Onward and upward. With the long block engine plans mostly sorted out and test runs done on both the block and head, it was time to move onto some other things…namely getting a chassis ready to put said engine into. Progress has been a bit slow due to other commitments and somewhat related projects,...
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I’ve had some discussion and it looks like I should be fine with the MLS, even with the deck cooling opened up to something more along the lines of the AudiSport stuff. Also discussed some highly positive real world performance benefits from the mods. So, I’m in the process of revising the design and...
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I decided to do a test run on a damaged head to keep from damaging/destroying any of my good 20V heads. I’ve scratched my head a few times trying to hypothesize the particular failure with this one. This is the head that came on the urs6 parts car that I picked up a few...
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Had a few more hours this morning to work on the URQ… I’ve decided to try deck cooling with this motor…plan is to do both the head and the block. From a heat transfer perspective, it is hard to argue the obvious benefits of getting a substantial water jacket around the upper portion of...
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It was about time to start building up this engine. But to build one up, sometimes, you have to tear one down. So, here we go… Lonely block in the shop… Getting prepped for some paint… If it didn’t weigh an extra 51 lbs, and have rust in the passages, I may think this...
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Since today is the start of my weekend, I figured I would sneak a few hours in on the project… I did the mods to the 7A valve cover to take the 2.0T tall coil packs. I opened up the top of the hole .030″ on the diameter (from the original design mod dimensions)...
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Moving forward on multiple fronts… In an effort to identify any items that I’ve not thought about yet, a bit of mocking things up has started. I had some bits and pieces that I needed to start to go through and make sure things were going to work. And if not, start to figure...
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I wouldn’t mind picking up a set of liners to run. So I poked my head under there a bit more closely to see how things looked. I had looked prior to cleaning, but didn’t really look once I could see everything better. Here are a few shots of the inside front fenderwells… Drivers...
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A bit more progress on things… I just got notification today from Superflex that my control arm and rear differential bushings will be shipping finally. I think I placed the order mid-February. I ordered them for the stamped arms, but also have some forged arms that I was thinking about using. I may need...
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Micro-update This is good for another 30 years, right?…this thing is ALL original…or WAS before I got to it… 😀 I guess it’s not quite like replacing one in a B3/4 after the fact, but while I’m in there… Time to get to the wiring…harnesses laid out for re-identification. Bottom left is the updated...
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