Hello everybody. New here, been on AZ for a while (B6_4.2 over there), mainly just lurk around and sprinkle what little knowledge I can whenever I can.
I’ve had my B6 since November 2011, so far it’s been an interesting ownership experience. I do most of the work on my car myself, but will on occasion take it to a shop if I need to. As for issues that I’ve had with the S4… Had to pretty much overhaul the entire front suspension in 2012, took that opportunity to install coil overs as well. I was stationed in Washington at the time and had just gotten back from a deployment, so this was one of the few times I opted to take it to a shop for the work. September of 2014 brought catastrophic engine failure. I had gone to the local drag strip on a test-n-tune night to get some baseline pulls before I do any more mods, it got rained out before I could even get a single pull, on my way home bank 1 skipped and dropped a valve in cylinder 2… I considered doing a swap instead of just replacing it with another 4.2, but decided that the only other motor I would consider would be a 2.5 I5 with a snail on the side, but that would be a little too much work for me to tackle on a reasonable budget compared to a direct replacement. Took my time on that project and did a few upgrades while I was in there; did the intermediate timing setup from JHM, JHM stage 3 clutch and LWFW, JHM LWCP, Apikol trans, diff, and motor mounts in the race density, JHM intake manifold spacers, and then other maintenance items as well. Still need to get my A/C working… Most recently in March I ended up getting 2 blown out tires within 3 days of each other (thanks Colorado winters), that forced me to throw on the summer wheels a little early and also destroyed both front wheel bearings.
So now I’m just enjoying her and keeping her on the road. I’ll try and update the thread with some photos as soon as I can.