[scubadave]

first, sorry to all those who have been waiting for me to post my writeup on the front mounted radiator. Ive been kinda busy. trying to keep ducks lined up. and sorry that I dont have a decent camera. all I have is my phone.

ok so first, I got the front rad support from a 2.8L 90. put it in and its too high in the middle. cut, lowered about 1-1 and 1/2 inches. welded back together. but with original rad, all of the nipples are on the drivers side as well as the temp switch. so had to mod for that as well.

with these mods in place, the snub mount lines up perfectly.

so now I make brackets for the rad mounts. used alum and the original mounts. you have to hold the rad up and line it up just right so it all fits like it interlocks. then bend the brackets for the right height. there is alot of trial and error. thats the fun of fabrication eh?

with the bottom mounts set, I decided to see how it fits between the headlights. at first It diddnt fit. there wasnt enough room between the lights. I got to looking about how I could get more room. I realized I may be able to push the engine and trans back a bit. so I slotted all the brackets and got about 3/4 of an inch.

after getting more room up front, the rad almost had enough room between the lights. looking at the side tanks I saw I could shave a bit off and gain more room. even just a little.

so with the headlights somewhat handled, now for the upper mounts. I had to cut the upper support and safety catch cause it and the rad occupied the same space. so the original upper mounts would not work in this instance. so, more fab. I had some alum angle, drilled holes, attached to the holes in the front.

used secondary rad mounts from a 200t. they were smaller, just the perfect size.

used smaller alum bar, twisted it 1/4 turn to attach to the housings for the headlights. its quite solid.

now with the rad installed, secure, o and by the way, yes you can use the sec fan and shrouding . it all fits together quite nicely. there is some trimming. but its all minor.

anyway, there was an issue with the hose to the reservoir. the original went to the back of the rad in the stock location. now that the rad is in front, the hose isnt long enough and it crosses the path of where I plan to put the AOW intercooler. so I needed to route it differently. also the end of the hose was too small for the nipple on the rad. I got to looking and on my spare 2.8L SOHC there was a pipe that connected to the res. and was long enough with nearly the right shape. with a little tweek here and there I got it routed between the carbon canister and the headlight washer bottle.

I attached it to the frame so it wouldnt move and cause problems.

there will be a few more pics to come to show underneath and the back side, temp switch, hoses. Its quite slick how it fit together. of course, its better to see that in person. hope this makes sense.

 

[Justin517]

awesome setup!

 

[scubadave]

thanks alot.

 

[scubadave]

heres a couple more pics.

 

[Hybrid_Hatch]

update! oh and i'm sending you a PM...

 

[scubadave]

sorry everybody. Ill update when I get a sec. been busy changing jobs doing the work on the coupe, doing work on my home. im getting to it.

 

[scubadave]

ok, Ive got a few pics of the exaust as we were mocking and test fitting. all of these pics are just before the exaust was fully tig'ed. but it still shows how it fits together with the v-bands.

then here is a pic of the intercooler that I will most likely be using. thanks kelly for picking this jewel up for a hundy twenty five clams. Not a bad score if I say so myself!

thanks for all your patience in my build. more pics to come very soon.
meanwhile I have to fight my roomate off with a beater stick. she wanted to learn a few things about cars, I let her put my plugs in and all of a sudden she has laid claim to my precious.

GIRLS... give em an inch, they take the rest without battin an eye. :slap:

 

[Audilard]

Looks fantastic. I can't wait to hear it.

 

[scubadave]

well, its been since the end of june since I posted anything. been having way too much fun with jobs, keeping current on bills, trying to do even a little bit on the car has been hard to do. but since I had the rug pulled out from under me at my last job, I decided I would get this thing going as much as I could.

 

[Hybrid_Hatch]

Sooo is it running?

 

[scubadave]

not like u want yet dave. i can hit the key and she fires,rev it up now that i have a connection between tbo and t-body, but not ready to drive on st yet. still gotta tweak a few things. find a few things. cheap RS2 headlights would b nice.....jerk :wtf:

in any case, it stilll needs more work. itl get there. patience grasshopper. 8)

 

[quattro87]

cheap RS2 headlights would b nice.....jerk

:lol: :lol: :lol: He sure knows how to find the deals.

 

[scubadave]

o and i see everything posted backward and confusing. sweet.........just read er last to first pics and itl make sense.

 

[jbrentd]

Looks good.

I see the benfits of going AAN, but is it more difficult than going with a 3B? Sorry for the noob quesiton.

 

[scubadave]

yes. unfortunately, not everything just bolts on. there is alot of fabrication involved. but i feel the end result is better. I feel its what audi should have done in the first place for most of what ive done. of course they would have never done an air to water intercooler setup. ive been working on cars since i could hold a wrench in my hand. for the novice, easiest and best results would be the stock S2 setup where everything just bolts on with no modifications.

 

[Hybrid_Hatch]

Well the 3b was an engine that was made for this chassis, the aan was made for the c4 chassis with more space. I am using an aan engine, however I used the european "aby" parts to solve the space problems, dave is taking a different approach and is using the stock aan with all stock accessories and adapting the car to fit it, with a much more efficient front mount radiator, an intake manifold that doesn't pass over the exhaust manifold soaking up heat, ect...

 

[PRA4WX]

yes. unfortunately, not everything just bolts on. there is alot of fabrication involved.

Mine required little fab. Different routes, but it can be done with mostly all factory parts....just have to mix n mach.

Like your intercooler setup! 8)

 

[scubadave]

thanks

 

[scubadave]

so sat me and kelly started on my bumper. we cleaned it up and primed it. took a while. gotta love wet sanding! should look as good as the rest of the paint job. laying color monday. then more wet sanding. o boy.

took er out for the first test drive yesterday. ran pretty good for 2.5 year old gas. diddnt expect it to be a powerhouse right out of the gate. need to get it smogged soon and get a test pipe in place of the cat. not to mention re registered and insured. should b happenin in the next few weeks.

so Dave...Hank... ill be down to provo pretty soon. so keep your panties on.

just ordered boost gauge. still have a handfull of things that still have to happen for it to be done in my mind, but then again, is it ever really done? pics of the bumper in paint process to come soon.

 

[Hybrid_Hatch]

Sweet!!! way to go man! I'm excited to see it in person and maybe see how ours compare!

On a side note, we need to organize an all coupe drive... I think we could get 8 coupes