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Posted: **Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:23 pm**

did you use new rubber bushings in the SF's and CA's? they didnt look like the ugly rubber ones, but then again, I havent seen any new ones.

lookin good!

Posted: **Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:29 pm**

hey Pat, i used all new rubber mounts, tranny, diff (all three on the diff), and new stock engine mounts. i want the car to be nice and quiet and smooth. no more vibrations at idle and when the engine is lugged under a load

today was again very productive. cleaned up the firewall and painted it, re-routed the fuel lines for hooking up to the stockers, mounted the coil, removed the stock engine harness, the A/C box inside, routed the battery cable, mounted the new battery cable junction box, reinstalled the cover for the heater/air box, got nice new windshield washer fluid lines and more

so, on with the pics 8)

started off with actually getting to see what i had after steam cleaning yesterday and while it's clean, the paint was still kinda hazy, so i went at it with some rubbing compound and got a bunch of it really nice. there was still some nasty scarring from battery juices on the pass. side strut tower though.

a bit of sanding and taping...

a bit of primer..

and a bit of color

i remembered seeing Martin's relocating the fuel lines for his 7A swap, so i did pretty much the same thing.

made a little bracket to hold the lines up in place properly

and the fit nicely in their new home. they even have the right offset to match the feed and return lines off the 3B intake manifold

nice and clean with the lines all re-routed and everything tidied up.

the coil is spaced out on coupling nuts.

hung the new motor mounts 8)

won't be needing this turd no more

then i had to cover this thing up..

i got new foam at napa and sealed this thing up all nice and tight 8)

also made a new screen for the inside air inlet... although i'm not sure if i'll be able to cope with not getting greeted with leaves in my eyes when i open the fresh air vent in the future

also got the new winshield washer fluid lines in. it's cheap at ACE hardware

and a newerish coolant bottle so i don't get yelled at bye the wiz for having a brown one...

then the last thing i did tonight is run the batter wire...

i put an isolator in the hole in the rear firewall so chaffing of the wires isn't a problem. big wires burning aren't my idea of fun :(

i cut a route in the padding so the wire doesn't protude out of the carpet.

all put back together

and finished up in the trunk too.

Posted: **Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:43 pm**

Looking good Derek!That coolant resevoir bottle isnt new though... :x

Posted: **Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:44 pm**

would you guys put some kinda fuse or breaker on the battey with all that cable running thought the car. i have seen it done like that before, just wonder if that is needed?

Posted: **Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:59 pm**

dspl1236 wrote:would you guys put some kinda fuse or breaker on the battey with all that cable running thought the car. i have seen it done like that before, just wonder if that is needed?

Knowing Derek something like this will probably be placed on the firewall.

Posted: **Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:14 pm**

nope! i'm using a part off a V8q that ron sent me. it's bolted to the inside of the pass. strut tower up there in the pics

Posted: **Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:20 pm**

You missed a spot.

Sam

Posted: **Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:23 pm**

lol, i realized that when i saw the pic. i just held the camera down there and took the shot

sorry, i'll get that spot tomorrow

Posted: **Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:37 am**

Brake booster also looks kinda hazy. I think they came in a mirror gloss from the factory

.

Sam

Posted: **Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:21 am**

THis car is so clean it makes me sick... only to live in a world without salt on the road! Grr...

Great job!!

Posted: **Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:44 am**

SeStone wrote:

You missed a spot.

Sam

I can't believe he lets his car get so dirty!!

Derek, please come back to my house and finish my car. Please.

Posted: **Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:48 am**

Looking really nice Derek! You are making me want to buy a 4k....... :wink:

Posted: **Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:08 am**

Rob C wrote:[/quote]

Looking really nice Derek! You are making me want to buy a 4k....... :wink:[/quote]

it's what all the cool kids have

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:25 am

by death 4kqt

it's what all the cool kids have

hells yea look at me, im the coolest!

that thing is so clean it makes me giggle like a little girl

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:25 pm

by Rob C

Well I want to be a cool kid.... guess I'm going to have to buy another car. I can't see any other way to get that status. :-D Actually I think I just need to finish my project.... okay maybe more like start it.. :roll:

That car is going to be so cool. I am definitely going to need a ride... even if I have to drive to Sacramento to get one! :woowoo:

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:42 pm

by Lt. Sarge

This reminds me of the guy I bought my brullen exhaust from. He was asking about Derek's various projects and said "man, that Derek is one swappin motherfucker. Talk about motivation"

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:42 pm

by derracuda

you won't have to drive to sacramento

the car will live up at home. it's just way easier to build it here and then i'll take it home

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:37 pm

by Shawn M.

wow...nice work..wish my quat was that clean :bashtard:

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:31 pm

by derracuda

more updates!

off and on today i fiddled more with wiring stuff and the battery wire/terminal box.

started off by cleaning the 3B harness... whew, what a mess. but it's all good now 8)

drying out

then i found where to poke the 3B harness through the firewall and drilling a pilot hole

then coming in from the back side with a 2 1/4" hole saw..

i see light!

a little more paint later and i'm ready for some harness feeding

i think the sticky red tape is some practical joke that a guy at audi played on the whole world

all through and boot seated

next up i moved the battery junction box, it wasn't gonna work with where it sat and how the harness was going to have to run..

terminals are crimped and heat shrinked..

cover snapped in place for hte finished look...

after that i had to run the main sections of the harness and secure them so they aren't just flopping around

i had to use coupling nuts to stand the wires away from the firewall a bit and make everything work properly

i also had to figure out a way to make the bracket that holds all the connectors for the engine sensors fit as it's way long. so i narrowed it up...

painted it up and mounted it in place with some more coupling nuts off the firewall.

and i also cleaned up the windshield washer fluid bottle and put on the spiffy new cap i got

i think it's turning out pretty good so far. it's pretty cool doing this all over again, but with a 20vt.

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:37 pm

by AudiSport4000

You are a god, that is all. :-D :-D :-D

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:19 pm

by Clouse

I :heart: Derek...

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:20 pm

by audidub

i really wish i didn't have dial-up :x :x

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:56 pm

by SeStone

Goin' at it like a pro man. Keep it up.

Sam

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:57 pm

by Toxcheap

progress! Sweat man way to go :woowoo:

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:47 am

by Wizard-of-OD

I really think you should open a shop that only does 20v and 20V Turbo conversion into B2 frames.You have a knack for making these things look OEM as possible.

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