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SouthsideSaint posted:^ my thoughts exactly I'd go for the V8, at least it is actually a Quattro, giving you that extra safety factor that really made the Audi what it is at the time. The 80 with the 4 cylinder is a FWD. Sure, the gas efficiency will suffer, but its made up for by drivability and safety. If you do go for EITHER of these Audis, flush the transmissions ASAP.
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CommieGIR posted:I'd go for the V8, at least it is actually a Quattro, giving you that extra safety factor that really made the Audi what it is at the time. The 80 with the 4 cylinder is a FWD. Yeah I'm torn in between the two. But knowing my wife shes gonna try and get me to pick up a 300td seeing as a few have just popped up on craigslist. She has the final say on most stuff so I have a feeling like I will be rolling around in a benz sooner then later.
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SouthsideSaint posted:Yeah I'm torn in between the two. But knowing my wife shes gonna try and get me to pick up a 300td seeing as a few have just popped up on craigslist. She has the final say on most stuff so I have a feeling like I will be rolling around in a benz sooner then later. Can't go wrong with a Merc. Well, you CAN, but its a Turbodiesel, so its worth it.
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It was car cleaning day!  And the wife's Volvo 
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Trouserchilli owned a V8 Quattro, it might be worth talking to him about the car pros cons etc.
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So, interested in 4x100 GTI Snowflakes? I'll have to see how many I have (it's at least 6, might be 8). ::EDIT:: \/\/\/ How many would you want, and you are out in CO, right? I'm in MA, so shipping won't be cheap. Most of them have tires mounted, but they are ancient. If needed, I can get the tires dismounted. sharkytm fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Apr 6, 2015 |
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sharkytm posted:So, interested in 4x100 GTI Snowflakes? I'll have to see how many I have (it's at least 6, might be 8). I am, let me know!
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Trouserchilli owned a V8 Quattro, it might be worth talking to him about the car pros cons etc. I think he sold it after it's first autocross, as it started running on 4 cylinders. Also UFO brakes. No thanks!
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New speaker time! In with the new  Out with the (very) old  The previous owner had even cut the stock rear tweeter wires, which I re-hooked up, they sound great!
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Just wanted to bump the thread to announce: I'll be at Southern Worthersee in Helen, GA this weekend. If you can make it, look for the white Audi 90 with a German tag on the front that says 'Audi 90' See you there!
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 Washed, vaccumed, polished, rims touched up with a new coat of paint, and ready for Southern Wurthersee tomorrow! But before I get on the highway, I'm going to go have the wheel balances checked, I found a MASSIVE amount of wheel weights on one tire. 
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Had a lot of fun at Southern Wurthersee with SuperDucky. Unfortunately, the show is mostly turning into stance and ricer stuff it seems like, which wasn't exactly what I was hoping it be. 
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So on my 2012 Jetta TDI, am I going to ruin everything if I do the gimmick where you just soak a fuel filter in diesel to saturate it before replacing it as opposed to priming the pump via vcds?
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AlternateAccount posted:So on my 2012 Jetta TDI, am I going to ruin everything if I do the gimmick where you just soak a fuel filter in diesel to saturate it before replacing it as opposed to priming the pump via vcds? No, its pretty common practice to pre-soak the filters among the few I've changed, naturally run the priming cycle if you have access to VCDS, but otherwise it shouldn't cause any harm. Just make sure you saturate the filter as close to the top of the filter as possible. Almost done fixing everything on the Audi, just have to get the AC charged. I fixed the sprayers for the headlights and replaced the hose for the windshield washers that was leaking. Now my dash gives me a nice 'OK' when I start the car instead of giving me the Windshield fluid warning emblem CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 18:32 on May 27, 2015 |
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OK thank you. Now I just have to figure out if I want to be a cheapass and try to do the DSG service without vcds.
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AlternateAccount posted:OK thank you. Now I just have to figure out if I want to be a cheapass and try to do the DSG service without vcds. You'll find 99% of mechs just change the fluid and filter, no VCDS.
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Mooseykins posted:You'll find 99% of mechs just change the fluid and filter, no VCDS. Quoted for posterity. I've rarely used VCDS unless I need to do advanced diagnostics.
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Mooseykins posted:You'll find 99% of mechs just change the fluid and filter, no VCDS. Whoa. That's kind of terrifying reading all the BIG SCARY WARNINGS. So just jack it up level, make sure the fluid is good and hot and try not to burn yourself while refilling? Or do they carefully measure what comes out and replace that much?
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AlternateAccount posted:Whoa. That's kind of terrifying reading all the BIG SCARY WARNINGS. So just jack it up level, make sure the fluid is good and hot and try not to burn yourself while refilling? Or do they carefully measure what comes out and replace that much? Jack it up, remove airbox/battery tray, remove the filter (unscrew the cap, let it drain, so it doesn't drip all over the gearbox), then drain the oil. If it doesn't show any sign of leakage we measure the drained fluid (plus what has dripped off the filter) and replace that much, plus just a little bit more. (25-75ml usually) The whole fluid level measuring procedure is a pain in the rear end, and really only performed after gearbox replacement or rebuild. (Or with the Multitronic CVTs we follow the proper method for filling and checking level because they're finnicky shitboxes.)
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Mooseykins posted:Jack it up, remove airbox/battery tray, remove the filter (unscrew the cap, let it drain, so it doesn't drip all over the gearbox), then drain the oil. What's your typical method of measuring the drained oil? Big glass kitchen style measuring cup? I feel like there should be an obvious smart way, but it's not coming to me.
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AlternateAccount posted:What's your typical method of measuring the drained oil? Big glass kitchen style measuring cup? I feel like there should be an obvious smart way, but it's not coming to me. A lot of the time oil bottles come with a grade on the side so you can measure how much you just farted into your car. I always pour my used engine oil into the oil container it came out of originally, though I admit this solution doesn't work great for you here unless you have an extra empty bottle lying around.
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AlternateAccount posted:What's your typical method of measuring the drained oil? Big glass kitchen style measuring cup? I feel like there should be an obvious smart way, but it's not coming to me. 
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AlternateAccount posted:What's your typical method of measuring the drained oil? Precision guesswork. We usually have an empty plastic oil bottle with a measuring scale up the side, nothing fancy.
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It's difficult to measure how much got all over the floor.
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May 28, 2015 14:35
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Larrymer posted:It's difficult to measure how much got all over the floor. Surface area, motherfucker. Someone should make an iPhone app with OpenCV called "what the gently caress did I just spill and how much?"
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Surface area, motherfucker. Someone should make an iPhone app with OpenCV called "what the gently caress did I just spill and how much?" "Siri, how much oil is that on the floor?" Siri: "Calling the EPA, Bob"
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 Finished the distributor for the 3B, now it has 5 windows so I can use it as a trigger for the Megasquirt to do batch injection.
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In regards to megasquirt. I know it can't (or crudely) drive sequential fuel injection, but how would batch fire work on a 5 cylinder? I know with a 4, 6, or 8 it would just fire injectors evenly... but wouldn't one cylinder get more fuel than the rest?
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BrokenKnucklez posted:In regards to megasquirt. I know it can't (or crudely) drive sequential fuel injection, but how would batch fire work on a 5 cylinder? I know with a 4, 6, or 8 it would just fire injectors evenly... but wouldn't one cylinder get more fuel than the rest? We're basically doing a V6 setup with an injector missing, driving 3 off one driver and 2 off the other. In reality, we're basically doing a Ghetto eCIS system.
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CommieGIR posted:We're basically doing a V6 setup with an injector missing, driving 3 off one driver and 2 off the other. Ah, makes complete sense now. I was thinking how I would drive it with a even cylinder engine. I assume that you're running split manifolds in order to fool the 02 sensors in the computer into thinking every thing is kosher?
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Ah, makes complete sense now. I was thinking how I would drive it with a even cylinder engine. I assume that you're running split manifolds in order to fool the 02 sensors in the computer into thinking every thing is kosher? I'm not sure how we'll solve that yet, you bring up a good point.
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Just purchased a 60-2 trigger wheel for the crank.
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CommieGIR posted:I'm not sure how we'll solve that yet, you bring up a good point. How are Audi manifolds set up? I know if your in Georgia land maybe you can make a trip south to America's Wang and see if uf can weld up a split manifold.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:How are Audi manifolds set up? I know if your in Georgia land maybe you can make a trip south to America's Wang and see if uf can weld up a split manifold. The 3B came with a split downpipe, but I'm running a single exhaust so I have to have the downpipe modded.
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Thinking a little bit about it, a single 02 sensor should work. Are you using Megasquirt to drive the coil as well, or is that going to be its own system? I know BMW's of that vintage used Motronic to run the coils, Mercedes used a black box system, but I have no idea what Audi was doing then. Id be interested, I know I plan to eventually run MS on the JJJJAAAAGGG, but just doing the simple TBI injection. I thought about driving the ignition with it, but it has an MSD system on it, so I may just run that by itself.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Thinking a little bit about it, a single 02 sensor should work. Are you using Megasquirt to drive the coil as well, or is that going to be its own system? I know BMW's of that vintage used Motronic to run the coils, Mercedes used a black box system, but I have no idea what Audi was doing then. No, the ignition will remain largely intact and a separate system. Megasquirt will just drive the EFI
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How is this going to affect your emissions since you're in the metro?
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SuperDucky posted:How is this going to affect your emissions since you're in the metro? The car is too old for emissions, even the 90 is outside of the age for emissions testing. The only car in our little fleet that gets tested is the 2002 Volvo XV70 XC
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CommieGIR posted:The car is too old for emissions, even the 90 is outside of the age for emissions testing. Oh yeah, forgot about the exemption. Carry on!
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CommieGIR posted:Just purchased a 60-2 trigger wheel for the crank. CommieGIR posted:No, the ignition will remain largely intact and a separate system. Megasquirt will just drive the EFI The 5 window you installed on the dizzy will drive an ms for fuel and spark without the crank trigger (batch fuel, single coil + distributor spark). You can also run just the 60-2 as a v10 in wasted spark mode and get rid of the dizzy altogether. If you use the 60-2 wheel on the crank, you can make the dizzy trigger into a one window for cam sync and have sequential spark and even do coil on plug. Add 3 injector drivers and go full sequential. You leave so much on the table when you don't do spark control.
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