My B6 "S4" - Project Lemonade?

[Tuna]

Re: My B6 "S4" - Project Lemonade?

Can you explain what's going on here? I haven't been following the thread.

Hope you have the mk3 still

Edit: Nevermind, went back through the thread. thought you were trying to get a 4.2 V8 in to a Corrado. A AWD S4 Corrado would have been some project!

[GingerBeef]

Re: My B6 "S4" - Project Lemonade?

It happened, the B7 is officially out of the garage and my life is slightly less awful. Now I have a pile of parts and another Audi to tear apart...
On the bright side though, my B7 laid frame for a short while

[GingerBeef]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

Whats this? Is Jason actually working on this hiroshima level disaster of a project again? You bet your sweet cheeks he is.
So, I finally finished up with the B7 shell yesterday, after a long hiatus due to school, vacation to the motherland, and then going down to Lincoln Nebraska to race against 79 other universities, progress on the "S4" project has started up again!



Not much was left in the B7 since I left it last summer... in retrospect I definitely could have finished this up and scrapped the shell at the end of last summer. Oh well.
These last few pieces were such a pain to remove... whoever decided it was a good idea to have so may hidden/hard to reach bolts in the dash frame and HVAC crap can kindly go **** themselves (the pedals were also a mild annoyance, more annoying than any other car ive worked on atleast)



Next up was the brake booster (that too WAY longer than it should have), and all the wiring! Its crazy how much wiring there is in this car. Will I ever need this wiring ever again? Probably not, but its better to have it in case i need something rather than regret throwing it away right?



I laid out all the wiring on my lawn.... probably atleast 30-40lbs of wiring here.





Oooh.. so empty!







Welp, thats how it sits for now... lesson learned: The best way to store a car, is in the shape of a car. Time to find someone who will haul away this heap of german steel, then onto the next Audi!

[skhan91]

Re: My B6 S4 Project

Lol.. apparently its Project Lemonade now.. thanks Rod

looks like an awesome project!

im needing a ballast for my B7, my drivers side headlight is starting to flicker :S would you be willing to part with that?

[PRY4SNO]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

If you want, I can PM you a list of the parts I had that sold fastest from the B6 I parted out.

[GingerBeef]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

Nice progress!

Be sure to keep the clock spring and the shifter assembly. Those have a good resale value.



What kind of plans do you have for the Corrado?

Thanks! Will do haha.
Dont think ill be doing much with the Corrado, just fix the body work and then keep it for a few years. These things are only getting more expensive every year and it officially becomes a classic in 3 years so its kind of an investment lol
I'll sell it when im ready to fund a project that ive had in mind for a while now.

[PRY4SNO]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

Nice progress!

Be sure to keep the clock spring and the shifter assembly. Those have a good resale value.



What kind of plans do you have for the Corrado?

[GingerBeef]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

Before you throw out the shell, would you mind grabbing the obd connector along with 6" of wiring attached to it?

No worries! I actually stripped all the wiring out just in case people need stuff like that haha

Mini update. Yesterday we mostly did little things, unclipping the wiring from the chassis, taking off the last few little brackets and accesories from the engine bay. Then we hooked the crane up the rear end and dropped the rear subframe + gas tank.. almost done with the B7! (Also, anyone know how to remove the brake booster from these things? lol... im not a huge fan of all the **** Audi put in the raintray..

[onceover]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

Before you throw out the shell, would you mind grabbing the obd connector along with 6" of wiring attached to it?

[GingerBeef]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

Finally got the time to work on this project again! Done working on that Corrado for now, all the bodyworks pretty much finished, i just have to put it all together. Spent the last few days going hard with Terry and Jerry (+ other occasional helping hands) stripping the B7 down to it's shell. Were just trying to get as much done as we can before we all head out to Hongcouver for the GCVWS.

What we ended up doing to get the front subframe out was jacking the car up onto jackstands and dropping the front subframe with the wheels onto a pair of jacks. Then we connected the engine crane to the frame of the S4 to lift it in the air as high as it could go and then we dropped it on some RV jackstands. After that, it was the (not so) easy job of disconnecting the rusted on prop shaft and then disconnect the exhaust. Finally, wheel the whole thing away So, things are looking pretty good. About 90% of the cars done, all thats left to do is remove the steering column, wiring harness, gas tank and a few last few hoses and brackets that ill save just in case. Then once the scrap guys here ill quickly zip off those last 2 doors! Then onto the next car... where ill pretty much have to do this all again from the start, but put it back together and pray it works. Easy, right?
But untill then, the B6 sits. For now...

[GingerBeef]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

You should be able to pull the engine with a proper hoist at that level. Undo the transmission crossmember

I was planning on just pulling everything out as one big unit. Currently everything is already detached and sitting on the ground, i just need to get the body high enough so i can roll everything out from under the car.
Right now the suspension and wheels are stuck inside the wheel well.

[Fizzo20]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

Your updates are a month late! :P
Very nice I like the Corrado!

[onceover]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

You should be able to pull the engine with a proper hoist at that level. Undo the transmission crossmember

[GingerBeef]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

So, little bit of progress haha.
Recently i traded a Jetta ive had sitting in my backyard for ages + cash for this thing!
It needs some front end body work, but im really happy with it! Ive been focusing on getting it looking presentable this summer thus far.







But anyways, enough of that. The other day i was waiting for the new paint on the hood to dry, so my buddy and i dropped the front subframe on the B7. Engine and trans have officially been removed from the body... just need to get the car up on massive jackstand so i can actually pull it out...

[GingerBeef]

Re: My B6 S4 - Project Lemonade?

Any news?

Been busy heliping out my brother on his 67 Mustang project and Jerry with his 3.2 GLI... currently busywith exams and such, so i havnt really touched it at all since the last post.

...Progress on the great audi-swaparoo continues after June 23rd!