Jibberjive's RS6 Build Log

5 minute(s) of a 96 minute read

Some more peeks at powder coated goodness. I won't be posting any of the color pics until the motor is assembled.

And just for other people's reference, probably not worth the effort to powdercoat the top oil pan. I probably wouldn't do it again if I were to start over.

5/22/2011

More P-coat time

Lets see if anyone can guess what color this rod comes out to be.

It' the new slick teflon paint, helps with friction.










j/k It's just a decorative piece I used to test the color (hint: that's not how the color ultimately came out, and neither for the IM).

6/4/2011

You know what's awesome? Finally going to go assemble your motor, and dropping the cam chain tensioner, breaking two cam chain guides

I've got another set of heads that I can pull some from, but they're up in my shop 45 mins away. I'll have to grab them later, just sucks to not be able to get done what I had hoped when I finally had time.

My stock '01.5 intake manifold has surprisingly horrible castings, and looks worse than I had thought. Lots of room for improvement here.

7/1/2011

Pictaars of some final parts.

This thing is the key to my home-made ethanol content analyzer/ fuel temp gauge.

Got all my monitoring equipment in, and if anyone needs anything Zeitronix, I can get you the best price you will find.
Zetronix ZT-2 w/ LCD screen and a ton of other accessories.

Stern engine and tranny mounts, Mike at Ringer Racing and PureMS are both good places to get them.

ARP Main Studs, Eurospec non-stretch headbolts, V-band gaskets and billet stuff. Found out the Eurospec headbolts are cheapest straight from Eurospec.

I think I just need to order my maf and housing, and I'll technically have all of the hardware that I need to get the thang on the road.

8/8/11

Got my computer back online (sorta), so here are the pics I talked about in my last post of painting the block a couple of weeks ago. Good news is that starting Wed I should have a little more time to dedicate to getting the car running.