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Every day is a school day...
"percussive maintenance" - the thing you do to cars when WD40 doesn't work
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Autos Autos everywhere... (1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P- (2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize (3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful. (4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting. |
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Pleased to see that I’m not the only one that thinks that reclaiming perfectly good parts from an otherwise useless assembly is a reasonable thing to do…. Nick |
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What is the part number to these Avus wheels?
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior. Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan. My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot. |
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As for the inlet manifold, I may be wrong but I though the PF had the 2-stage flaps whereas the PF A8s only had one flap and a simpler flow. Though I also recall from ages ago reading something that said that actually on an S8 both flaps move at the same time anyway, so there was no "intermediate" flow. (Subject to derision and destruction by someone like IT......)
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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". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) 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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I don't know as they're not back from refurb yet. I'll check next week when they're back
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All the PF manifolds I have here have a rotating centre section which opens and closes different paths in the manifold. Whether the S8 version is different, I don't know - there is nothing visually different between them. That may mean I have a bunch of A8 manifolds of course. |
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Part number here, from when I sold a set ages ago (2015), 4D0 601 025N http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9858
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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". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) 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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Removed the inlet manifold
The engine in the maximum taken-apart-ness Flipped over with the sump removed - fairly clean inside Opened up the first expensive box of bits. There are several boxes! Hurrah for having an actual sump gasket instead of silicone! I still used some blue Hylomar to help it though Sump back on. This was in remarkably good condition compared to the recent FLs which have all needed blasting and powdercoating. This is one of my favourite bits of the AHC. We need more valve lift to get more airflow, so just mill pockets out of the heads so the massive cams can fit! Cam covers back on with fresh gaskets Thats it for tonight. Inlet and front gubbins back on tomorrow. |
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Surprised there wasn't a bottle of the attached in the glove box with the car
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Daily drive: 2016 Infiniti QX70.....a car that's even more complicated than my last Infiniti FX to modify Current 'Project': VW Crafter CR50 4 berth camper van Previous 'Projects': 2006 Subaru Legacy Spec 'B' 3.0R, 1994 Ex-MOD Land Rover Defender, now "civilianised". 2000 Audi S8 FL www.whall.co.uk |
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No timing chain tensioners? less to go wrong as opposed to the 40V?
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Paul Gosport UK ________________________ Audi S8 2002 FE Avus Silver / Extended Red Leather. Daily Driver: BMW 3 series GT - Just more practical for my camping trips! |
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No chain tensioners, no secondary air, no secondary O2s. Nice and simple and mostly bulletproof. It was a pretty expensive engine to make with lots of complicated castings and machining, and some very silly decisions about how to seal up the camshafts which is why it leaks so badly. They made the 40V much cheaper to build, and slighly better at containing its oil, but then burdened it with so much emissions crap that I bet it ended up costing more
Sunday's update: The PF subframe doesn't have the lower braces that the FL does, but we can fix that while its in bits and sandblasted. Marked out the bolt locations and drilled some holes Welded some M10 nuts in place Pretty colours before painting, and nice even weld penetration Painted. Dealing with this took most of the day which is why I hate doing subframes I realised something looking at the engine - someone definitely designed this thing to be turbocharged! There is an oil port blanked off on each head which would have been for the oil feed, and a boss in the block on each side for the drain. The feed Drain port on the right and on the left. These would have been drilled and tapped for banjo fittings. I'm not sure whether the ABZ has this as well - I've never looked at one in this much detail. Aluminium oil cooler pipe Mann oil filter which comes with all the seals Oil cooler back on. |
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