Another slammed b5 build thread.....of epic proportions

[Chuckdee]

What's your gtf?

22 3/4" all around. do you know if these b5's have a steel pan?

[bagged_hag]

The 1.8t's come factory with an aluminum pan. Skid plates are pretty common amongst B5's for that reason.

[Chuckdee]

Well that sucks. Not like I've been relying on sheer luck, more like a ticking time bomb lol.

I'm gonna work on one this week. the last one I had decided to leave my car while driving

[.Mad Hatter.]

aluminum>steel anyway...IMO at least.

The way I look at it, if you roll that low and hit something there has to be give somewhere. I would rather crack an oil pan than dent it and clog or starve the pickup, damage motor mounts, etc.

[bagged_hag]

aluminum>steel anyway...IMO at least.

The way I look at it, if you roll that low and hit something there has to be give somewhere. I would rather crack an oil pan than dent it and clog or starve the pickup, damage motor mounts, etc.

You make a good point, however, with steel it can take the repeated hits and keep on going! And usually the type of hit that will shatter/crack an aluminum pan would only put a minor dent into a steel pan.

[Connella08]

took out the headlight washers, for 5 extra HP.

how do you figure you are gaining 5 HP by pulling a system thats not even belt driven?

[aledelic42]

dyno proven weight reduction

[Connella08]

maybe so, but you could dyno the same car 5 times within a week and each time get results that vary as far as plus or minus 20 hp due to air temp and density levels. plus on the dyno, you arent moving the weight of the car, so theoretically weight shouldnt have anything to do with power production on a dyno, only acceleration times.

but i could also be wrong. i dont know too much about dynos so someone correct me if im wrong.

[NeedingAnAudi]

maybe so, but you could dyno the same car 5 times within a week and each time get results that vary as far as plus or minus 20 hp due to air temp and density levels. plus on the dyno, you arent moving the weight of the car, so theoretically weight shouldnt have anything to do with power production on a dyno, only acceleration times.

but i could also be wrong. i dont know too much about dynos so someone correct me if im wrong.

omfg it's a joke

[CoopaCoopaCoopa]

Hahaha

[Chuckdee]

maybe so, but you could dyno the same car 5 times within a week and each time get results that vary as far as plus or minus 20 hp due to air temp and density levels. plus on the dyno, you arent moving the weight of the car, so theoretically weight shouldnt have anything to do with power production on a dyno, only acceleration times.

but i could also be wrong. i dont know too much about dynos so someone correct me if im wrong.

You must be new here.....


Lol it was a joke.

[thepirate]

You don't really have to worry about the oil pan in the 1.8t, the subframe protects it pretty good and I only know of less then a handful of guys on here who have busted their oil pans on the 1.8t.

If its an auto thats when you'll run into issues with the transmission pan.

ask me how I know

[Chuckdee]

^^oh damn! lol and I have a manual 1.8, non quattro. I can see the pan but it barely goes lower than the edge of the front lip. the lowest point, from what I can see, are the subframe jack supports, those hump looking things. I hit those more while bouncing on the roads lol.

[Connella08]

You must be new here.....


Lol it was a joke.

yes, i am fairly new here.

[Chuckdee]

Better pic of it at the show I was in, Courtesy of my Friend Don Le.

[gear]

I broke two 1.8t pans

[bronz]

I broke two 1.8t pans

Me too. High five

[thepirate]

I broke two 1.8t pans

Me too. High five

Its the roads you guys drive on haha I've never even nicked my pan…sway bar and transmission pan now thats a different story.

[bagged_hag]

Its the roads you guys drive on haha I've never even nicked my pan…sway bar and transmission pan now thats a different story.

Southern roads are unfair roads It's basically like you are saying I drive on a piece of glass every day

[MarcMiller]

PA/NJ/NYC roads are the worst.

[NeedingAnAudi]

PA/NJ/NYC roads are the worst.

And chicago. But idc I'll scrape everything

[crazexr7]

PA/NJ/NYC roads are the worst.

from what I've heard Rhode Island has the worst roads in the country

[thepirate]

Just looked up some statistics, Louisiana, New Jersey, Washington (state), Hawaii, and Pennsylvania seem to be at the top of most the lists…..I used to live in PA and I've gotta say Pittsburgh suuuuuucks. Back then I had a 1987 4WD Isuzu Trooper though

[Chuckdee]

Just looked up some statistics, Louisiana, New Jersey, Washington (state), Hawaii, and Pennsylvania seem to be at the top of most the lists…..I used to live in PA and I've gotta say Pittsburgh suuuuuucks. Back then I had a 1987 4WD Isuzu Trooper though

Lol yeah my side of town or pretty much 80% of houston has some smooth-ish roads. My side of town is all smooth. i live right next to an all tarmac road , which then connects to i-10 which is practically brand new (in road years) since it's been widen couple of years back. So having you lip scrub the ground isn't a problem.....if you do the speed limit, that is. lololol


Update: pics coming soon of the progress in between.

[fbm93]

from what I've heard Rhode Island has the worst roads in the country

this is the fukn truth! haha
but we do aighttt

[doubleu8]

maybe so, but you could dyno the same car 5 times within a week and each time get results that vary as far as plus or minus 20 hp due to air temp and density levels. plus on the dyno, you arent moving the weight of the car, so theoretically weight shouldnt have anything to do with power production on a dyno, only acceleration times.

but i could also be wrong. i dont know too much about dynos so someone correct me if im wrong.

[Chuckdee]

^haha!!


oh mah gawd!

pic obviously not related

[lml999]

they're 205/40 federal tires. I want Falken 512 for teh stretch...lolz. Right now I'm 22 3/4" all around.

Are you driving this car or parking it?

Nice set of 255/40 Dunlops won't look quite as, um, silly, but they sure will be more fun going around corners.

Seriously.

[NeedingAnAudi]

Are you driving this car or parking it?

Nice set of 255/40 Dunlops won't look quite as, um, silly, but they sure will be more fun going around corners.

Seriously.

You can't run 255/40s and not destroy your fenders when you are that low. I proved that.

[aledelic42]

I don't think anyone needed proof

[Mk2Reverie]

^haha!!


oh mah gawd!

pic obviously not related

I think I'm in love

[thepirate]

Are you driving this car or parking it?

Nice set of 255/40 Dunlops won't look quite as, um, silly, but they sure will be more fun going around corners.

Seriously.

[projektmk1vr6]

Car looks good I'm hopefully picking up an a4 sometime in the near future. And as far as having bad roads, I think northern michigan has everyone beat.

[NeedingAnAudi]

I don't think anyone needed proof

Sssssshhhh yes they did. It was a scientific experiment!

[.Mad Hatter.]

Are you driving this car or parking it?

Nice set of 255/40 Dunlops won't look quite as, um, silly, but they sure will be more fun going around corners.

Seriously.

I guess you've never seen a drift car with an aggressive setup...I hear those guys are pretty calm in the corners.