Her Mars Red 83 Urq ...23psi of manual boost...vid

[quattro87]

I didn't cut the firewall. I just used the same hole on the passenger side that the OEM harness used and ran my new wires for the IIc through it.

The little round hole under the firewall brace is what I used to run my IIc harness after pulling the OEM harness out






The last month leading up to the Vegas GTG got pretty hectic as far as my build went and I didn't do a very good job of keeping my project thread updated. I guess I ought to go back and see if I can find pictures to add and fill in some blanks.

[Audilard]

John, I never get tickets in school zones. Maybe you should try breaking in the car in the school zones around you!

[quattro87]

:-) Of course not. I don't even think they look at lago blue cars let alone ticket them. I have to wonder at 58 in a 40 after just cresting the summit, if I still would have got a ticket had the car been white or Lago Blue.

[audifreakjim]

Jim, how much boost are you running on just 93 pump gas? Right now my tune isn't good enough to safely do much more without getting on a dyno or at the very least getting you or Hank or someone else in the passenger seat to push buttons. I could do a bit more data logging and get it closer I suppose, but 23psi is pretty fast right now. I may do an E85 of say like 30% and work my way up to the high 20s eventually. Right now I have enough of a to do list to keep me busy.

On our 91 I am good at 28 psi, but I also taper a bit (one of these days I'll figure that out..). I think you are using AAN pistons or 3B so your CR is a little higher, but you do have 93. I bet that you will be feeling pretty good around 26-27 with a good intercooler. Your turbo made 420 whp on my car

[Dave]

You know what would look really good in this car? A set of recaro classic c's

[quattro87]

8) Very cool Dave! It looks like from the looks of the garage that Darin must have been involved with this also. Thanks for the time and effort it took to snag these for me. They look to be in pretty decent shape. Any feedback on whether the controls worked before removing?

[Audilard]

We had the guy hook a battery up to them. The driver worked great, the passenger would go back but not forward. They are now occupying space in my garage.

[Dave]

oh darin remember that sound the chair made? that was an air bladder inflating!!

and John you will need a set of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RECARO-SEATS-BA ... _500wt_899" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... _500wt_899" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


and lets just say the price was a hair under this guys:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Recaro-Classic- ... b0&vxp=mtr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... b0&vxp=mtr

[Hank]

Those black Classics on ebay are epic!! Dad, you gotta find that headrest!!

[quattro87]

Those black Classics on ebay are epic!! Dad, you gotta find that headrest!!

Those are some good lookers, but at $5k the headrests would probably be $1k of it. I don't think I really like the mesh in the set just bought, but I will have to see when I get them down here. Redone in leather would sure be nice.

[dbldmnd]

Nice score John. I've got a set of classic C's installed into my urq. I got mine working so the backrest moves forward and back on both seats. I can hear the lumbar pumps running but no inflation. The heater pads are also showing open resistance. I was lazy and didn't bother taking them apart to fix, but into the car they went. So I will be watching on how to take them apart and fix the lumbar and heaters.

[quattro87]

Ha ha! I think I need pictures of them in your car to see how they will look. What did you have to do to install in an Urq slider?

[85oceanic]

Those black Classics on ebay are epic!! Dad, you gotta find that headrest!!

I TOTALLY AGREE! I would love those!

[dbldmnd]

I've got some pictures of the recaros in the urq, but for whatever reason, I'm not allowed to have a gallery, so no pics. You'll have to check them out in person at the PPIHC.

As for seat brackets, I have cut and welded a set of original recaro brackets that were for some other application. I used these for years on my recaro KRX's, but now they are under the classic C's. The C's sit a bit higher, so the brackets will need to be lowered another inch or so. I do have a set of coupe sport seat bases (adjustable height for both driver and passenger) that have been stripped down and will eventually be welded up for a set of recaros, but I haven't gone there yet.

[Dave]

if you are interested Audi Tradition still sells the "oem" recaro seat base for the urq/sportquatt

http://trshop.audi.de/konakart/QuickSea ... &x=14&y=13" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... &x=14&y=13" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

under 100 euro... not great but not as bad as i could have imagined.

the recaro part numbers are :

Bracket-Part-No. left/right: 85.20.17/85.20.27

[quattro87]

Where do you come up with this stuff Dave? :-) Did you just happen to look or knew from before that they were still available? Either way, thanks for the link.

[nsimps]

You see here's the thing about Dave, he's been known to find things from time to time. Never ceases to amaze me

[quattro87]

Yea he is amazing. Maybe he can find me these again......I got sniped at the last second on this set. :(

[Dave]

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem ... 2412680049" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 2412680049

[Wheeljack]

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=230831215808&index=22&nav=SEARCH&nid=42412680049" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Maybe you should do the bidding, pay for them, and ship them to him. We wouldn't want him to miss out on another set.

[Dave]

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=230831215808&index=22&nav=SEARCH&nid=42412680049" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Maybe you should do the bidding, pay for them, and ship them to him. We wouldn't want him to miss out on another set.

Should I reupholsterand install them too? While im at it should I drive it to work everyday too?

[quattro87]

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=230831215808&index=22&nav=SEARCH&nid=42412680049" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Maybe you should do the bidding, pay for them, and ship them to him. We wouldn't want him to miss out on another set.

Should I reupholsterand install them too? While im at it should I drive it to work everyday too?

Easy on the old man now, but as long as you are asking.......I'd like them in chocolate leather. If you join up with Hank and make the move to Vegas, I'm sure the drive to work every day could be arranged. I know that I'm not too high tech and do poor work, but I'm slow!!

[nsimps]

Went for a ride this evening with John in the passenger seat Thanks John for stopping on your way through, glad I finally got to experience this thing!

And yes, I blocked the parking lot. And yes, the people in that Honda stopped to admire :-)

[Hank]

#WantAnURQ(you win)

[Audilard]

Oh sure, don't even bother to tell me John. Thanks.