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Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 another vid

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:41 pm
by ChrisAudi80
speeding-g60 wrote:thats it. i MUST do a V8 in the next project car. MUST.


What's keepin' ya? Is it done yet?
Not like you are busy or something...lol j/k :lol:

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 another vid

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:01 pm
by 40v4kq
It's kinda short due to technical problems with lisence and insurance but you ge the idea...

Link to video

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 Short drive

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:11 pm
by 85oceanic
Short but ... OH SO SWEET!

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Thats what she said...

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 Short drive

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:13 pm
by pilihp2
extreme90path wrote:Short but ... OH SO SWEET!

er...

Thats what she said...


What he said.

Hot damn.

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 Short drive

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:14 pm
by 85oceanic
:lol:

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 Short drive

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:18 pm
by 40v4kq
Thats weird, it cut off the end of the video that i thought i had left in when i edited it.

Yep, just watched the original and it's all there. Youtube musta cut it off somehow. oh well.

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 Short drive

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:56 am
by tbar
Holy Katoot!! That's awesome! Sounds great!
Keep the vid's comin...

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 Short drive

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:25 pm
by 40v4kq
Got some different tail lights the other day from JT4K and slapped em on this morning...

BEFORE
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AFTER
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Thanks again Mike.

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:13 pm
by 85oceanic
Looks great man!

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:00 pm
by 40v4kq
Thanks Ben. The new lights really show how oxidized the paint (epecially on the rear) has become. Soon enough i'm gonna do the same routine I did over three years ago to help restore the paint form tornado pink to red.

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:15 pm
by loxxrider
Awweee yeah!! I love me some all red tails (or anything that isn't amber) on an Audi. Looks great Dan!

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:03 pm
by Derracuda
You sir have a taillight fetish :P So do I get the OEM ones now?

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:57 pm
by 40v4kq
derracuda wrote:You sir have a taillight fetish :P So do I get the OEM ones now?

I was thinkin i'd just give you back the v8's since im not going to use them.

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:05 pm
by nismo
How do the original lights look after the amber is sprayed with VHT night shades?

Eric

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:06 pm
by loxxrider
I like that look as well... Laminex gets the job done nicely too and is removable. I did it on my BMW and am very happy with the results.

Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:11 pm
by JT4k
Looks great Dan.... Just drive her up here and we will do a respray!

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:42 pm
by Sciroccohp
What shift linkage did you use? mine is jammed into the tunnel hard in the front. do you have picture of the front of the linkage by the slave cylinder? I think I may have shoved the whole shebang back to far as my rear driveshaft bolted right up.

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:48 pm
by Draky
Those do look really nice but I would have to question how well does the reverse lights work?

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:01 am
by 40v4kq
JT4K, The tahoe trip sounds like a great idea to me. We will talk later about that.

Sciroccohp, The shift linkage is modified urs4 linkage/modified 016 linkage. I can try to get a pic, but no promises on how good it's going to be. I can tell you that I remember getting out the BFH and making some room for it all in a few places with the firewall being one of the spots that took the most smashing.

Draky, I'm not worried about the reverse lights for now. Five out of seven wires going to the rear lights are broken at the driver side trunk hinge where the wires are routed, and there is also the fact the the reverse light switch isnt even wired up yet. I have quite a list of wiring to finish and repair. But I was thinkin about trying to remove the tint just on the reverse portion of the center light panel.

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:26 am
by scubadave
Looking good! :cheers: :thumbsup: I may be hitting you up for some questions in the near future as I am gearing up to do a 40v swap in my 95 90sptqt at the end of the month. Derek and I talked briefly at BBQ. Should be a fun build.

Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:54 am
by JT4k
Try them when you get the lights wired first Dan before you remove any paint. I was worried about the same on the set I mounted on my car but honestly you cant even tell when you put it in reverse. The light is fine when backing up and I have never had any issues being able to see when backing up at night.

Tahoe will be a lot of fun.... Hopefully we can get a good crew going.

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:56 am
by savagerocco
What did you use to coat the tail lights? That looks awesome.... Might have to do a set

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:42 am
by selmir79
scubadave wrote:Looking good! :cheers: :thumbsup: I may be hitting you up for some questions in the near future as I am gearing up to do a 40v swap in my 95 90sptqt at the end of the month. Derek and I talked briefly at BBQ. Should be a fun build.


Dan car looks great count me in for Tahoe trip please :)

Dave is it going to be more fun then the white 84 URQ v8 twin turbo? lol by the way I did not get it.They wanted way too much for it and it needed lots of work.
However Derek is working on my coupe :) Looking forward to see you guys att BBQ2012

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:37 pm
by 40v4kq
scubadave, Bring on the questions.

JT4K, For sure. I need to get the wiring sorted and then I'll see how good the reverse lights work. Id rather deal with poor light than ruin the tint trying to remove it off the reverse portion.

savagerocco, send a PM to JT4K about the tint. I puchased these already tinted from him so I have no idea what was used.

Selmir, Great to see you finally post on here. It was a pleasure to meet you and you will be invited to tahoe when planning gets going. There will be a thread made when the time comes.

Re: Dan's 40V V8 4000 TAIL LIGHTS

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:16 pm
by selmir79
40v4kq wrote:scubadave, Bring on the questions.

JT4K, For sure. I need to get the wiring sorted and then I'll see how good the reverse lights work. Id rather deal with poor light than ruin the tint trying to remove it off the reverse portion.

savagerocco, send a PM to JT4K about the tint. I puchased these already tinted from him so I have no idea what was used.

Selmir, Great to see you finally post on here. It was a pleasure to meet you and you will be invited to tahoe when planning gets going. There will be a thread made when the time comes.


Bro I love every second of your thread. You guys did amazing job.And it was pleasure to meet you too. Looking forward to see your ride aswell. Maybe one of these days I'll stop by Auburn and we can squill thru those back roads to El dorado hills in second gear.Lol