It's not detonation. Car still pulls cleanly. Prob worth mentioning wills car smokes kinda like mine. I'm leaning towards turbo seal dumping it right into the exhaust but will have a little more time this wknd to see what the plugs look like, do a leak down test, and see if there's any oil in the ...

Well I notice the motor smoking after taking off from an idle or cold start. I have my suspicions but will try to keep from jinxing myself. Burned more than a quart in 700 miles. Running 5w40 rotella ATM. Not my usual Amsoil blend but that shouldn't make a difference on a new motor.

Leak down test ...

I'm trying to limit the number of silicone couplers now that I'm running higher boost but I don't have the ability to weld aluminum (no tig and not gonna bother trying it on the mig)

I can weld stainless but am having a heck of a time finding anything other than aluminum. Anybody have a lead on a ...

All cleaned up:

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Just needs some finishing touches and wiring.

Made good progress on the exhaust cutout in my post BBQ stupor

The piece that routes to the valve is all welded. Just need to fab the pipe that will bolt to the exiting side of the valve and weld a flange&tip on.

Then it's just finding I home for the switch and this is one less thing on the list ...

Marc wrote:Ah yes, a simple ID 10 T user error, happens all the time.

(Sorry Seb )

That's slander, Marc. Don't get yourself into a heap of trouble like Hank. I will email somebody if I have to.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/dataunauthorized/hattrick_zps4d07632a.png

Well, who the hell has the time to hover over a link for instructions?

Nice job with the DPA - one of my fav breakfast beers.

I'm not proud, but we have a keg of budweiser. That's a Merica grand slam ...

Seb, why didn't you hack the mainframe and re write the java scrip using HTML format in C:\\. THat baud rate would have matched the internal server and give you enough bits to host your vid. HTH

Because:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/dataunauthorized/C3CD0A21-23CB-44DF-A5A6 ...

Have heard yes and no...

A video of I think the 2nd to last pull we did:

*edit - can't seem to get it to embed so try clicking*

http://vimeo.com/69430683


dur dur dur

http://dgreg.me/audi/vimeo.jpg

Well ya no Sherlock shit head

That's what you're looking at. It doesn't embed it though.

If ...

Also, I would be remiss to not mention the awesomeness of Marc. Got me sorted on all the parts I needed, and just had an awesome time goofing around all day Saturday getting 3 cars tuned. As shot as I was (even had to bail for an hour or so to sleep in my car in the middle of Marc's driveway ...

EDIGREG wrote:LOL - don't forget we were talking about OE RS2 turbo in that convo, not IMS billet. So I'm still right until you make 400wtq with OE RS2

God damnit you hoor - I was almost done.

No one likes a back peddler, Ed. Be an adult and apologize.

Here is the end result:

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I believe we were a hair over 405 wtq and 350 whp. The graph obviously shows the hotside limitation. Will be interesting to see if there is a viable option to move past that ...

A video of I think the 2nd to last pull we did:

*edit - can't seem to get it to embed so try clicking*

http://vimeo.com/69430683

This is a photo from 6/28 sometime after midnight...departure hour: T-6hours...

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Here was another piece of motivation. I had been saving this in my ...

I'll probably post this in iterations as the fear of losing what I've typed crests my mental high mark.

Here's where we ended up hardware wise:
-ported and polished head with oversized valves
-ported intake manifold
-DMF rods
-Coated rod bearings
-Freshly honed block and new rings

I think the ...

I can feel an E85 tune in my near future..... the only difference on your setup is the polished/ported/oversize head right? No milled out hot side or anything?

If the head is the only difference it would be interesting to see what the difference would be.

Did you spin yourself a base E85 tune so ...

Thanks - we spent a good amount of time cleaning up the cylinder walls as you mentioned.

I'll do a leak down test after 1000 miles. But it's making good power so I believe all is well.

Hank - it was a very busy week. I literally worked myself sick...have a full on cold to the nth degree.

As for ...

I R Lucky

Will do a write up this week! God damn sharks...

First start should be tuesday...will be using the moto man method but curious what weight oil folks recommend. I usually run 5w-40 amsoil but obviously will not be using synthetic for the first thousand miles or so.

The snail is officially en route to IMS

Big thanks to Hank for a quick turnaround time

Can't wait to get this billet goodness in 2 weeks!

Got a chance to get the cylinders honed tonight (thanks to Marc for letting me borrow his flex hone).

Turbo will be on its way to Hank tomorrow and hopefully a new set of rods will be here in the next week or so (slight mixup with what I ordered but doesn't make a huge difference at this point ...

EDIGREG wrote:That sucks. You could run it without any ill effects besides less air volume and efficiency.

BUT if it were me, I'd upgrade to billet

You? Upgrade?

At least I can break the motor in. I suppose I could use a spare k24 but I don't have a solid tune for it.