Great build! If you are ever in Columbus, I'd love to see it, haha.

About the thermostat thing, I would verify that it's not stuck but maybe try drilling a small hole in the thermostat, I've done this on a lot of my cars (with stock temp thermostat) and it seems to help even out any "funny business ...

How about a crossflow 20v?

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Very nice documentary, thanks!

What a trip that little car must be.

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I'm 1000 pics through the 308 build and I am at a complete loss.....

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Holy crap. I always knew the 6R4 was supposed to be pretty nuts, but after seeing that I would be scared to death to drive it. Talk about barnyard engineering! I knew that Audi "kludged" together a lot of stuff but wow, it looks like the original builders of the 6R4 hacked it together in a weekend ...

Thanks so much!

So what that means for us non-hardcore race types that want to build a stout street engine, if we balance rods/pistons/etc within one gram of each other, and have the crank zero balanced as well, that should be good enough? Sounds easy enough to me!

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Good to know, PG blocks are a little harder to come by but yeah with my modest hp goals, a stock block with ARP rod bolts would probably do fine. Little Holsets, maybe an HY35? Would that be too big? A friend had a built Volvo 2.3 with an HY35 and it wouldn't spool until 4000 rpm but he had 9000 rpm ...

Just doing some "bench building" for a possible future project.

Cheap 8vT. Thinking 1.8 8v bottom (since I have a few laying around) with 8.5 CR, coated pistons, possible rod upgrade. Massaged x-flo head, cam. Want to keep boost low, probably 12 PSI or so. Intercooled of course. Maybe a nice ...

Safety glasses. I wear them every time I work on anything anymore, I have had way too many close calls doing stuff that normally isn't an eye hazard. If i am grinding, I double up and use glasses and a full face shield. Better to be safe than be blind in one eye.

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Also, if the sandwitch/stud/isolator things that hold the motor to the door are broken or flimsy, McMaster Item # 4403k68 is a perfect replacement and are much stiffer. http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/118/1382/=mtysf6

Thanks to jaesunel on MG for originally finding these.

Great write-up!

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Best way I've found to do the clutch (And its amazing) is this:

Friend under car
You at the pedals


Pump clutch pedal 5-10 times hold pedal to floor
Helper opens bleeder (air and fluid come barfing out)
Helper closes bleeder
Pull Clutch pedal from the floor start pumping 5-10 times.

You really ...

hmm. Wife and I have discussed moving to NH.....

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Quite impressive! Especially for a 20v! Nice work.

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Wow. There are a lot of talented motherfuckers on here. It is really cool that people are sharing projects and ideas. I could look at pretty CNC stuff all day and never get bored.

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Thanks for joining Jeff, it will be fantastic to have a resource like you on the forums!

And thanks also for clarifying the I-5 balance issue and confirming what I have been trying to tell people for a while now. haha.

I would be interested to hear if you have any thoughts on the balancing of a ...

The "best" was its predecessor. It has the most Group B wins of any car, after all.

(Plus it was RWD and didn't have a turbo, two things that automatically make something better!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlw_HNLGMAM

:metoo:

Well, except the turbo part. :)

That car looks tricky to ...

Get yourself a K-jet test kit: http://www.amazon.com/CTA-Tools-3420-Jetronic-Injection/dp/B008FJXA3M

Or borrow one or rent one. If you have any mom and pop shops around that work on old German or Italian cars, they probably have a kit laying around that they would let you borrow for an afternoon ...

Wow, that is like Bag-o-snakes ver. 2.0. Awesome!

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Agreed, some early TDI and 16v guys were pinning the crank sprocket b/c the keyway liked to shear off. There was a guy that even had a jig to do the modification with the engine in-car. It was an interference fit hardened steel pin. Probably good to make sure everything is balanced after pinning the ...

Thanks guys, hopefully I will get some movement this year on the project.

Thanks Marc as well for importing the thread.

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Don't forget the 12V VR6 chain issues too. Chances are they need replaced every 80k or so. In reality, if you are doing a clutch on a VR6, may as well do the chains while you are in there. It's not a lot of extra work at that point and not much extra expense either, I kinda see the 07K as the same ...

Amazing work. Making it look easy too. I wish I had the tools and the space to play with them.

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NICE! Watching this!

There is a 928 sitting in some used car lot locally in town, been there for at least 5 years, I am so tempted to take a handful of cash down and say "lets make a deal".

I am eagerly awaiting updates. I don't know if I have ever seen a 968 in person.

Good luck!
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Well said, thanks very much for setting this up Hank, (and Ed and Marc) this seems like a perfect logical next step for the MG community members that have "moved on". Glad to be here!

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Wow, those rockers look great!!!

Indeed, hopefully there are templates for everything. Heehee.

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