Get it, man!! That thing sounds wicked!

I had always wanted to do a swap like this, and I'm glad I can live vicariously through you after I sold my V10's along with my hopes and dreams. How'd you come across the idea to use the B7 RS4 timing cover?

Ton of great work to just sell it. But we have all been there, too many things to do.
Haha it's the way it goes, isn't it? The original engine was trashed, and I could either sell the car for nothing, part it out, or make an effort to bring it back from the dead. I hadn't seen the ABZ adapted to ...

Oh, also I put in a stupid amount of effort into this thing then immediately sold it.

Kinda regretting it now, but I'm spread too thin, and I've got some new projects to churn out

Well it's been a hot minute, hasn't it??

Turns out the ABH snapped a timing belt, inexplicably (it was a year old). I couldn't find another ABH for parts, so I sourced an ABZ!

I'll save you the reading and mostly pic-dump, but I wanted to document what all is required to swap an ABZ into a V8 ...

Amazing documentation and information, man!! :hail: This would have been instrumental when I did my swap, and I'm kind of ashamed I didn't take the time to do something similar with mine, but I'm glad you've put it all together so concisely.

If you don't mind me hijacking real quick, I'll drop in ...

So sick! I saw you got some BS on the other site, but thank you for doing something cool and different and sharing it. We'd be stuck with the same cookie-cutter OEM-ish setup if everyone just followed what was "accepted."

Sounds great! Keep it up!

ABZ Fiero on MG slapped a blower on an ABZ. Still working out some issues but hopefully you can leverage some of his work.

https://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=48543&view=unread#unread
Great resource! I wish some of the pics still worked, but I'll give it a read. My current plan is to ...

Is that an ABZ?

ABZ And super charger swap at the same time?



:o
Nope! AYS (40v S8 motor). Unfortunately, although I toyed with the idea, I'm not swapping it into the V8 at this time. But the movers are taking FOREVER to bring the V8 from TN, so I mocked up the supercharger on the S8's engine ...

Bonus points if you noticed it's slapped on the wrong engine

but can you please just do a single turbo? for me? Just because I've always wanted to do that!
Hahaha I'm open to persuasion. I just wanna do something I haven't seen done. I really like the instant, torquey response of the V8, but I just want a little more :) I figured a positive displacement ...

"til it blows up" ?!!?

Love following this :thumbsup:

Haha thanks man! I'm going into this with the assumption that the engine is a goner, and it'll be a big plus if it just so happens to survive!

I went ahead and ordered a PnP VEMS unit for the ABH from Marc (Thanks Greg!)

Still kinda ironing ...

Car looks great man! Looks like it'll be a riot running the Mystery Turbo haha

Oh shoot, somehow I'd thought MS3 had native 8cyl sequential capabilities.

So really, I'm looking at $520 + time to assemble vs $775 for VEMS from Marc. You're right, I think VEMS is gonna be the way to go

This will get interesting in a hurry. Fair warning on the megasquirt though, it can be just as expensive as VEMS. I could have bought an econo seal unit from Mark by the time my MS3X was complete.
Yeah, I know 'budget' and 'boosted' don't really fit in the same sentence together haha. I'll ...

Welp something in the ECU gave up and is sending a false cam sensor code.

I've looked for a replacement to no avail, so I'm considering capitalizing on the opportunity to pursue a pipe dream I've had for a while! I really, really want to try and supercharge this thing... on a budget.

Toasted ECU ...

Tires are definitely my limiting factor right now. I'm on 700 treadwear :hide: But damn if it doesn't handle way better than it should!

On the topic of the UrS seat, I modded my passenger seat to sit a little lower. I shorted the pivoting arms for the front height adjustment (and offset the hole ...

Yes!! Love seeing updates to my twin. Glad you've been treating her well in your absence on the forum.

I've got the same issue with dead on-center steering. Not sure if damping would solve the issue, but I remember reading something about adjusting the rack preload in the Bentleys. I'm probably ...

Thanks dudes! I like those wheels because they don't really demand attention. Good eye, though, I do need some spacers in the rear haha. Fronts are spaced 15mm to clear the calipers, and I never gave the rear the same treatment.

Did you keep the b6/7 seats in it? or was it just for funsies?
Nah ...

It's been a hot minute, hasn't it? Man I love this car. Still my daily, but it's been too long to write about it all. Hope you don't mind pic dumps!

Let's see, where did I leave off? I gave the tired old suspension a proper sendoff with rallycross with friends! (Photo cred: @242deluxe)
https://i ...

Found it if you still need it!

audios wrote:Awesome looking great! Will these be available to purchase?

That's the hope, depending on interest! I'm shopping around to see how economically they can be produced.

I'm certain I have one... somewhere. I bought it because I thought I had backlash in mine, but it ended up being the rear diff. If I find it, you can have it for whatever shipping costs

It's about time I update this! I got the parts back from zinc plating and am working towards test fitting on the 200. Preliminary fitment looks very good for all tested damper configurations. The car should be back on the road this week, and I'll take it to an alignment shop to see what the full ...

...maybe. Depends whether I can make it or not.

Crisis averted! I happened to be down in Florida and got it running again.

Really weird diagnosis, though. It ended up being the starter. It stayed engaged with the flywheel, seized up and stalled the engine. Spent a long time looking at electrical stuff before realizing that the starter wasn't ...