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The Frankenturbo B5 Progress Thread
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Whats up guys, my names John and I drive an 01 A4 1.8TQM. I've had it since November when I traded my 94 Blazer for it. Ive been doing a decent amount of work to it recently so I figured I'd post up a thread, I always love reading other peoples threads.
And yes the previous owner did the full timing belt service right before I bought it, pictures and receipts to prove! I bought it with some parts already on it such as: Turbo Frankenturbo kit (stock tune) Forge DV Exterior Satin Black paint with Brilliant Black hood and roof Euro A4 front bumper Euro trunk Euro stubby passenger mirror (put stock back on) M3 trunk lip Shaved center molding S4 sides Interior S4 black interior S4 grey leather seats with matching door cards Camo wrapped door trim Podi column boost gauge All weather Audi sport floor mats A6 coin tray A6 Door handles painted black Engine Bay Euro B5 Passat power steering cover B6 Audi charcoal grey coolant tank Wheels/Suspension 17x9 BBS RC's, color is flat Olive Green 3mm spacers in the rear Raceland coilover kit Intake/Exhaust Custom 2.5in straight back exhaust Magnaflow muffler with custom turn downs VMR test pipe with RAI motorsport J pipe (No CEL’S) VMR downpipe K&N Panel filter Extra Parts CXRacing FMIC with 2.5" universal piping Clutch masters FX300 clutch kit and new flywheel (sold) Winter wheels (AT Italia S5) Passenger mirror Since then I have installed a few parts and done a few things such as 440cc Bosch Green Giants Motoza Tune by Dave (awesome guy to work with, recommend him 100%) K&N Panel filter Fuel filter Cabin filter NGK Spark Plugs SAI, N249, N112 deletes Installed CXRacing FMIC and cut up bumper Cleaned up the headlights some, want to do some more Painted the BBS' gunmetal Now some pictures! (I am by no means a photographer AT ALL and the pictures will reflect this, any tips welcomed) A few days after I bought it at school, didnt even wash it yet Attachment 29869 From a quick shoot I did Attachment 29870 I got lucky and got a sweet sunset picture Attachment 29871 I have always liked this one Attachment 29872 EURO plate Attachment 29873 Interior Attachment 29874 And now the FMIC install Attachment 29875 Attachment 29876 Attachment 29877 At Island Import Day 3/18 Attachment 29878 Attachment 29879 Attachment 29880 And I just painted my wheels, some pictures of that: Little sanding prep Attachment 29881 Painted and stacked up to dry Attachment 29882 Ready to put on Attachment 29883 On the car! Attachment 29884 And really the only decent picture I have of them on the car right now Attachment 29885 And thats my B5! Any thoughts, opinions, critisims, compliments, ideas whatever is welcome. Thanks for looking. |
love it! how do you like the frankenturbo set up? im really torn between going frankenturbo or GTRS...
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Im happy with the Frankenturbo. I bought the car with it already on it, if I bought a stock Audi I might have gone with the GTRS. I dont really know much about it since I already had the FT. But for a responsive, reliable, fun, quick daily driver I am satisfied with this. Pulls very nice in 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and enough power for me to have fun on the highway. Ive also never been in a GTRS or BT Audi.
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Had a little road trip this weekend with her.
Friday morning I left at 6:30am heading for Redline Speed Worx in Washington, NJ for an alignment on the Hunter alignment rack they have. Awesome shop, awesome guys, very happy with the service they provide. Ryan showed me around the shop and they are a friendly bunch of guys and have some cool shit in there! They could only align the rear though because both of my front tie rod assemblies are frozen -.-. I am going to pick up some S4 ones eventually and throw them in. They charged me half price for the alignment which is very fair. Overall I would recommend them 100%. From there I went to Maryland to visit some family and just got back about 2 hours ago. Audi drove so smooth, just scraped on some roads really bad near NYC! I need to buy a skid plate... |
On another note... I am kind of conflicted right now. I dont know if I should keep going with this car (mod wise) and enjoy it OR start to save up for my dream car (Z32 300zx) for a second car/toy.
If I keep modding the Audi brakes are next and thats $750 for everything. Then suspension... which I dont even want to think about yet. If I start to save for the Z32 I would stop modding the Audi and just keep it clean and keep doing the maintanence that comes up on it and take care of it. But a Z will be a long ways away... a year or two. Let the argument commence! P.S. I ordered a DDM Tuning 55w 5000k HID kit for her today hahahahaha |
The A4 would be a great daily driver. I'd say just keep doing maintenance on it, and maybe do small things for her here and there.
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I have a Z32. I've owned it for about 5 years now. It's an NA, but I've been looking for a TT. And I have to say that although I like my Audi, I love my Z. But, in the snow the Z will just spin the tires and the Audi has no problems. If you're looking for something sporty and fun, I would go for the Z32 TT. Although it seems a bit childish, I like to spin the tires sometimes or kick the back end out some in a turn and it's just not the same in a quattro. Plus the Z32 has a huge following and you can find out about anything you need to in the forums because more than likely someone else has done or tried it and can give advice. And with a few bolt-ons on a stock TT you can be looking at about 400hp. That's just what I think. I know some people will disagree with me.
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Originally Posted by jeckel20003
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I have a Z32. I've owned it for about 5 years now. It's an NA, but I've been looking for a TT. And I have to say that although I like my Audi, I love my Z. But, in the snow the Z will just spin the tires and the Audi has no problems. If you're looking for something sporty and fun, I would go for the Z32 TT. Although it seems a bit childish, I like to spin the tires sometimes or kick the back end out some in a turn and it's just not the same in a quattro. Plus the Z32 has a huge following and you can find out about anything you need to in the forums because more than likely someone else has done or tried it and can give advice. And with a few bolt-ons on a stock TT you can be looking at about 400hp. That's just what I think. I know some people will disagree with me.
If I had a Z I would store it for winter, no way it would see snow. And I know them like the back of my hand inside and out, I've flipped two Z32's and worked on a few friends cars so I am familiar with them. |
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A good friend of mine has been dying to take pictures of my car, so me and her went out for a little photoshoot today. First pictures with it sqeaky clean with the new wheel color.
Let me know what you think Heres the first pic she sent me, I'll post more as I get them Attachment 29783 |
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Attachment 29746 Attachment 29747 Attachment 29748 Attachment 29749 The rest of them can be viewed here Shoot with Lauren pictures by dalers08 - Photobucket |
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