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19th July 2018, 08:58 AM
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Proof indeed that higher-intellect aliens have infiltrated our humble human society!
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). 
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19th July 2018, 09:21 AM
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I'm the monster's mother
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#3
19th July 2018, 09:51 AM
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Someone photoshop that with red hair...……
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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#4
19th July 2018, 09:46 PM
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TDI rear diff:
Original diff in the background Cleaned up the CV joints and replaced the gaskets Installed Sorted the wiring for the reverse switch. New connector and wires to extend the original N75 wires over to the other side of the gearbox Re-used some sleeving from the autobox harness Wrapped up with tape and complete. Ideally I would have liked to sleeve all of this, but that would have meant cutting off the original connectors for the engine mount and speed sender so tape has to do in this case. I may use some split corrugated sleeve on the next swaps. On to the gearbox oil cooler lines. The originals (of which I have a reference set) are no longer available so I cut the autobox cooler lines apart after the engine mount I couldn't get the phone to focus to get a decent pic, but I welded a couple of little pips on the end of each pipe to function as a barb to stop the hoses pushing off. There's no pressure in these, but best to be safe. You can just see the bumps in the hoses. I'll crimp these in place once I'm happy with lengths and routing. Mounted on the engine. They cross under the bellhousing... ...and attach to the gearbox here I'll need to work out some brackets to support the hoses since the originals are hard lines after the engine mount. I'll be able to produce these in advance for the next conversions using spare autobox lines.
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20th July 2018, 10:08 AM
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I've been waiting for this!
Was expecting the Grey FE to be the prototype though - that will have to be the 'pre-production' model! What are you doing about the gearbox mounts for the production models? The ones you're using for Bert's look like those "last ones" you got from Audi... Lastly, when are you coming to Australia with one of those kits in your carry-on?
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Cheers Marty  ____________________ Current: 2001 Audi S8 - Brilliant Black with Black interior, C5 RS6 rims (whenever I actually put them on...), Solar Sunroof, Tinted side and rear glass, RNS-D, Grom, Bose, clunky old phone in arm rest! 2002 Audi S8 - Project Replacement head coming arrived thanks to MJSilver with Black interior. All features as the '01, with the 'S' mode auto shifter. Dodgey rear tint (need to find a way to get rid of that). Family: 2009 Volvo XC90 V8 R Design - has a louder more obnoxious exhaust than the S8, sounds great! Love this thing - Q7 was double the price, and certainly not double the car! Sold: 1997 Audi A4 - Hamilton's Club Sport, Achat Grey (will miss the old girl)
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20th July 2018, 10:58 AM
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I started off prototyping on the Avus FE, but then Bert's gearbox went pop and he didn't want to spend £3K having it rebuilt only to take it out again once I figured out the swap so we agreed to prototype on his instead. Unfortunately it has taken considerably longer than we expected but hopefully it'll be worth the wait.
Bert's is using the genuine gearbox mounts for simplicity, although I did have to modify the left hand one to clear the shifter. They are pretty simple to copy though so I will redesign them using laser-cut flat plate and make an assembly jig for the pieces so they can be tig welded together. Its likely that's going to come out considerably cheaper than the genuine ones in the end anyway, just like all of the other custom parts. Not sure I'd get away with a propshaft in a ski-bag on a trip to Australia I'm sure we can figure something out if you want a conversion though
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#7
20th July 2018, 07:46 PM
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Hi MJ nice to see you've started shouldn't take you long now! i expect you be 99% finished before the end of the month. keep up the good work
Dave
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 2002 S8 silver with black half leather 2000 d2 S8 in Racing green pearl, RS4 manual gearbox, 2003 A4 avant TDi 1997 Volvo V40 2.0T 1992 Mazda eunos v spec 1976 Reliant Kitten 1965 Porsche 911
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