The Project Pad

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:31 pm**

that'd be one badass brown box! Now there's something Monster Garage should tackle for the next project 8-)

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:37 pm**

Make it fast like that old red car you dumped last month :woowoo:

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:06 pm**

WAUG0806 wrote:Make it fast like that old red car you dumped last month :woowoo:

I think its time for a nick change for mark
how does Overlord sound?

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:24 am**

a4kquattro wrote:
kenavery7 wrote:HA!

I almost bought that car... saw it on Audifans. The RS2 front end is worth the price alone.

Not a real Rs2, but still a decent fiberglass copy, no big complaints there.

In the end, I found a clean black one, and I prefer the black as it's clearcoated, and thus less prone to fading.

true, I'll have to keep on top of waxing the paint which is tough given my work life at times.

Did he throw in the seats too?? It had Corbeaus at one point.

yes, seats included (they are quite comfortable, not the race-only type feel I was expecting), although the bonehead mounting left much to be desired (chunks of PVC pipe as standoffs with bolts _through_ the floor securing the assembly).

Lastly, I am living in CT now too... you should hit up the Wednesday night Krispy Kreme GTGs in Newington. I won't be there this week, but DEF will next week.

Hopefully Wednesday is a little more mature crowd than on the weekends... I really have no interest in racing any 16 year old kids pimpin teh hondas with teh nawwwwwwz :tard:

The Berlin Turnpike has all kinds of interesting stuff though, funny how the American muscle cars are typically at the BK, imports doing donuts in the Shaws parking lot and ricers at Krispy Kreme, figure that one out!

Congrats on the new project marc...Cant wait to check it out.
I no longer work in hartford, but lets meet up one night soon.

Skip Krispy Kreme on wensday....its the high school vw hang out :-)

Posted: **Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:23 pm**

Well, I finally made up my mind on what direction to take the car engine swap wise

:-D

I managed to score a 80k mile v8 4.2 motor out of a 98 a8 for $1500 complete, couldn't pass that up!

Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:04 am**

Better hurry and pay ya for those 5 injectors then!

:bump:

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:06 am**

wow, that thing will rip.

I DEF need a ride in that when the swap is complete.

...just in time for $3 gas.... ha.

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:51 am**

Hope so :-P

I can't wait to start digging into this project. For now I need to focus on the technical details without actually ripping into the car since I'm moving in the middle of october, damn life getting in the way of my car projects! :bashtard:

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:53 am**

nerdhotrod wrote:Congrats on the new project marc...Cant wait to check it out.
I no longer work in hartford, but lets meet up one night soon.

Hey Tony, me neither on working in Hartford, my company moved to Rocky Hill 8-)

Where are you at these days?

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:12 am**

a4kquattro wrote:Well, I finally made up my mind on what direction to take the car engine swap wise

:-D

I managed to score a 80k mile v8 4.2 motor out of a 98 a8 for $1500 complete, couldn't pass that up!

Nice score!

All these V8 swaps are making me jealous.

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:58 pm**

a4kquattro wrote:Hey Tony, me neither on working in Hartford, my company moved to Rocky Hill

Where are you at these days?

It's a suprise!

Nice motor....now hurry up and get it in!

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:20 pm**

where could one find one of these fiberglass RS2 rip offs these days??

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:21 pm**

a4kquattro wrote:Well, I finally made up my mind on what direction to take the car engine swap wise I managed to score a 80k mile v8 4.2 motor out of a 98 a8 for $1500 complete, couldn't pass that up!

You suck! That's a good time. Is it me, or does it look really easy to connect those headers together back by the TB and stick a turbo on it?

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:30 pm**

WOMBAT wrote:where could one find one of these fiberglass RS2 rip offs these days??

not sure, car came with it :-P

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:30 pm**

audifreakjim wrote: Is it me, or does it look really easy to connect those headers together back by the TB and stick a turbo on it?

:stupid: Looks pretty easy to me too!

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:32 pm**

audifreakjim wrote:You suck!

Yah, well you BLOW! Around 30psi now right? :bump:

That's a good time. Is it me, or does it look really easy to connect those headers together back by the TB and stick a turbo on it?

Single turbo would be one option, true. Not that tough to make a pair of manifolds either tho.

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:04 pm**

Good luck with the project Marc. Did you get that motor from some guy in Ct? McMJupiter email or something? I was emailing him back and forth about an A8 4.2 motor, but I could usually never understand what he wrote, so I eventually gave up. Car looks nice though. Just watch out for water leaks, that killed my interior in my CQ.

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:06 pm**

subvertdesign wrote:Good luck with the project Marc. Did you get that motor from some guy in Ct? McMJupiter email or something? I was emailing him back and forth about an A8 4.2 motor, but I could usually never understand what he wrote, so I eventually gave up.

Yeah, I dont think email was really his forte, first time I emailed him about the motor he replied with something about seats?

He actually had a pretty interesting setup behind his house, cinderblock shop with all kinds of toys here and there.

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:07 pm**

Jared, when did you move to Gbury? I'm through that town all the time, whereabouts?

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:46 pm**

Maybe he should put it in the trunk. :wink:

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:28 pm**

jeez, only you.....

Posted: **Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:10 pm**

Care package from Alex @ Europrice arrived today :-D

Lots of parts sitting on the garage floor waiting to be installed. Kinda tough when the car is 3 hours away :roll:

Posted: **Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:39 pm**

Damn those RS2's look cool there, I gotta get me a set of those :wink:

Posted: **Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:01 am**

Best mod I've done to the car hands down, and I'm not kidding.

Posted: **Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:27 am**

Hey, Is this your car Marc? I've had this picture saved in my computer for some time now. Thought it might be yours.

Attachment ( 2004 ) : red.jpg

The Project Pad

Marc's 1990 4.2L V8 Twin Turbo Coupe Quattro