It has been a few years since I've had an UrS. My last S4 met its demise from rolling down a hill and rolling. Seeing that was spectacular and devastating. The engine lives on in my 4000. I picked this UrS6 Avant up after selling my 200 20v Avant. This car came from NJ and had the stock Avus wheels on it before it came to NC.
I intend to hold onto this one for a while as I've always wanted an UrS avant. I bought the car in non-running state. The previous owner was going to install a different turbo. I'll follow through with his original intentions after the RS2 set up I have to try out. :wink: After that is BorgWarner EFR 6258. Already have the essentails minus tune.
I finished the headgasket job, drove the car around with open downpipe. That was awesome. First time the wastegate opened I almost had mud butt.
Parked the car Saturday, went to start it on Sunday and it won't start. No spoark. Traced it to a bad cam position sensor. Found that the stamped steel wheel inside of the cam wheel was a llttle bent. This caused the wheel to rub on the cam sensor to rub and (I think) short out the contacts. Not sure why it crapped out over a couple nights of not running. Odd. Hopefully the new sensor will cure it.
For now, here are some pics and vids.
Next up:
-install new cam position sensor
-finish downpipe flanges and connect to Stromung exhaust.
-drive!
Update: I've been dailying the S6 for over a month. Love it! Polar opposite car from my GTI. This car is quiet, fast, luxurious, has A/C and P/S, makes turbo noises, and many other things my GTI doesn't do. The S6 is also a boat and doesn't corner like the GTI. Give and take I suppose.
Changes:
-7A cams
-"temporary" fix of the leaky gas tank
-brake line replace
-diverter valve
Upcoming
-replace broken H&R spring
-Install RS2 setup
-snow drifting!
It was very easy. You must bend the wastegate flex pipe to meet the downpipe...more of forcing the tube to line up with downpipe WG flange then jamming the bolts in.
I put that manifold in my 200. Got it from ebay also. I found a pinhole in it after noticing small black marks on its exterior. Does work very nicely for the $120 I paid for it though. I had to cut the flex pipe's solid inside pipe out just get the WG's piping to connect 100%
-RS2 turbo+injectors+tune
-lots of front end work (wheel bearing, control arms, springs, tie rods, strut, etc)
-heater core, blower motor, after run pump
-shitty Kumho Ecsta tires
Next up:
-fix door locks
-EFR install
This guy right here was the culprit of what I assumed was bad heatercore. Whoops! At least I have a new heater core now.
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