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At 220,000+ miles, I backed my car into the garage for the last time. It would be the last time she would move under 2,6L V6 12V power, and a 5-speed manual 01A.
Last mileage recorded on the V6 12V: And how the engine bay looked then: The tear down began: 01E 6-speed installed: Closely followed by AHC motor: |
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More pictures:
Finished D2 32V nearside engine bracket: Finished D2 32 / 40V front support: |
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Gobsmacked at the ease at which it's gone in. I would have imagined major bulkhead and subframe surgery!
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Lol...firewall is still intact, as is the subframe.
My 01E 6-speed is from a 2001 S4, so new enough to have the internal oil pump. In an S4, the oil lines feed directly into the radiator integrated oil cooler. In my car, I didn't use an S4 radiator, so purchased a Mocal 13-row oil cooler, which I plumbed into the existing 01E hard lines. Mocal oil cooler: I am running 2 x 12" Pacet slimline fans, which work well in keeping the temps at a steady 90 degrees. The OEM V6 12V catalysts bolted up to the AHC manifolds, though I am going to be replacing both with 200 cell catalysts / downpipes, mating up to a custom stainless system, which will be built on the car. I am also replacing the injectors with Bosch 0 280 150 431 red tops. These are rated at 346 cc/min @ 3 bar. The A8 / S8 FPR are 4 bar units, so will flow more. Once the injectors arrive, I shall do the final mapping on the fly. How she looks today: |
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An awesome piece of engineering there mate. Incredibly impressed.
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Hear Hear to that and an excellent post - very interesting, love to see her at ADI!! anything with a V8 has gotta be the way to go lol
Thanks for sharing
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Thanks buddy.
Will see if I can make it to ADI - getting married next month, so schedule's pretty tight. |
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congratulations and good luck!
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs |
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I've just had a chance to read this post fully.
What can I say, but AWESOME!!! Have you done all of the work yourself? If so, where are you based, and what else are you/your company capable of doing? Seriously awesome work there, will look forward to the next project. Does beg the question though, of being able to convert the Tiptronic A/S8's to manual, there's gotta be more room in the '8 transmission tunnel than in the A4?? Oh yeah, found another image of the Cosworth S4 Last edited by A8_Tony; 22nd September 2009 at 09:57 PM. Reason: Forgot to add the pic!! |
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Tony, PM replied.
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