Audi UR Quattro Rally Build


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3 minute(s) of a 357 minute read

11-12-2020

9-18-20
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Ill Fitting Downpipe and More Brake Lines - Storage Unit Rally Car Build Week 4

While we were going through our boxes of parts we came across the AAN’s down pipe so thought we’d install that as it might impact the intake system we were thinking about. Of course it didn’t fit. It fouls the subframe as it descends below the axle. We need to cut and weld it anyway so now we will be doing that just a little closer to the turbo, or making one from scratch. No welding in the storage unit though. That would be a little ambitious, don’t you think?



Some 3AN brake fittings came in so we made a brake line, our first! It was complicated (for us) as it was metric at one end and 3AN at the other. It was also tricky because we don’t have a 37* AN flare die but Ryan at TRF told us, as we are using copper nickel hard line, we could just flare them 45* and once we synch them up they will magically become 37*! Who’d have thought?



So this is what we made:


And this is what it looked like once we’d made it fit:



We were so excited we had to stop and have a cup of tea! Oh, no kettle in the storage unit DOH! On a roll now we started laying out the under hood brake lines but immediately decided that this SAE tee had to be a 3AN so the job stopped again while we wait for parts.




Comments

Lookin good. Pride in work and attention to detail

Posted by Cyphercrash on 3/5/23 @ 8:59:32 PM

Great update!

Posted by Diggymart on 10/10/21 @ 10:31:32 PM

Great build

Posted by tmprod on 3/4/21 @ 6:44:07 PM

Thanks for updating Paul! Ill have to check out your new shop soon!

Posted by diyauto on 12/24/20 @ 5:08:37 PM

Anytime.

Posted by team illuminata on 12/24/20 @ 6:34:09 PM

This will be a beast when finished, looking forward to it.

Posted by MPower on 10/12/20 @ 2:15:11 PM

Great build!

Posted by DIYauto_Admin on 9/9/20 @ 12:08:22 AM

Hey hi Sue!

Posted by Diggymart on 2/14/20 @ 4:12:57 PM

Looks like it’s coming together!

Posted by Diggymart on 11/21/19 @ 2:49:00 PM

Those stands look nice!

Posted by diyauto on 11/21/19 @ 2:47:08 PM

Incredible build! Love the photo's

Posted by MoonpieMagic on 11/8/19 @ 8:00:45 AM

Thank goodness for friends carrying precious cargo!

Posted by Diggymart on 10/10/19 @ 11:40:08 PM

Woo! Excited to check this thing out soon :)

Posted by diyauto on 9/13/19 @ 1:37:14 PM

Great teamwork!

Posted by Diggymart on 7/29/19 @ 3:11:58 PM

Great build!

Posted by Diggymart on 1/17/19 @ 7:24:29 PM

Thanks

Posted by team illuminata on 3/4/21 @ 10:30:06 PM