Marc's 1990 4.2L V8 Twin Turbo Coupe Quattro

Post by **Marc** » Sat May 27, 2006 4:08 am

Ronald G Wainwright+ wrote:[/quote]Geez Marc, you know how to make a guys hart jump a beat or two. Even though it's not my motor anymore I still feel it an extended part of the familey. I started to feel faint but glad to have kept going & read that the motor was OK(you should add a Phew emoticon).

But let me see if I can understand. So the starter teeth were extending past the flywheel teeth & binding obviousley on the top of the flywheel & couldn't return cause of the binding?[/quote]

Yep

?, if you make up a spacer for the starter will you need longer starter bolts?
& why did this happen?

the starter bolts I'm using are already long enough, no biggie there. I only need about a 1/4 spacer (which will put the starter fairly close to the oil filter, but not touching.

Post by **Marc** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:29 pm

Had an impulse buy on an FMIC tonight, I really liked the design, vertical flow, dual in single out configuration:

cuatrokoop · Post by **cuatrokoop** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:38 pm

Heh....So are you even going to bother with running it N/A or just go for broke now?

House, what house? :-D

Post by **Marc** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:52 pm

cuatrokoop wrote:Heh....So are you even going to bother with running it N/A or just go for broke now?

Nope, Its Turbo Time! Pulling the heads when I suspected valve damage sealed the deal.

House, what house? :-D

a whole different kind of 'going for broke' :(

WAUG0806 · Post by **WAUG0806** » Sun May 28, 2006 3:24 am

I understand your logic completely...

cuatrokoop · Post by **cuatrokoop** » Sun May 28, 2006 3:52 am

a4kquattro wrote:Nope, Its Turbo Time! Pulling the heads when I suspected valve damage sealed the deal.

That's what I figured.

a whole different kind of 'going for broke' :(

Yous ain't kiddin'...

Derracuda · Post by **Derracuda** » Sun May 28, 2006 6:29 am

a4kquattro wrote:Had an impulse buy on an FMIC tonight, I really liked the design, vertical flow, dual in single out configuration:

good luck fitting that in there with your radiator and fan marc

i looked at that same IC the other night on ebay.

Post by **Marc** » Sun May 28, 2006 7:16 am

derracuda wrote:
a4kquattro wrote:Had an impulse buy on an FMIC tonight, I really liked the design, vertical flow, dual in single out configuration:

good luck fitting that in there with your radiator and fan marc i looked at that same IC the other night on ebay.

Ah, you're forgetting my front bumper setup

Plenty of room down der...

yodasfro · Post by **yodasfro** » Sun May 28, 2006 7:18 am

Did put the heads back on already?

Post by **Marc** » Sun May 28, 2006 7:32 am

yodasfro wrote:Did put the heads back on already?

nah, thats an old picture, gotta get some parts first (head gaskets, studs, etc).

birdmanmt · Post by **birdmanmt** » Sun May 28, 2006 7:46 am

wow, that's a lotta work! I think turbo's are a good idea! :-)

audibeans · Post by **audibeans** » Sun May 28, 2006 8:46 am

birdmanmt wrote:wow, that's a lotta work! I think turbo's are a good idea! :-)

LOL, I dont where some these guys get there energy....

noriceforyou · Post by **noriceforyou** » Sun May 28, 2006 2:07 pm

audibeans wrote:
birdmanmt wrote:wow, that's a lotta work! I think turbo's are a good idea! :-)
LOL, I dont where some these guys get there energy....

I remember hearing a commercial about some pill that can make you go up to four hours at a crack.......

Derracuda · Post by **Derracuda** » Sun May 28, 2006 9:09 pm

a4kquattro wrote:
derracuda wrote:
a4kquattro wrote:Had an impulse buy on an FMIC tonight, I really liked the design, vertical flow, dual in single out configuration:

good luck fitting that in there with your radiator and fan marc i looked at that same IC the other night on ebay.
Ah, you're forgetting my front bumper setup

Plenty of room down der...

jerk!

Post by **Marc** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:01 pm

Alrighty, another weekends worth of progress. Thanks to Nate for getting me a set of extra headgaskets and other goodies real quick-like :woowoo:

I installed ARP 16v VW headstuds and stacked gaskets

Pulled the oil pan(s) and drilled/tapped for the turbo oil drains. Man, theres a lot of freakin bolts holding the pans up...

drivers side drain:

Passenger side drain:

I'm a little nervous about the passenger drain in the pan. Its really close to the oil level when full and I'm concerned about potential restriction in the drain line while cornering, etc. Apparently Nate hasn't had any problem with this(?)

oil supply line:

I also sealed off the nipple facing rearward on the drivers side valve cover to give more clearance for the master cylinder. The red powdercoat came out pretty good too:

Now I just need some manifolds and turbos

SEStone · Post by **SEStone** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:07 pm

Damn, it's like they designed bosses for turbo feeds and drains!

Sam

Toxcheap · Post by **Toxcheap** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:19 pm

HOLY SHIT you really made some progress after I left GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!!!

WOMBAT · Post by **WOMBAT** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:58 pm

ah, the signature marc red valve covers 8)

20v90q · Post by **20v90q** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:11 pm

Looks Great! Nice, clean install. Now when are you going to spray some degreaser on those heads/oil pans? :-)

Post by **Marc** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:25 am

Toxcheap wrote:HOLY SHIT you really made some progress after I left GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!!!

I was determined to get the engine bolted back up before I left. I didn't get outta there until almost 10:30! Sorry I didn't stop by last night, YGM.

birdmanmt · Post by **birdmanmt** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:30 am

Looks great! Are those just NPT-->AN adapters?

Post by **Marc** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:31 am

birdmanmt wrote:Looks great! Are those just NPT-->AN adapters?

yep, 1/2" NPT to -10AN

3bAudios · Post by **3bAudios** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:17 am

holy crap man, that motor was on the floor still when i left. if i had known you were going to be bolting it up i would have stuck around!!! looks great man

yodasfro · Post by **yodasfro** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:20 am

Good stuff Marc keep it up

8)

Derracuda · Post by **Derracuda** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:33 am

i'm planning on sticking the drain in the boss above where you put yours in, in the block instead of the pan.

looks great though marc!