The Project Pad

I see, not a bad plan. I like it

I've been working on cleaning everything as thoroughly as possible. Changed the timing belt, water pump, idler pulley and thermostat. De-greased all sorts of brackets, clamps, bolts, and coolant pipes. Painted a bunch of little covers and brackets satin black. Left the aluminum pieces raw. Also had the flywheel resurfaced and ordered a few fittings for the oil cooler and bolts from the dealer.

Still more cleaning to be done but here are a few pics:

Flywheel back from the machine shop:



Engine before cleansing:



New timing treats installed:



Timing all buttoned up and significantly more clean!:



Still more cleansing to do but MUCH better:



Thanks my Dad making custom tools for all these crazy Audi projects!

Slide hammer to remove timing idler and crank pulley lock tool:



Machining the crank lock too:



Turbo is in the mail along with the braided lines/fittings, silicon charge hoses and a wastegate spring (1.9bar). Next Friday (payday ) I am ordering the VEMS ECU, wideband, coils, external display and injectors.

Anyone know where/how to get a direct replacement 4bar fuel pressure regulator?

nice! I believe the AAN uses 4 bar FPR no?

Also, I don't know what that wg spring will put you at for boost (presumably around 13 psi), but that might be too much for stock injectors on a turbo that size even with 4 bar fuel pressure. You'll see when you go to tune though. I'd suggest just keeping your stock wg spring in there. Its plenty good for as much boost as you want and good spool especially with the ability to play with the PID settings in VEMS.

aan FPR is totally different. Its like the 1.8t style drop in regulator. Wont really work on a 3b setup.

oh nevermind then

Just get some injectors sucka! They shouldn't cost much more than a new FPR unless you get one from the jy or used or something

i think you might be able to fit a 7a fpr to the 3b, and I think it will increase the pressure under boost. Might be worth checking into.

That WG spring should be good for a min of 14-15psi which would absolutely be pushing the stock injectors. I plan on getting some Siemens 60lb's or 83lbs for injectors when I order the VEMS but I also wanted to bump the pressure if there was a drop in solution like the 1.8t, 2.7t etc... If not, no big deal.

No big updates but I wrinkle coated the valve cover:



Turbo and other 034 treats will be here next Friday and that's also the day I order the VEMS, coils, external LCD display, wideband and injectors.

you seem very excited...Its so awesome to see another t44 owner so enthusiastic

Excited to see how this turns out as well. I'm addicted to t44 project threads...

This is gonna be good!!! keep up the nice work!

Nice 200q20v man! Great project. Inspiring.

What part number H&R springs are those?

Thank you everyone! I'm getting excited myself!

auditude wrote:Nice 200q20v man! Great project. Inspiring.

What part number H&R springs are those?

Thanks man! They are H&R #29800.

Nick, I absolutely love this car......tastefully done in every way.

One of my favourite threads.

Cleaned the intake manifold like crazy and wrapped the downpipe today:

TorqAddict wrote:Nick, I absolutely love this car......tastefully done in every way.

One of my favourite threads.

Thank you very much! Glad to see other appreciating the T44's!

Keep it up Nick - looks great! Glad to see you're keeping the 3B valve cover - seems like that's the first to go on these motors and I love 'em