Hanks URQ 2.6L Autopsy

Post by **Hank** » Wed May 12, 2010 10:20 pm

SOB... My long progress report got erased by a logout. It's midnight, but the short of it is...

I have to be in San Fran in 15 days with a running car I trust for a 1600 round trip, and the last 800 withmy wife in the car... So in the interest of time, I will forgo the 01e fo a while. 016 torsen goes in with 4.11 and all new seam welded rear subframe/arms, aluminum subframe mounts, teflon control arm bushings(100 durometer) rear diff moutn and camber links. That should firm up the rear nicely. Driveline should be assemebled by tomarrow in time to get intake manifold parts to make a new intake manifold for myself and Janis..

fasterthenrs2 · Post by **fasterthenrs2** » Thu May 13, 2010 2:27 am

As usual really nice work 8)

200 Avant · Post by **200 Avant** » Thu May 13, 2010 4:06 am

Very nice Hank... I have to make it out your way this year .

Love the progress

Quattro v1.0 · Post by **Quattro v1.0** » Thu May 13, 2010 5:24 am

Hank, how about this color or a similar derivative http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1704585.htm

Post by **Hank** » Thu May 13, 2010 5:27 am

Yeah, and you thought that people gave me a hard time about aviator gray. Janis said to not paint it any fingernail polish...

I almost pulled the emotional trigger on monday to paint it prior to leaving, but htere is not enough time. I do like that silver I asked you about. Do you have any more picutres of his car from that Park City meet?

Quattro v1.0 · Post by **Quattro v1.0** » Thu May 13, 2010 5:38 am

Honestly, that silver is a very dead looking silver, if you go silver don't hold back just go with a nice modern German Silver... Vintage golds and silvers just suck as far as I see it... Go with a modern color. Im dealing with the same issue on the Lancia, vintage gold.

85oceanic · Post by **85oceanic** » Thu May 13, 2010 5:46 am

:woowoo: Looks great Hank!!!!

Audilard · Post by **Audilard** » Thu May 13, 2010 5:59 am

Nice work Hank! Need a hand this weekend for anything?

loxxrider · Post by **loxxrider** » Thu May 13, 2010 6:03 am

beautiful, cant wait to see this thing finally on the road

84urq20v · Post by **84urq20v** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:25 am

I actually liked the silver on Jim's car. But that said Ron Husak had an '83 repainted in a Porsche silver - THAT was a nice silver. Sorry no piccy.

PRA4WX · Post by **PRA4WX** » Fri May 14, 2010 12:12 pm

Silver is soo clean.

Now, i'm not clear, is that my mani you've mocked up there mine or yours??

Nice work. I expect nothing less from you though.

my2000apb · Post by **my2000apb** » Fri May 14, 2010 12:14 pm

how do you plan to adapt tohe 01e to the mechanical speedo in the urQ?

Post by **Hank** » Fri May 14, 2010 6:00 pm

PRA4WX wrote:Silver is soo clean.

Now, i'm not clear, is that my mani you've mocked up there or yours?? :wnk: Nice work. I expect nothing less from you though.

could be

Toxcheap · Post by **Toxcheap** » Fri May 14, 2010 6:28 pm

wow headers beautiful nice work Hank

Quattro v1.0 · Post by **Quattro v1.0** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:11 pm

The 20v side of my brain is in conflict with the 20v side of my brain.

PRA4WX · Post by **PRA4WX** » Sat May 15, 2010 5:21 am

quattro v1.0 wrote:[/quote]The 20v side of my brain is in conflict with the 20v side of my brain.[/quote]

Give in to the dark side!

(for the record i'm not sure which is which though)

cuatrokoop · Post by **cuatrokoop** » Sat May 15, 2010 6:43 am

Sean, just put a hairdryer on JimE's car.......

Post by **Hank** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:40 pm

A few updates.

The car got a suspension overhaul. Seam welded subframes, nylon control arms, aluminum subframe mounts, and the polyurethane rear diff mount.

The 016 torsen made it's way in, along with a new Southbend clutch from Marc Swanson. I also got that nifty new little 016 bushing from 034MS that makes my shifter feel 100000 times better. I also installed the short shifter I have had for the car for a bit from 034ms.

I also took the head off to inspect. Wow, I love e85. THe cylinders looked clean, the pistons were still bling bling aluminum finish, and the valves spotless. I swapped it out for Darin's old head that had 600 miles on it from a fresh rebuild with new valves, ported and very nice. I decked it to get rid of what little detonation it had. It will be nice to have lightweight lifters. I ran the old setup to 8500 daily with heavy lifters, so maybe i should raise it a bit more

Speaking of reving, Forced Performance sent me out the the HTA gt3582r with the billet wheel. Man, it is gorgeous. I can't wait to see how it spools...

Another engine related note, a few people have badgered me to post pictures of my powersteering setup down low. What i did was drill out hte water pump hole, tapped it all the way through and added spacers to make it line up with the right pulley. For lines, I used a 4kq feed line with a 3 inch section welded in to make it the right length before the banjo. Works great. To tension the pump, I just drilled a hole in the bracket, made a tensioner that puts a bolt into the block surface to force it away. Thats it. It is pretty easy.

Another thing is that My rack was leaking, so I swapped in a 4kq rack. While I was there, I put in in a Coleman Steering quickener. It is probably the mod I am most excited about. For 115 bucks, I got a 1.5:1 reduction. I got two splines for the quickener with small bores on the other side. I hacked up the OEM stuff, lathed bore to press in the stock stuff into, welded them, and put a welded safety pin in. At firs I was really worried about safety, but after seeing what the factory does( presses steel shafts into aluminum u-joints and applies solder to it. I have 100% confidence in the setup. I eliminated the terrible support bearing that has a bunch of play for a roller bearing in the quickner. I made a bracket to mount it to where the old bearing attaches.

I made a new radiator from scratch, as my Ron Davis radiator was leaking. Turned out nicely, and the rs2 shroud/fan fits much better then the last one.

So things to do? I need to make an intake manifold, plumb in a couple of 044 pumps, weld up a downpipe and exhaust and hit hte road.

I may not sleep from here on out.

fasterthenrs2 · Post by **fasterthenrs2** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:51 pm

ha ha hank that is wery familiar IM pic

Post by **Hank** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:55 pm

I am showing the radiator, not the IM.... My Tiny winy turbo doesnt need a 90mm throttle body..

I clearly stated I still need to make a manifold!! That one is clearly almost done!

Quattro v1.0 · Post by **Quattro v1.0** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:57 pm

Other than the obvious, go ahead and throw paint on it. There is just enough time ;o]

fasterthenrs2 · Post by **fasterthenrs2** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:57 pm

ShavedQuattro wrote:I am showing the radiator, not the IM.... My Tiny winy turbo doesnt need a 90mm throttle body.. I clearly stated I still need to make a manifold!! That one is clearly almost done!

AAAAHHH It was hard to see the radiator behind that IM

85oceanic · Post by **85oceanic** » Thu May 20, 2010 6:59 pm

:woowoo: Looking great Hank. I love it!

WOMBAT · Post by **WOMBAT** » Thu May 20, 2010 7:08 pm

outrageous... keep it up because I can't! heheh :-D

speeding-g60 · Post by **speeding-g60** » Thu May 20, 2010 7:30 pm

oooooh.... i got something COOL to show you then.

you mention 044 pumps....

here is what i got my hands on yesterday finally. plates that trap 044 pumps and make it so they mount INTERNALLY in an aluminum cell or surge tank.

i know you will like the look of it anyhow, if not the execution of it.

this would be one of the finished surge tanks available a little later. i had two plates with no returns made for me, as i will put them into the fuel cell up front. pretty neat stuff, eh?