The Project Pad

Hey my name is Brandon and this is my first post and its going to be a long one For a few years now I've been contemplating taking the 2.3 turbo motor out of my 1988 mustang and throwing the whole drivetrain from an a6 or s4 in. My buddy does car salvaging and he ended up with a 2.7t a6 automatic and i paid $800 to basically gut whatever i want out of it and give him the shell after. So anyways this is where I started.
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So before i started on the actual swap I needed a new garage sooooo

my dad looking at something lol

a day later

after that the scissor trusses

my brother and dads friend

a bit of plywood

a bit of electrical

some floor paint

some awesome porkrinds from my old work(dads friend owns Porky Co)

and the fun begins

made a subframe/motor/tranny cart out of angle iron and lots of tig welding

removed the rear end all in one piece

got the drive train out and on the cart

removed everything necessary to me and got that shell out of here

now had to get the mustang prepped by removing everything basically lol

play with my puppy Turbo

3d print some nylon parts

it started getting cold

so heater was put it

so i was able to roll the motor under the mustang and see whats what and also it was nice in the garage for being 11 outside

a6 subframe was a lot lower then the mustangs frame

dog!

started working on the mounts using roll cage tubing and 1/8" plate i believe

lil bit of tig welding later

nuts were welded on plate before the pipes were welded on and this is after a long time welding and fitting and re-checking alignment of everything

all welded in

lil paint and they look ok

rear motor subframe mounts that i call ice cream sandwiches. they got some holes drilled in and nuts welded


whole front subframe is now bolted on

removed AC then on to the strut towers and lots of cardboard for templates

welded up the side

templates for the filling sheets

dozens of welding hours later

springs were a lil wide so a hammer and sawzall fixed this lol

test fit of the audi column and pedals

mount the steering rack partially(dont mind the 2 different style mounts lol)

time for the rear end, not that pretty but it works




strut mount

and shes welded in did have to cut out a considerable amount of the stock frame to fit but o well lol

after a few months of welding cutting and gringing shes finally on the ground


and the shifter mounted real easy, yes its tiptronic lol

Turbo loves cars


Time for the part that would make or break the car, the wiring! I love working with wiring and this bitch has a lot of it lol this is the loom only under the dash for the cluster AC and all that other BS

label everything!

removed what i didnt need


this is what i was left with

now for test fitting and wire organization(the best i could without cutting it all up)

mount the fuse box with a ground stud welded on and the fuse box acts as a mount for the ECU case which i mounted in above

and she worked first try and started after a running the starter interlock relay swith wire to the TCU output wire

my brother made me a logo for the car

time for some wire organizing lol but dash fits and i need to make a cluster mount

got a new tranny with less then 80k on it

did a lil painting and it looks ok

welded the heater core pipes shut

played with the transmissions a lil bit

made a plate to mount the master cylinder and and pedals, also made an extension for the booster and had to extend the bolts and the threaded stud on the booster by 2.25"

put in a new LCD

but before that i went for a lil drive
http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/BiturboMustang/media/2264_zps01f2f07e.mp4.html



and now im looking for a custom driveshaft so i can take her to get some 1/4 mile times at Great Lakes Dragaway!

Awesome! I like how you adapted the car to fit the drivetrain and not the other way around. Should make it easy to refit new parts later on with minimal drama.

thanks! yea its so far pretty easy to work on and also I can remove turbos without removing the whole motor so thats a big plus since its annoying to remove the motor in my 2.7t A6 for stuff like that and the clutch which i get to do as soon as this thing gets the driveshaft

So much WIN. Want...

This is an awesome build.

awesome job. i love it doing stuff like this....

AWESOME! I can't say I would have stayed with the tiptronic but it is befitting of the typically drag oriented mustang.

Sweet project looking foreword to more.

Thanks guys! and yea tip isnt probably going to be in after it hits about 400hp but i gotta say this thing was really quick to 95ish yesterday b4 the driveshaft incident and its under 9psi right now and ill b going to about 20 as soon as i go get some drag times just to see how she stacks up against the stock tip a6 times(i gotta see if ive been wasting my time lol) My guess is about low 13's high 12's but we will see

you sir, are a crazy person.

welcome.

love the approach on how you mated the motor to the chassis, what a wild build. I was half expecting a power glide at the end Lol!

Very cool.

Love it!
Now post some videos on youtube of AWD donuts in the snow, but don't tell anyone what's underneath.

haha yea i cant wait for snow and possibly going to try finding a lil track ppl carve on a lake here in wisconsin and show up some sti's and evo's at their own game

Awesome project. I like how you adapted to the lower mounting subframe of the drivetrain.
It likely saved reworking of the transmission tunnel.
Curious why you didn't convert to a manual transmission?
God I need to get a garage....

Awesome build!

Thanks again guys! It will end up being manual after the tip goes out but I really didnt want any extra variables in the wiring process. I also didnt want to spend $2500 on the parts to do it if i didnt know if everything was going to work in the first place.

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Wow.

I am amazed.

Glad you made it Brandon!

a conversion thats a bit different to stock, nice work

ok so I've been busy on the car.

got a new 1 piece diveshaft in

I welded in the roll cage ive had laying around for 6 years lol

started building a new exhaust with a ton of pie cut pieces






then it was time to take her to a big car show in milwaukee

and i won most unique which didnt surprise my friends much haha

after that fun stuff i ended up getting my subframe connectors because foxbodies are as ridged as rubber lol


after that it was off to the track with my new carbon fiber(real carbon) plate to hold my fake carbon switch panel lol

added a cooling fan and a PWM to control speed, it may b noisy but this fan helps a ton cuz it blows by your feet and to the window


dog watching over jared lol

got a sweet hazard switch from ebay

merica! lol

and now time for the track, but found out on the freeway that my alignment isnt that great and i might need to re-balance 1 wheel but i wasnt going to let that stuff ruin my day so i said screw it im still running! It was also super busy at Great Lakes Dragaway that day for being a Sunday so i was only able to get in 2 passes. First one is the one i got down here and it was no launch, one front o2 sensor had no signal(still trying to find break in wire) and 7 psi(boost leak which i found 2 days after) Knowing that this drivetrain in the a6 its from would have ran a 15.7 stock and even with me having all these issues i dont think it went to bad. Nothing broke and it doesnt feel like it was really trying so i consider it a success :popcorn:

after that i figured out one of my front springs was broken and it was one reason it felt weird on bumps so now im putting in my brothers stock gti springs

I have some b6 springs if you want them. Just pay shipping.

u happen to know the spring rate?

hey guys thanks for the comments! I haven't been keeping this build up to date but here is my latest run at Great Lakes Dragaway.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/l0p6ufKKMHs
If they r open next weekend I know ill get 12's with just slightly more boost(12-14psi)
But please subscribe and like the videos
single turbo build will be on video as i get it done along with o1e tranny install and lots of carbon fiber construction of body panels!

Pretty awesome!

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