Derracudas zermatt 20vt,6spd, 351awhp - July 4th drive vid

90_Koop · Post by **90_Koop** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:08 pm

I hope when I get to this kind of project I'm as patient as you seem to be.
Damn, Derek lookin' good! Keep it up. :-D

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:12 pm

thanks

yeah, i really would love to drive it soon, but i just put it out of my head so it doesn't drive me nuts that way i can complete everything needed and then just drive it.

Repaair · Post by **Repaair** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:19 pm

Derek, where did you get that cool terminal tool?

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:23 pm

from the drawer of course

KKquattro · Post by **KKquattro** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:48 am

the gauge panel is from a fwd 4k, right?

greets

AudiSport4000 · Post by **AudiSport4000** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:48 am

KKquattro wrote:the gauge panel is from a fwd 4k, right?

greets

Yup, bolts right up where the differential lock panel is.

Val · Post by **Val** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:12 am

:jawdrop:

Dye-Lohn NJ · Post by **Dye-Lohn NJ** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:24 pm

nice work and nice lookin car derek! makes me very jealous(then again so do all your cars) on a side note how hard was it to replace the center drive shaft bearing? ive yet to get to mine and am debating on doing it myself or taking it to my mechanic.
-dylan

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:30 pm

it's dirty, but

s2 on the way · Post by **s2 on the way** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:50 pm

wow, comin together..... :thumbsup:

quattrostyle · Post by **quattrostyle** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:45 am

derracuda wrote:it's dirty, but

funny is that, I'd love to have the interior that is in your 4kq atm, I'm having the black/grey interior in my 90q :x

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:11 pm

ok, some part updates... i got some euro goodies from my buddy maarten M in the NL. he hooked me up with euro headlights, foglights, indicators, foglight switches, the works. so i have me some good euro parts to help this car really start coming together.

euro indicators

fogs 8)

an unmelted headlight plug

foglight switch plugs..

euro cluster (i'm gonna try and see about a higher mph speedo for it and use the rest of it as is. it's nice to have actual #'s on the coolant temp)

mmm, bixenon's a comin'....

maarten · Post by **maarten** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:17 pm

i'm missing the foglight switches in this post

no problem getting these parts for you, i'm glad they go in a nice car, can't wait to see it finished, also thanks to you, for all the electrical goodies we don't have...

guys. derek is the best

i think the things he did sent me are cleaner than the parts i sent him, i see now in the pics, that one of the mounting tabs of one of the headlights is broken :(

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:25 pm

doh! forgot that

and i also forgot that there were headlight brackets in the box too .... and an Audi hat :woowoo:

maarten · Post by **maarten** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:31 pm

that hat is just to promote www.audiforum.nl , not that it has any use on this US forum

AudiSport4000 · Post by **AudiSport4000** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:36 pm

Looks good. I had a Canadian cluster in my old 4000 years and years ago. I loved having the numbers there for the coolant and fuel, it was nice.

Good score on the fog light switches! I only have some of the front ones. Let us know how it goes installing the fog lights and turn indicators. Thats something Ive been looking to do for a while.

Wizard-of-OD · Post by **Wizard-of-OD** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:03 pm

wind that cluster back to 000000 buddy :wink:

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:22 pm

Wizard-of-OD wrote:wind that cluster back to 000000 buddy :wink:

that's a lasting illegal mod

Wizard-of-OD · Post by **Wizard-of-OD** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:27 pm

derracuda wrote:
Wizard-of-OD wrote:wind that cluster back to 000000 buddy :wink:

that's a lasting illegal mod

well you bought a "new" cluster :wink:

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:30 pm

Wizard-of-OD wrote:
derracuda wrote:
Wizard-of-OD wrote:wind that cluster back to 000000 buddy :wink:

that's a lasting illegal mod

well you bought a "new" cluster :wink:

good point... i did buy a new one.... you know how flaky used old audi speedo's are

90_Koop · Post by **90_Koop** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:28 pm

You did build a "new" motor too

quattrostyle · Post by **quattrostyle** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:04 am

maarten wrote:that hat is just to promote www.audiforum.nl

:woowoo:

ralleyquattro · Post by **ralleyquattro** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:48 am

derracuda wrote:euro indicators

fogs 8)

You will need the Euro bumper frame (FG) in order to fit these. Unless you do some innovative surgery to existing bumper/shocks.

I got a complete bumper from Europe along with complete harness for headlights/fogs/indicators. Other than swapping the bumper cover from US to Euro frame the job is a piece of cake. Looks great and is 1/4 of the weight of the NA bumper assembly!

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:22 am

yeah, i realize the difference in the bumpers, so i'm going to take a look at what it will take to mode mine vs. how much it will cost to get me a frame over here from europe.

derracuda · Post by **derracuda** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:57 am

headlight update

i've been working on retrofitting yet another pair of eurolights with HID projector lamps, but this time it's with bixenon projectors so that i have not only low beam, but high beam 8)

i started off by totally dismantling the headlights as they were really dirty and needed a good cleaning....

the light buckets were in fantastic shape..

then i used a dremel to cut the back side of the housing out for the deeper projector unit..

in order to mount the projector in a fashion so that i could adjust the light properly ad not completely dissassemble the housing everytime, i went the route of the factory.... sorta.... i had to make it with a pivot on one corner, and two adjusters on the other side. i had to make a plate to hold the bolt heads in place so that the only thing i have to do is turn the nuts outside the back and the springs keep tension between the projector and the light housing. the most difficult part now will be finding a way to seal the whole stinkin thing up

these are RC car tie rod ends 8)

adjuster nuts

test fit cardboard cover plate. i'll make one from aluminum for the final product

that's it for now!