Just a little progress today on the Avant. Tightening up some of the bolts underneath the car and one axle. Installing the SRM intercoolers was one of the more apparent completions. Luckily this car had SRM IC’s on it when I got it, although they were the stock size inlet pipes where I use the RS4 size inlet, but having some of the frame already trimmed was nice.
SRM IC’s Installed
I’m moving the entire radiator support over from the Silver car since I had purchased a new radiator when I converted the Silver car from a TIP to 6-speed. That radiator only has about 4,000 miles on it. Additionally the lock carrier is trimmed for the SRM IC’s that I’m using.
I did decide to pass on installing the water-methanol injection system for now. Trying to move it over is a job unto itself and there are still a number of other things I have to do, but WMI is not one of them.
I’ve also decided to go without the Achtuning Oil Cooler for now. It’s not essential and just introduces more work and more potential complications. The area where the Oil Cooler heat exchanger sat was loaded with dust and debris so I took a vacuum to the fins.
Even if I get this all together soon my rear differential is still out having the MFactory limited slip differential installed. While doing work on it the shop found some more parts that could stand to be replaced, reasonable considering the car has almost 290,000 miles on it. So we’re waiting for those parts to arrive so they can continue with the conversion.
The purpose of the B5 S4 Hall of Fame is to recognize people and businesses that have made a substantial contribution to the Audi B5 S4 community over the lifespan of the vehicle. Many people have played a role in advancing the S4, and the Hall of Fame will help to establish how these individual contributions helped the community of owners.
The induction process is as follows: Nominations are made and accompanied by a justification that explains what the person or business did and how it has helped the B5 S4 community.
Selection of the inductees from the pool of nominees takes place through a voting process wherein each voter is able to choose five nominees. The five nominees receiving the highest number of votes are inducted as a class into the Hall of Fame.
The inaugural Class of the B5 S4 Hall of Fame is comprised of the following people:
Daz Dillenger
Instrumental in making the information contained on the Nefmoto site understandable to the average owner by taking the time to explain complex topics in simpler terms. Played a major role in the 2.7T Stage 1 community tune. Has personally helped many B5 S4 owners with tuning the of the software on their S4’s. [Daz, Mike Oefelein, passed away in 2016 at the age of 32 after contracting pneumonia.]
Nye
Advanced the MarkP template to become ECUxPlot, another community standard application for sharing performance data. He is a key member of the Nefmoto tuning forum who is continuing to help to advance the ME7 self-tuning knowledge and techniques. He developed the ME7Sum software for checksum checking and manages the extensive S4 Tuning Wiki.
MarkP
Created an Excel based data manipulation and display tool for online sharing of vehicle performance data generated by ECU Explorer, it was identified as the MarkP template. This was a first for the B5 S4 community and it greatly facilitated the sharing of data quickly, and by a large number of people, as a result of the simplicity of the tool. It also incorporated an automatic FATS time calculator making this performance measurement more widely utilized.
Flyboy
Conducts extensive testing of stock and aftermarket parts to share data and provide owners with evidence driven advice and reviews related to the B5 S4 platform. The result was time/money savings as well and helping to flush out the products that don’t live up to the claims, helping to preserve the integrity of the platform. Involved with the development of APR’s Stage 3 v2 code which included donating his S4 to APR to use for testing purposes and resulted in new power levels being achieved by the software.
Tony @ Nefmoto
Paved the way for the self-tuning community. Established a forum dedicated to the subject of modifying the ME7 software that allowed for the sharing of ideas and harnessing the power of individuals world-wide contributing to the same effort. Developer of tune flashing software that enabled anyone to read and write data to the vehicle ECU and made the software freely available. Also lent expertise in developing sample tunes from which others could build from.
The engine with 47k miles on it was ready for installation today.
Avant’s New Engine
Out with the stock downpipes and in with my Autospeed 3″ pipes. This new engine brings with it a transmission with about 115k on it, a Southbend Stage 3 clutch, dual mass flywheel, and Stasis 4:1 center differential. I also swapped over a USP stainless steel clutch line, what a joy that was! As a reminder, this Avant has almost 290k on it and the motor was the original one. Not original K03’s though.
Avant’s Autospeed Downpipes
After a discussion with Turbo Concepts about the development progress of their billet wastegates I’ve decided to hold off on upgrading the TC Stage 1 turbochargers to the Stage 2 level for a later time. The BorgWarner RS6 turbochargers that I recently picked up were a tempting option to go with, but I decided that with all of the components being swapped between the Silver S4 and the Avant I would refrain from unnecessary changes.
Audi B5 S4 Avant – New Engine (47k miles) Installed
