RS6-speed

[hahnmgh63]

Just pulled my valve covers too to do the gaskets, they have never leaked in 67K. Valve train looked clean & the cams had no noticeable wear. The plastic / Teflon cam chain guide showed no wear either. I have used Redline 10W-40 since 25K on the car with oil changes at about every 6K miles. I'm also Anal enough at the oil changes to fill my filter with oil before I install it so there isn't the dry startup. I fill it, let it soak into the filtration pleats, then fill it again, then put a plastic sandwich bag over the top to keep dirt out until I maneuver it into place then pull the bag and tilt it on quickly to keep from loosing much oil out of it. See, a little Anal.

[JSRS6]

I thought everybody did that....

[ttboost]

I thought everybody did that....

Me too? Stupid OCD....

[Carbonman]

Tuesday update - quite a bit done today. Starter installed and tested. Had to "massage" a couple lines out of the way, but it fits and turns the motor over nicely. Turbos reinstalled, lines hooked back up, sub-frame back on and gear selector bolted up. Drive train is ready to go back in the car!

Tomorrow will be pedals, wiring and engine re-install. Just about there. ECU still has to be sorted, but there's something cooking on that front too. I'm ready to drive it - been almost three months.


Engine and tranny


Starter installed


Started close-up - pretty cozy.


A complete 6-speed RS6 motor


Hi flow pre-cats


Complete drive train with sub-frame


Scene of the crime.

[Jimmy Joe]

Carbonman, thank you very much for the pictures! It's a royal tour on the engine and trans for those of us that don't have the opportunity to get to know the innards of the Beast. It sure beats the Manual, keep up the good work and the pictures, lots, lots of pictures. BTW, ¿what kind of transmission is that? ¿Did you beefed up the internals? As I said thank you very much.

[terrytcl]

what tranny mounts are you using?

nice progress with the swap! i'm getting itchy too.

perhaps steve can chime in, but is there any way to mount a twin clutch on that flywheel?

[JSRS6]

IIRC, twin plate clutches are of slightly smaller diameter in order to achieve approximately the same pedal feel with increased clamping force. All the ones I've seen have clutch and flywheel as a kit.

[terrytcl]

IIRC, twin plate clutches are of slightly smaller diameter in order to achieve approximately the same pedal feel with increased clamping force. All the ones I've seen have clutch and flywheel as a kit.

i've seen one that was bolt on, but yes, most of them are a kit with flywheel.

is there any way to use a 2.7t twin disk kit on the rs6... custom drilled for 10 bolts? most are custom order, so i assume they can do this. are the dimensions the same for mounting a standard 2.7 flywheel onto the BCY engine except for the 10 holes?

[Matt@ravenms]

i've seen one that was bolt on, but yes, most of them are a kit with flywheel.

is there any way to use a 2.7t twin disk kit on the rs6... custom drilled for 10 bolts? most are custom order, so i assume they can do this. are the dimensions the same for mounting a standard 2.7 flywheel onto the BCY engine except for the 10 holes?

Yes, you can get a Twin Disc. The base of my Flywheel is a B5 S4, just with the correct bolt pattern. So, a Twin Disc is not a Problem. PM Me if interested in having one Made.

[terrytcl]

thanks for the info matt.

i'm looking to order one in the fall. my project won't start until next spring.
i have to rebuild my 01E... straight gear 1st.

[Carbonman]

Sorry - No pictures with this post, but good news. The RS6 is back together, minus a few bits and pieces! Jeff got pulled a lot of directions at the shop yesterday and when I stopped over after work, the engine was still out of the car, but ready to go. Well much to my surprise at around 5:30 Jeff decided to get the engine back in! I thought he was joking, but 40 minutes later, there it was, bolted back in the car. Unreal! Today, he spent most of the day getting everything hooked back up, drive and half shafts back in, pedals installed, etc. At about 4:30, the battery was hooked back up and the car started right up! He buzzed through the gears and it all looks great! No coolant yet, so it was only a very brief run.

Tomorrow will be coolant, misc button up, brake switch (good to have), bumper back on and some other miscellaneous tidy up. I'll get pictures up when I get the chance.

Once that's done, I will have to sort ECU stuff, but EPL has a partial solution and are working a the complete deal. The car will be street ready, but will have CEL and transmission lights on the dash until that's done.

I'd have to say this is the fastest RS6 conversion ever, anywhere, in the world. Imola's got it going.

[MaxRS6]

Congrats and that is on rocket time!!

[4everRS]

Amazing Eric. I can't believe how fast they do it. Good luck with the test drives over the next day or two.

[Carbonman]

It's Friday! Pretty slow day - bumper on, check for leaks, etc and a after lunch exit to beat the cabin crowds. No joy getting the USP stainless line to seal to their slave cylinder. We'll have to drop the rear of the transmission to see if we can get a better wrench on it and get it tighter. Hopefully that will take care of it. Drove the car a little bit which was cool, but it's low on power (limp mode) and with a leaky slave line, the clutch is a bit tricky to manage. Engagement feels really nice (Spec stage 3+).

Good news is with the JHM shifter in the car, the standard carbon fiber surround works! Now I just need to sort a boot and get that to fit.

Monday will be chasing a couple bugs including the speedometer, which is showing an open circuit - probably a broken wire in the harness, which had to be relocated.

That's about it for now. Enjoy the weekend and happy father's day to all you dads!

[speedtrapped]

Awesome, and fast work.....congrats!

[Carbonman]

It's Friday! Pretty slow day - bumper on, check for leaks, etc and an after lunch exit to beat the cabin crowds. No joy getting the USP stainless line to seal to their slave cylinder. We'll have to drop the rear of the transmission to see if we can get a better wrench on it and get it tighter. Hopefully that will take care of it. Drove the car a little bit which was cool, but it's low on power (limp mode) and with a leaky slave line, the clutch is a bit tricky to manage. Engagement feels really nice (Spec stage 3+).

Good news is with the JHM shifter in the car, the standard carbon fiber surround works! Now I just need to sort a boot and get that to fit.

Monday will be chasing a couple bugs including the speedometer, which is showing an open circuit - probably a broken wire in the harness, which had to be relocated.

That's about it for now. Enjoy the weekend and happy father's day to all you dads!

[Benman]

Please keep the updates coming!

Ben, sorry I could not make that one. Saturday mornings are spent at work.

[ben916]

Please keep the updates coming!

Ben, sorry I could not make that one. Saturday mornings are spent at work.

No problemo!
Run down of the day and it includes a 6sp RS6...

Dennis and I met at Coffee Bean in Mission Valley and drove up to go to OEMPlus but it was 8:30AM and they were not open, so we headed up to Coffee/Cars Irvine.
Lots of exotics goodies! Barrett of Barrett/Jackson auctions was there. Around 9:30AM, headed to OEMPlus and they had an R8 V8 with a twin turbo set up, then a Stasis R8 V10 Supercharged parked there, then later an R8 V8 Supercharged showed up... Well the main goal of head to Raven was at hand so we proceeded up to Long Beach, Ca to find this C5 RS6 6speed of Ricardo's @ Raven MS. If anyone has driven around Long Beach area, it is industrial and out of nowhere, there where about 30 Audis on the street, we knew we had the place! Unfortunately, Dennis and I were not able to drive Ricardo's 6sp RS6 as there was an issue with the ABS system that was intermittently applying brake pressure. We did talk quite a bit of shop, saw some LOVELY ER Intercoolers (YES I have proof as does Pat).

Issues that HAVEN'T been addressed in this thread:
Rear Diff gear ratio. A6 vs RS6
O2 Sensor bungs.
ECU tunes.

Pictures are soon to arrive...

PS - 1:15minutes from Mission Valley @ 71MPH to Irvine
PSS - 3:45minutes from Raven @ 22MPH to Mission Valley - GOBS of traffic...