The Project Pad

just curious, and you may have said it well before hand, but how the f*** did you get the head that clean?!

I'm guessing sandblasting . . .

if so I'll just return to my cement patio with wire brush and degreaser . . .

Otherwise certainly more than a comendable project! it's re-igniting my love for my first 4000 and just causing me to eye the one down the street more and more.

Keep up the good work, and p'rhaps someday my ur-quat will gairner such high praises!

peace on it
dj apothecary

Damn Derek! You are one meticulous doooood! love it. BTW: forgive the expression but the check (Money order) is in the mail for the CQ subframe and swaybar.

djapothecary wrote:just curious, and you may have said it well before hand, but how the f*** did you get the head that clean?!

I'm guessing sandblasting . . .

if so I'll just return to my cement patio with wire brush and degreaser . . .

Othe,rwise certainly more than a comendable project! it's re-igniting my love for my first 4000 and just causing me to eye the one down the street more and more.

yes, the head was bead blasted by the machine shop. i'm not quite sure what medium they use, but it works

and yeah, i love the 4kq's. simple, good looking, distinctive lines.


90 koop, i'll be keeping an eye out for the check, i got the subframe and suspension dropped yesterday 8)

damn..as usual looks amazing.

derracuda wrote:either the old spoiler off larryflint's zermatt car, or the v8q spoiler off my now ruined alpine bumper, of which only the top half is toast.

do you have a picture of it? don't wich cars you mean cause I've just got here :wink:

So how much you going to sell it for when its complete derek......HAHAHA EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE

if you cut me a (good )check for $15k, i'd sell it.

I should of took it when u were selling it for 2k LOL, But that still not bad !!! Sweet Car man, Cant wait to see it finished. Love the pics keep em comming. Maybe i can rob my brother (pharmacist) for 15k LOL

yeah, well, the zermatt car i was selling for $2k is spoken for and should be leaving for indiana april 11th

Evansville IN to be exact?

whoops it was a diff zermatt one :bashtard: lol

Ok so enough of this chatting...updates Derek!

Wizard-of-OD wrote:Ok so enough of this chatting...updates Derek!

i'll update when i'm good and ready! and when i have more updates..lol

and yes, evansville, indiana

What did you use to plug up the hole on your brake booster?

nothing yet, that will get hooked up to IM vacuum through a 1 way valve

Hmmm... what did you do for your MC in your white 4k? I can't find any good pictures of your engine bay.


I want to remove this ^, so it'll help to stop the dreaded ticking.

i just ran the hose to the IM on the white car. i never had a vacuum pump on it. you can just run a straight vacuum hose from the IM to the check valve on the brake booster and then pull the pump off the side of hte head and pull the rod out and then put it back to cover the hole.

ahhh, two weeks are finally over

first thing's first, i had to bring one of my A8 rims down since this car is 5x112 now and see if a 235/40/17 would even remotely fit......





slight touchy touchy on the rear inner tie rod, but that's fixed with 2-3mm spacer


more clearance here than with my old 7.5" ET35 and 215's 8)


the fronts will fit too, but i need to rotate the steering arm a tad. otherwise, i'm pleased and will be looking for a couple more A8 rims and then ordering up some new 235/40/17 kumho ecsta SPT's 8)

this is how the car sits with 200 20v rear springs in the front, and 5ks rear springs in the rear..... high

How many A8 wheels you have now?

Wizard-of-OD wrote::o
How many A8 wheels you have now?

3, only two are in useable shape. the third is missing a chunk of one lip

What size and offset are the A8 rims? Thanks!

17x8 ET48

ok, got some more stuff put on yesterday, the IM is bolted on for good, the knock sensors are in and torque'd, spark plugs, the remaining 5 exhaust manifold studs came in and made their way home, some water temp sensors, the turbo, etc....

hey sparky 8)


i grabbed the waterneck off my 90q parts car and gave it a quick polish, not to bad for not even sanding it down or anything...


coming together nicely


also, i was going to put the wastegate bellow on and went... hmm, this is pretty ugly so i cleaned it up a tad and polished the ribs. it'll look sweet when the heat makes it change colors



the turbo is bolted on, the lines are cleaned but need to be installed, and the compressor housing need to come off as well as the wastegate cap for cleaning and then put them back. some final wiring in the engine bay, then mount the alt, front snubber, radiator, P/S pump, IC and plumbing, and then i can put a little focus on the wires that are important to making it run

Dude, you can't leave that wastegate looking like that with everything else so nice and pretty! Get to work on that will ya!

But the rest looks fantastic.

it'd be sweet if the wastegate was powdercoated black..........with a red turbo housing,,,,wait, that would be biting rj with the housing.....
but the turbo side needs to be matching since all else is so pretty and perfect....
would the downpipe and headers take to powdercoating and hold with all the heat?
looks great.......