend Stg 4 clutch
Southbend Steel Flywheel
VEMS Econoseal - Sequential ignition w/ Bosch COP
Siemens 870cc injectors
Walbro 400lph (E85 version)
Homebuilt equalish divided exhaust manifold
-Cerakote ceramic coating applied by me
Fully divided wastegate feeds
Audi I5 wastegate
HX35 (12cm/3 - 7 blade)
ARP Headstuds
3" DP
3" -> to dual 2.25" exhaust (going to see if I need to go 2.5")
6 Speed 01E (factory stock)
CX Racing intercooler
Homebuilt 3" charge piping
Homebuilt engine mounts

Anyway, on to some pics!

Towing the B6 into my downtown Burlington garage (at my house no extra cost in rent )


Starting on the manifold - This sucked and took forever.




Test fitting:




Rods and pistons:


Engine cleaning:


Engine bay cleaning:


Rebuilt the HX35:


Whoops, sorry for non Audi content


Getting ready to go in:


3" Stainless DP w/ wastegate feed and 02 bung:


Southbend Flywheel:


And Southbend Clutch:


Viola:




It's almost too sleeper... took it to a local meet and only one group even got close to look under the hood


What's behind the bumper:


How it sits now more or less:






I know the B6 is just about everyone's least favorite, but for me the price combined with the comfort, the cleanliness of this chassis (inside and out) and the factory 01E made it a great choice. Someday I may move the driveline into a nice B5 but we shall see. I think I'm going to paint the lowers body colored, and next spring (assuming plans stay the same) I will be doing Cayenne calipers, potentially a semi-built head and some combination of mild lowering, adjustable dampers and a larger rear swaybar in anticipation of running a couple track days next summer.

Thanks for reading along!

So I've been driving it for about a month, around town and highway cruise are decent, idle quality is alright and it has yet to leave me stranded! It's currently making 10psi (1.9bar spring) and goes okay.

There's been so many little projects to chase and finish I haven't gotten around to adding more boost yet. Just a lot of working out bugs and finishing little things that bother me. This ended up eating a lot of my summer so I've been trying to take time to enjoy the rest of that short VT season too. Plus I'm single in gorgeous Burlington so I spend some time doing that too.

Once I have it running around 20psi and I'm certain the build is solid and can take it we will be headed to EFI Express so Mr. Swanson can do some power tuning- can't wait for that!

Nice! This thread is once again relevant to my interests... a lime green Holslut... awesome.

lets do some tuning saturday! I am indeed free.

Don't swap it to a B5, for the love of all that's holy! I love the B6 chassis, can't wait to do an avant build myself. You know, a responsible family wagon. haha

Great work so far, looking forward to updates!