Much appreciated! It was depressing at times, not necessarily on hangups of the build process, but delays on parts and just lack of time on my part...I'd plan for a week to have 3-4 hours to do some...
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Much appreciated! It was depressing at times, not necessarily on hangups of the build process, but delays on parts and just lack of time on my part...I'd plan for a week to have 3-4 hours to do some...
Next up is to install the 2Bennett coils and 034 upper adjustable control arms...then pull the RS4 wheels and have those refurbed and reskinned...then finish the meth injection...
Got the tail end of the exhaust wrapped up...couldn't be happier! :revs:
Milltek turbo back system with custom rears from the axle back...3" straight through resonators on the back end...
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A little roll off vid...it's hard to put mufflers on this...and it is just my fun car...:incar:
https://youtu.be/RsnG2cQWP24
So true! Since my car is 100% a fun sunny day driver, I may keep the roar in it...and could easily throw the Miltek cans back on if I do want to take a road trip at some point. And yes, nice that...
My car came with the Miltek catless DP's that were connected to the factory sport system with a slight reducer coupling. I picked up the non-res Miltek system a couple of years ago and bolted that...
Yeah, everything works as it should. Nubcake did my tune for the manual swap that took care of any ABS and Traction Control lights (plus SAI delete and more power!), so my only light that is still...
Appreciate the thoughts! At this point, I'm pretty happy...and I'm sure the more I drive it, the better feel I'll have. I'll keep fiddling and may try the throw adjustment to 10%, but happy enough...
Slowly but surely making progress...Nubcake is fine-tuning my tune and I was a little worried about the shift linkage being too notchy. I do have the full JHM short shifter, and all of the...
Getting some kinks worked out....dare I say that this thing might be too fast now? :dig:
Thanks for the insight, I know exactly which line you are talking about...we'll see what we come up with after some higher boost logs...
That said, I need to go out and try the car again this...
Yeah, he's like NEO reading the matrix! :bow:
Also, the fact that he's so quick on the response to emails and willing to share great insight is invaluable and much appreciated, thanks Nubcake!
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Yes, finicky for sure! Good thing is the tune is in and reading data...Nub said that it should be recording if showing data, so we'll get it figured out...I don't think he ever sleeps!
And...
A bit more work done...fender liners in, RS4 wheels on...really happy with these without spacers and 9 pounds per wheel/tire lighter than the RS6 set!
Had an "oh sh*t" moment when I was putting...
Moving along...after a few miles, I feel confident that it's going to be leak free...also felt solid up to highway speeds without any vibrations. Got the engine stuff tied up and front skins...
Thanks!...although the purpose of my thread was supposed to be encouraging to make others feel like they CAN do this at home! I must say, that in the middle of this, and also when it was time to...
Alright! Got the coolant in, P/S fluid in and purged, and heat cycled with no leaks! Met my goal to get this done by today, at least to be able to fire up and run safely & even creep out of the...
Had a few hours last night to work on the car, and basically wasted my time with some rookie mistakes...I'll blame this partially on taking so damn long to get this thing re-installed and forgetting...
Hah, so true! Seriously though, my neighbors are pretty cool about everything...and for the amount of tools and general mechanical knowledge that I share, they put up with me! I live in a...
Ohhh, so close! Got the wheel bearings done, axles in, and a few extra under-car BS things done...
Ready to pull the car out of the garage for the first time under it's own power...and no...
Minimal progress, but hoping for a big day on Sunday...got one of the front wheel bearings removed and the hub back on the new one...need to get that side in and torqued down with the axle in and...
Found my brake light issue...looks like when I removed the brake light switch on the pedal cluster to swap pedals, I damage it...super fragile! Have another on the way...about 10 supersessions, so...
Thanks! Yes, I'm a bit of an overthinker, so with the car down for so long, then going back in my mind on how many mini projects that I did over the course of that time, I was a bit stressed out for...
Today was a good day....:revs: :dig:
https://youtu.be/L50u3mvtIdQ
Interesting...soon to find out...that is, if the car starts for me in the next day or so...:stick: