1983 UrQuattro

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Nice and good progress on the old girl
Any rust issues?

There is a small spot of rust under the trunk, and a few areas throughout the car where it has barely started. It will all be addressed with new sheet metal but first I need to find a good way to take the coating off. wire wheel maybe?

[chezz]

You are definitely going to need a helper spring here....

[SteveH]

Nice project Lot's of good work going on

[adam g]

There is a small spot of rust under the trunk, and a few areas throughout the car where it has barely started. It will all be addressed with new sheet metal but first I need to find a good way to take the coating off. wire wheel maybe?

Knotted wire wheel on an angle grinder, separates the rust from the solid stuff a treat.

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so if i am correct you gonna use this vems with a 3b engine harnas in the ur?

Sorry didn't see your reply above.
I have used AAN harness before with either stock or Plug and play ECU, it can be done.

On this one I will be using a custom made VEMS harness. Because It will be much cleaner and eliminates alot of the extra stuff that is not needed.

[afterthought]

so if i am correct you gonna use this vems with a 3b engine harnas in the ur?

Knotted wire wheel on an angle grinder, separates the rust from the solid stuff a treat.

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Will try it. Thank you for the advice.

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*Got a proper small chassis oil pan and blasted out the inside- getting ready to swap over
*Fit up my throttle cable to go with the new forward facing manifold
*Cleaned the paint overspray off the drivers door.




Throttle cable


Drivers door before:


After:



Lastly, one thing I overlooked. It looks like I am going to have to make a cutout in the stock URQ trans to accept my sensor for TDC

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been busy with other stuff but quite a few things coming together slowly.

Turbo Oil/Coolant lines





Found the proper fitting for the vacuum line into the booster after a couple tries .



Started on the oil and coolant lines.




















1.5" bellows for wastegate


Fuel rail. But need to get fittings for in and out to adapt to 6AN . I don't recall on these what the Inlet size is ... anyone know?
Also the threads on one end appear to knocked down or flattened somehow - is this an issue or would the piece threading in form the aluminum a little ? I'm worried if alum-alum it would Gall. Any thoughts?



Some cool DeCals


TiAL wastegate

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Also another step I am working on is trying to get a pattern for Rockers so I can make them in the brake. For a big rust repair project.
Working a pattern for rockers , this is my first try- close but still pretty far off and I'll have to educate myself on which order to do the bends in.


This is a good idea of what I want for a final product,
MATrockers by patrick C, on Flickr

[Greg_S]

Quite an update. Great progress too

[piotr]

[vonbeck]

cool project keep up the good work with lots of pictures brill

[fish]

Its easier (for me anyway) to take an aluminium tig welding rod to make the pattern with than sheet metal as its easier to bend. And you kan tap it in properly in sharp bends. Then when your satisfied you can practise bend order on another wire

[fish]

This is the bending order i would use i think.

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This is the bending order i would use i think.

thank you! I will give it a try this weekend. Also need to get some welding gas and work on the down pipe hopefully will get that this weekend too.