Wrong forum. I am getting more impressed though. I've heard scary things about reliability and difficulty in working on Audis though.

 

I've heard that German Engineering is far superior... And IIRC Audi has won LeMans and any other serious racing series quite handily. .

The garage is coming along... Light fixtures are mounted. 7 fixtures that hold (4) 4' T8 32W bulbs in a 500sq ft garage. . I also have another fixture that will hang above the workspace. After the lighting I'll be wiring the 220v outlet... Then insulating the attic above the garage.

Cosworth may ship me the head gasket this month... That I ordered in March!

 

God that makes me miss my audi.. 06 a4 as a daily was awesome.!

 

You have an awesome job love that RS4!!

 

Eric, I have a cosworth .51 87mm headgasket at the house... however, I am out on DET at the moment and won't be back until almost christmas... I like to keep a spare around cause I know how hard those gaskets are to find sometimes...

 

Cosworth came through with my head gasket.

I'm thinking some titanium intake valves are in order this go around. Garage is getting quotes for injection foam. gonna be comfy.

 

Are you planning to run a lower rate spring at the same time? What's the longevity of Ti-alloy valves? Injection foam?

 

I plan to run a S2 camshaft to make the car idle better than it did with the s3's. I should be able to run a softer spring for valve control by doing that... and then furthermore if I run the Titanium valves (IF Dave @ Headgames can do that for me) I won't have any problems with float revving the engine to 8.5k+ at 35psi with the 8374. Or I may find out that the Ti valves are just prohibitively expensive, gasp, and then just put Ferreas back in there.

With out any empirical data to back up my guestimate on how long the Ti valves would last... I would guess probably longer than my shortblock will. And I give built shortblocks a 30k mile lifespan. I'm not looking to incur MORE risks in the valve train department, but then again I don't want to have valve float issues again.

Injection foam is an open cell foam that can be installed in a pre-existing structure (home)... typically injected into the wall cavity to insulate a previously non-insulated sheetrocked frame. This is the case with my garage. I'd like to inject open cell foam into the walls and spray closed cell foam on the top (attic). Looking to make the garage comfortable to work in. Currently it's too cold and in a very short period of time it will be waaaaay too hot. If I can get the insulation sorted now, I can put in the AC unit specifically for the garage when summer rolls around.

My lighting project in the garage is nearing completion. I ended up with 7 fixtures. Each fixture holds (4) T8 32watt fluorescent bulbs... that's 28 bulbs on 1 switch 20 amp breaker 10-2 wire. 1 amp per fixture. 7 amps total, double it during start up 14.... and you should never exceed 75% of the capacity of the circuit (16amps)... so I'm good to go. I read some great article from a Lighting Engineer which explained each aspect of project in great detail... so I rocked it thanks to that guy. After taking soo long to finish the project I'm going to hire an Electrician to hook up the service to the breaker panel... not really because i'm uncomfortable with doing electric work... but because I'm simply too lazy to become motivated to finish the job. I know... I don't know what's gotten into me. I AM however freaking stoked to get my Evo running. Hopefully in time for TX2K14... which may be too optimistic, but hey... unrealistic goals always get things done faster right?

 

why not use fiberglass (blow or roll) in the attic? whether justified or not, i always worry about moisture issues when using closed cell foam.

btw, i just passed thru the dalles listening to 92.7...

 

who is APR and this R/T ernie guy?



cb

 

Chad I need to make time to get up and see you guys now that I am a ton closer... only about 4 hours away now...

 

I was in Virginia last friday

 

What ever happened to the alt setup?

 

Sub'ed

 

My alternator setup had a bad connector on it. I need to send it back to get fixed. connector pops off. My lithium battery is dead... i got an Odyssey and a nice little trickle charger. Soon again I will buy another Lithium battery, this time I'll spend a little more money on it.