Tonks's 80 2 door quattro RS4 Tourenwagen

Post by **Tonks4x4** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:36 am

pekingprawn wrote:Great stuff, take it you've seen this...

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26537

Also if you're ever in the Aberdeen area with the RS4 engined 80, do let me know as I'd love to see it!

Yes that is Hamish, he has made a beautiful job of his car. I supplied his rear wings from my moulds.

Post by **Tonks4x4** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:42 pm

Ooooooooooooohhh I have made a mess in my pants!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8TOAveOUAw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFHqr0b5EpU

Post by **RSKiwi** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:50 pm

Tonks4x4 wrote:Ooooooooooooohhh I have made a mess in my pants!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8TOAveOUAw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFHqr0b5EpU

I cant wait to hear this thing dialled in, its going to sound awesome

Post by **bam_bam** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:52 pm

Leave the exhaust off, map it. Job done.

Post by **Timster** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:22 pm

pekingprawn wrote:Great stuff, take it you've seen this...

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26537

Also if you're ever in the Aberdeen area with the RS4 engined 80, do let me know as I'd love to see it!

Can't wait for Hamish to post his next updates. I spent several days reading the entire thread. Phenomenal.

Post by **MEV** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:55 pm

BLOODY HELL!

Hat off to you mate thats one hell of a story and an achievment. My mind boggles thinking where people get the time, knowledge and patience to run such a complex project. Brilliant.

Post by **MB2** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:29 am

Absolutley, I used to mess around with metal & bikes but the scale of these 2 projects & the sustained attention is massively impressive - congratulations

Post by **JackS4** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:01 am

Absolutely awesome thread - I don't have either the technical skills or patience frankly to do somethiing like this so its always great to read about somebody who does.

J

My youtube · Post by **JCviggen** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:55 am

Superb. I guess an inline 5 with a big hairdryer on it would've been more genuine but that is going to sound brilliant as well.

Post by **Tonks4x4** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:49 pm

JCviggen wrote:Superb. I guess an inline 5 with a big hairdryer on it would've been more genuine but that is going to sound brilliant as well.

No to keep it original it would have to be a 1.6 na that revs to 9000rpm

And I have done the i5 turbo conversions to death, so the V8 was the only option to stand out and be different

Not had much time to play again lately. However started to do some work on the manifolds....

Back when I put the engine in I just cut the long extension off so at a later stage I could extend them into the correct location.

Here is a picture of 1 standard manifold

So I started by roughly tacking one of the collectors into the correct position on the RH side of the car.
The collector from the LH side almost fitted perfectly on the RH side upside down it exited under the subframe at the side of the gearbox just like a UR and S2.

However once it was tacked it was physically impossible to remove the header without first removing a half shaft and then lifting the engine above the chassis rails. Also if I wanted to get the gearbox in and out in the future I would not be able to get the bell housing past the downpipe and therefore all together will not do.

So then Mike suggested why don't I connect the 2 small downpipes together with stainless V bands so I could just remove the downpipe separate to the headers.

This would have worked just fine and I have ordered a pair of V bands to use if I do go down this route.

Meanwhile, I have been struggling to get the absolute measurements for the crank position sensor. So another friend came over today to stick his S5 on the ramp so that I could have a look. Unfortunately the gearbox in these are different again and the crank position sensor is right on the bottom of the bell housing. One awesome thing about these boxes is that the driveshaft outputs are virtually touching the engine right up against the end of the bell housing. This means if someone wanted to mount their engine and box rearwards another 5 to 6 inches to shift weight, with this box it would be possible.

However whilst I was under there I could not help but notice that the exhaust manifolds looked almost exactly what I need.

So a quick search on the net and I have found these. They are again on the way from Germany so when they get here I will update you as to whether they fit or not

Post by **bam_bam** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:38 pm

4 into 2 headers would sound interesting.

Post by **Tonks4x4** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:57 am

Some manifolds landed in the post today from German eBay so tonight I have had a play...

The header flanges are identical between, RS4 (Left) and S5(Right)

Here you can see the side profile difference

First thing is first I don't want to have a large 4 bolt flange so I will cut that off

Then I will TIG on the V Band

You can just see in the top of the picture now where the V band is I have loads of room for a 3" downpipe each side now

So both manifolds have been bolted on and ticked off the list

And I have now fully installed the large Alloy radiator and begun the nasty task of figuring out how to plumb it all...

Post by **PhilT** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:36 am

Love this thread. Makes me wish I could do it

Post by **P_G** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:41 am

Would be very interested to see what the new manifolds do to the sound. Supersprint were working for ages trying to improve on OEM but never got there, this looks spot on and with 3" pipe to boot rather than 2.5" or 2.75". Well done Tonks.

How much were the manifolds roughly if you don't mind me asking?

Post by **Tonks4x4** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:06 pm

The manifolds I found on german eBay, shipped to my door for £94 for the pair

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