Jeff,
Ive not kept this post up to date really. I kinda just put my head down and got stuff done. Below is what was all done on this car since Jan 2020. I bought a huge stash of parts and a coupe and kinda went to town. I sold the coupe and focused on building a engine for the Urs that would be 1 hell of a experience to say the least. Every component was done by me, i hand build this myself in my garage. From flash to bang was about 15 months.
I have a ton more pictures over on Theprojectpad where i tried to document the build better.
Block was tanked, Decked and honed. Stock 81mm
Por15 on the block
Issam crank breather
Issam billet thermostat housing
Iaasm coolant T
034 billet coolant outlet
DM Forged AAN H Beam rods
Calico coated main bearings
Calico coated rod bearing
Stock pistons with ceramic coatings
Rings Gapped to .19
Ballanced Crankshaft
All bearing clearances confirmed re checked and documented.
(All hand build by me alone)
Cylinder head rebuild specs:
Vapor hone cleaning
Stock valve springs
Stock retainers
Stock keepers
Ferrea 6000 series valves
7A cam shafts
New timing chain
ARP Head studs
MLS head gasket
7A Valve cover powdercoated purple
Audi R8 coil packs
(All hand build by me)
Turbo setup
BW SXE 257 with .64 turbine
Kavon tubular manifold
3" SS downpipe with Vband into a 3in with 1 MF muffler
Stock rebuilt wastegate with 1.9bar spring
Engine Management:
VEMs ECU with tablet display
Podi Boost gauge ( new one )
Intake setup
Snow performance W/M setup
Stock AAN intake manifold
034 intake spacer
31 x 12 x 3 FMIC
Fueling
630cc injectors
Walbro 450 intank pump
EFI Express dual pump bracket
Clutch
Southbend 7A clutch stage 2 PP stage 4 Disc.
034 lightweight Aluminum flywheel
034 all metal throw out bearing
ARP FW bolts (7A fitment)
Parts and services for this build came from the following distributor's:
Autobahn performance
Fourstar motors
BEL engine services ( fixing previous machine shop mess up)
INA engineering
EFI express
034 motorsport
Ferrea valves
Podi.ca
Powdecoating, media blasting and Ceramic coating services
Fourstar motors ( Edmonton)
Strongarm cylinder heads (Panoka)
People who have gone out of their way to help
Lars Bjornstad ( previous owner of Coupe)
Nate Jesperson
Dustin Donovan
Neacail Campbell (Fourstar Motors)
Sterling Ball
Jeff Gerner (Worlds fastest C4 S4) spent hours on the phone with me.
Remi Szafransk (Autobahn Performance)
These people gave me their time, help, advice, donations, parts, connections, name it, they were there. Huge thanks for their continued support as this project get closer to completion.