This is how the car started, 1983 Audi Quattro:

I bought it with a blown head gasket about 6 years ago knowing it was going to be a go-slow project. At first I was thinking I'd AAN swap it but knew I wanted an 07k after playing with hank's various small chassis 07k builds at battleborn.
So, I've been slowly modding the car. I started out doing camber/caster plates up front a few years ago with my friend Haydn Taylor's help:
I also wanted to devise a nice removable core support so I cut the framerails and fabricated mounting plates with locating pins so it can hang without bolts for easy alignment
all the factory wiring got pulled out, replacing all of it with can-bus master cell modules

fast forward to this weekend's progress. I finally got around to preparing my mockup motor for mounting in the chassis so I can start fabricating around it (radiator, intercoolers, turbo/EM, etc). step one was preparing an 01e (or part of it). the cuts are pretty easy thanks to Hanks help with a printable template. I still have to weld back in support plates but all of this is for mockup so its coming back out (probably multiple times) anyway.
and setting the motor in the bay
subframe and frontend on. look at all that frickin room!
thats all for now. dont expect fast and furious updates unfortunately.







