Raider's Neverending love/hate with Christine

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Edit: Maybe if you didnt use your valve cover to bbq you wouldn't melt plugs n shit

 

Haha.

 

I thought barbeque sauce was a suitable replacement for dielectric grease?

 

I can give it a shot but I'm confident if my car could be diabetic, it would. Would explain her mood swings. I can't wait to fire her up!

 

Installed some bling. CS BBK installed. 2 and 4 cyl are blasted recently. Exhaust hangers on. Got #1 soaking, #3 not totally sealed. EBCS is connected. Need a coolant line piece from EGR delete to the turbo, oem was too short. Need exhaust hardware to get the cpe Downpipe bolted up. Overall good day.

 

Good luck! Keep your back protected and take breaks


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Added 42 hp in Duplicolor brush on brake paint on the rears. 71 degrees, 43, no cares. Will warm up before I drive it anyway lol.

 

Keep chipping away at it man and the the new brakes look great! I think anyone who has an honest relationship with their car has a love hate relationship for sure lol

 

Shiny calipers are shiny.


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Not liking this coolant line. Damond EGR delete to CS turbo. Just had standard coolant line by the foot. Not sure what else to do to make it better. Oem is out to the driver's side more.

 

Change the fitting on the egr delete to a 90°, then the coolant hose is just a normal u-shape instead of snaking multiple directions

 

Good idea.

 

Have you tried cutting it with just a small but of slack in it?

 

90deg fitting like sharks said or, see if you can route it without the kink if you were to cut it shorter, leave one end attached and see if it would work.

edit: 45 deg may be better than a 90.

 

Raids: Just go hella long on the hose and loop it in a full circle.
Edit: Or put a helix in it so it's twisted enough to have slow bends. Get creative and don't think in 2d.

 

1. Shorter hose
2. Longer hose with a loop
3. Cool wire around the outside so you can control the bend shape
4. 90° fitting on egr with big bend
5. 90 ° fitting on turbo with really short and difficult to install piece of hose.

 

Typical me.... "Hmm.... #5 sounds like like a good option" lol

 

Turbo inlet pipe interference is a concern with length tho.

 

Install the inlet and then fit the hose. Should still be easy to get to.

 

Somebody hire this man to work at Audi. Stone cold genius.


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