The Project Pad

2001 S4, Nogaro blue, Black interior.
Build is mostly complete, but hopefully I can put down enough info here to help someone with their build someday.

Engine Build:
AMD 3L Big Port Block, Inspected, Honed, Balanced rotating assembly,
AMD/Wiseco Custom Forged pistons
Int. Engineering rods, coated
3L 92.8mm Crankshaft
All new bearings, Coated main bearings
Main stud kit
Rebuilt 2.8 Cylinder Heads, machined w/ 3-angle valve grind, 2.8 Cams
New OE timing belt kit, new cylinder head bolts, new intake/exhaust cam followers, all new seals and gaskets, all new seals
New oil pump and chain tensioner
Supertech SS exhaust valves
NGK BK7E @ 0.024"

Engine:
Tial 770 Turbo Kit
EPL Big MAF GT fueling kit
OEM RS4 Y-pipe
4 Bar fuel pressure regulator
Two Bosch Motorsport Fuel pumps inline
AMD trunk mounted meth tank
Aquamist HFS3 Methanol injection utilizing 3x 1mm Jets
OEM RS4 throttle body
AMD Big Plenum RS4 intake manifold
RS4 Bi-pipe, welded
AMD powder coated oil cooler mount
AMD urethane filled rear diff mount
AMD dual feed breather kit
Braille AGM battery to allow room for breather
N249 Delete- shaved rail
Stern pro transmission mounts
Stern pro engine moutns
AMD Sport Clutch Kit
AMD Tial 770 specific 3" Divorced port downpipes
AMD 3.5" Exhaust w/ Magnaflow mufflers
AMD intake w/Carbon shroud

Interior:
B5 RS4 front seats
Euro A6 Audi Navigation Plus RNS-E with US software
SPA Design programmable boost & Fuel pressure gauge w/memory
Omori 60mm electric boost gauge, 0-35 PSI
Omori 45mm EGT gauge,
Omori 45mm Oil pressure gauge
AEM Air/Fuel gauge
Valentine One hardwired & concealed display
Greddy turbo timer installed in cupholder location

Brakes:
Stasis/Alcon Motorsport Monoblock 6-piston calipers, 370mm Stasis floating rotors
Brembo rear upgrade kit
Brembo rear E-brake calipers
Pagid Yellow pads/Motul RBF600 fluid

Suspension:
Febi-Bilstien/Stern adjustable control arm kit
Performance Shock/Ohlins Raceline suspension
8.0" x 2.5" id x 750# front springs
8.0" x 2.25" ID x 900# rear springs

Wheels/Tires:
OZ Alleggerita 18x8 et35- titanium finish
Michelin Pilot Super Sport 255/35-18

Exterior:
Euro S4 rear bumper
ECode Headlights

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Rotate tires
Oil change, Joe Gibbs DT40/DT50 50-50 Mixed
7-25-15 - Spark Plugs, NGKBKR7E gapped to .026"

Whoa

chaloux wrote:Whoa

My thoughts exactly! Very well done sir.

good golly gee whiz

cheetah with dynamite up its A$$

Awesome build man! Have you visited a dyno yet?

85oceanic wrote:Awesome build man! Have you visited a dyno yet?

Yessir, 606whp / 581 tq was the max. At 30 psi peak boost with 100% meth.

Why 100% meth? Won't a 50:50 mix give you better cooling?

PRY4SNO wrote:Why 100% meth? Won't a 50:50 mix give you better cooling?

Honestly I'd have to look into that more. This is at the tuners recommendation, and he has tuned many, many high HP cars , so I trust his advice.
This build is capable of way more HP than its running but it is tuned to be a reliable daily driver setup that I could get it and have no issues with driving across the country in it at any time.

Clutch and tranny info? Lol, or how many have you been through?

It's a stock transmission, rebuilt with new syncros 33k ago. the clutch is a modified b7 rs4 clutch with stronger springs from AMD . Probably will run a twin disk next but this one is holding up fine, I don't launch the car.

Nick, do you still have a b5 s4? Or just the 200 now? The 200 is by far the coolest 200 out there!! I was just watching it on YouTube.

bad ass car! Jason knows his stuff.

One thing that is bothering me... Are those speakers in the driver and passenger foot wells?

Afterthought wrote:Nick, do you still have a b5 s4? Or just the 200 now? The 200 is by far the coolest 200 out there!! I was just watching it on YouTube.

The B5 is gone. I sold it at the end of last year. Thank you man! It's a riot.

Dave wrote:bad ass car! Jason knows his stuff.

One thing that is bothering me... Are those speakers in the driver and passenger foot wells?

Dave, yes those are speakers in custom ported enclosures, highs, mids, and lows. They sound really good and I'm glad I retained them. The car had a very high end stereo setup before I bought it and I had the PO take most of it out to save money , and some weight I suppose. Probably removed a hundred pounds or more of stereo equipment.

Stereo schmereo - where's the dyno graphs!?

chaloux wrote:Stereo schmereo - where's the dyno graphs!?

Unfortunately this is all I have... But ill take you for a ride any time! It speaks for itself. I love the 770s, I dont know if there is any competitor for these.

Very nice!

Swapped to winder mode, not a big fan of these wheels but I already have them with great all season tires on them so ill run them for now.
Probably be driving the truck alot

Awesome project - don't mind the wheels either What do you have planned next for it?

All_Euro wrote:Awesome project - don't mind the wheels either What do you have planned next for it?

As far as future plans, I really like the way it is now so I just need to stay on top of maintenance and make sure shes running well.
All of my energy and spare time is going into my coupe project for right now !!

Afterthought wrote:As far as future plans, I really like the way it is now so I just need to stay on top of maintenance and make sure shes running well. All of my energy and spare time is going into my coupe project for right now !!

Ah, thought you might have some fine tuning in mind but I wasn't thinking about the Coupe. Great stage to be at with the S4 though - one where you can just enjoy it... Enjoy!

Did a little refresher on the S4 today. Last time i drove I was seeing lower than normal methanol flow and slightly lower boost (~26 instead of the usual 28-30 PSI)
So the methanol pump is located in the trunk, which discharges to a plastic pipe that runs under the car and to a "fast acting valve" located in the engine bay. That valve can and has plugged before.


How to access the FAV, First removed the outlet from the fav and pointed the valve's discharge into a cup.


So I took the controller out from under my dash and opened it up to test the flow, It was hard to do by myself.
I pointed the valve into the cup and removed the black jumper from "INJ" and placed it onto the "SYS" spot. Was able to get good flow doing this.


Didn't get much particulate in the cup. So I don't know if that was the issue or not. Will have to road test tonight on the way to work.


Then changed my spark plugs. Old plugs didn't look great so it was time.


Re-assembled. Good to go.

No dice on the methanol fix!!
Anybody have any experience tuning with Aquamist?

What if trying to figure out is if the Aquamist injects based on injector duty cycle is it proportinal to IDC% or full flow past a certain point ?
I dont know if my boost is only hitting 26-27 because the methanol flow is low, or the methanol is low because of the boost, or neither? Any thoughts anyone?

Nothing specific to add other than Jim or Marc would likely have some good info.

Otherwise, maybe there are some resident gurus at the Aquamist forum itself:
http://www.aquamist.co.uk/vbulletin/for ... y.php?f=34

Either way, I'm interested in what you find.