REUBS4 Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 I needed a place to post pictures, progress, to ask questions, get advice and of course get flamed. Originally had hopes of doing a turbo swap, however, this car has an LH3.2. Had it been the Motronic 4.3.. I probably would have pushed onward despite all the issues others have had trying to make it happen... see So, anyway, 95 N/A 850 wagon with LH3.2 and an M56 250k (ish) on the clock, blown head gasket or cracked head/block. The goal is to make a nice looking, reliable DD. This is a second car, and doesn't get as much of my time as I would like, so needless to say, my progress is slow. Not really sure what the overheating issue is with the original motor (will tear it down at some point to find out) so rather than fix it, I opted to pull a motor at the local JY. Ended up with a N/A motor from a 98 S70 with closer to 150k. Debated tearing it down and going "stage 0" but since it was only $100 for the motor, and compression seems to be ok, I figured why not give it a shot and see how it goes. So far: Original motor removed Engine bay deep cleaned (what a mess) Cleaned new motor up M56 moved to new motor with new clutch and new rear main seal Gasket matching on intake and exhaust ports Painted valve cover and intake mani New oem plugs New timing belt Various other accessory items moved over To do: Finish slapping on all the accessories I can before the motor goes in (this includes new thermostat and PCV breather system) Paint engine bay Put in new engine mounts and poly bushings Get the engine in the car, hooked up and see how she runs Prep and paint Volans Prep and paint car There are many other things on my "want to do" list, eventually they will happen.. but for now the goal is to get it running right and looking halfway ok. I haven't taken as many pictures as I should have.. but here's what I have now. More pics and progress to come. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmsgltr Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 tell me more about the s4! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REUBS4 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 ...and since I'm either too retarded, or do not have the option, to edit a topic that I created... here are the 3 pics +1 with dead links from the original post: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REUBS4 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 tell me more about the s4! The S4.... is an 01, 6spd, with a stage 1 GIAC tune, SSAutochrome catback, R1 Diverter valves, riding on H&R springs(wish I could get that low with springs on the 850) It needs some "stage 0" loving, which it will get once the 850 is on the road. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmsgltr Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 sweet ^^^ would have one of these if i didnt have the 850r love the b5 s4 specifically the avant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REUBS4 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 sweet ^^^ would have one of these if i didnt have the 850r love the b5 s4 specifically the avant Thanks, I think it's pretty sweet myself.. and it certainly gets up and goes. I would have purchased the avant if I could have found one when I was in the market. But this one had low miles.. one owner.. and it was a Vegas car (never saw winter) couldn't pass it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Who is the old guy working on your car ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy. Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Nice project, I need to do some engine bay cleanup and painting like that this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REUBS4 Posted April 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Who is the old guy working on your car ? thanks for all your help Pop Nice project, I need to do some engine bay cleanup and painting like that this summer. thanks. If I had the patience.. I'd do more, like tucking etc. $500 car, not gonna be too fancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy_854 Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 I love looking at pictures of a job that was also done to my car yesterday, with out the M65 of course but I just had my n/a motor yanked yesterday to begin my turbo swap. Your paint looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 As an aside, Reuben is sticking with the 95 header which is sigificantly different from the later models. It appears to have, more or less, equal length tubes. The tubes may be a bit longer than later models and that may affect upper end power somewhat. After fixing up the exhaust to make it louder, (= faster right?) this baby will fly! (right out of my driveway to his place I hope) He has spent quite some time on gasket matching the intake/exhaust ports as well as the intake manifold. I have no doubt that this will yield impressive yet imperceivable results but the work sure looks nice:) If the JY engine works at all it will be a bonus and if not, the variable intake manifold looks interesting and an NA rebuild will begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REUBS4 Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 I love looking at pictures of a job that was also done to my car yesterday, with out the M65 of course but I just had my n/a motor yanked yesterday to begin my turbo swap. Your paint looks great! Thank you, I'm having fun with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy_854 Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thank you, I'm having fun with it Thats that matters the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpin Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Who is the old guy working on your car ? Just described 50% of the VS community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REUBS4 Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Old PCV system was packed full of crud. Replaced it with a new one. Engine is all ready to go in.. still need to do some things in the bay before it can happen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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