JBones's Silver Bullet B6 S4

[c0ntract_thrilla]

What are the 034 Motorsport rear differential carrier bushing inserts, supposed to do exactly?.

[MDUBZ]

Looks good Jimmy. Did you sand blast the subframe?

What are the 034 Motorsport rear differential carrier bushing inserts, supposed to do exactly?.

They basically fill in the gaps in the bushings to make them stiffer without losing the rubber to prevent the rear final drive from bouncing around.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/15/349051ac288c7b4f71cb6d6699f00c0f.jpg

[Datadatum]

^ I have one sitting on my work bench. Just haven’t gotten around to the install. Let us know impressions, JB!

[c0ntract_thrilla]

What are the 034 Motorsport rear differential carrier bushing inserts, supposed to do exactly?.

[JimmyBones]

Looks good Jimmy. Did you sand blast the subframe?

Thanks. I just used a hand grinder and some wire brush drill attachments.

[MDUBZ]

Looks good Jimmy. Did you sand blast the subframe?

What are the 034 Motorsport rear differential carrier bushing inserts, supposed to do exactly?.

They basically fill in the gaps in the bushings to make them stiffer without losing the rubber to prevent the rear final drive from bouncing around.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/15/349051ac288c7b4f71cb6d6699f00c0f.jpg

[Datadatum]

^ I have one sitting on my work bench. Just haven’t gotten around to the install. Let us know impressions, JB!

[JimmyBones]

Looks good Jimmy. Did you sand blast the subframe?

Thanks. I just used a hand grinder and some wire brush drill attachments.

[c0ntract_thrilla]

Any tips on removing the lower control arms?

There is not a lot of space under the car and the bentley just says " REMOVE BOLTS 2, 3 and 4"

I can’t get an impact gun or ratchet in there to remove the links from the car… I am getting frustrated.

[MDUBZ]

Any tips on removing the lower control arms?

There is not a lot of space under the car and the bentley just says " REMOVE BOLTS 2, 3 and 4"

I can’t get an impact gun or ratchet in there to remove the links from the car… I am getting frustrated.

The front lower rear control arms need the subframe to be lowered to have enough room to get the boot in and out unless you want to destroy your plastic undercarriage. The front lower front you can get to no problem. The rear control arms need the rear subframe lowered to be able to remove the front bolt from the inside of the lower control arm and the inside bolt of the upper control arm. I ended up having to use a combination wrench for a lot of this.

[c0ntract_thrilla]

Any tips on removing the lower control arms?

There is not a lot of space under the car and the bentley just says " REMOVE BOLTS 2, 3 and 4"

I can’t get an impact gun or ratchet in there to remove the links from the car… I am getting frustrated.

The front lower rear control arms need the subframe to be lowered to have enough room to get the boot in and out unless you want to destroy your plastic undercarriage. The front lower front you can get to no problem. The rear control arms need the rear subframe lowered to be able to remove the front bolt from the inside of the lower control arm and the inside bolt of the upper control arm. I ended up having to use a combination wrench for a lot of this.

thank you!

[c0ntract_thrilla]

Any tips on removing the lower control arms?

There is not a lot of space under the car and the bentley just says " REMOVE BOLTS 2, 3 and 4"

I can’t get an impact gun or ratchet in there to remove the links from the car… I am getting frustrated.

[MDUBZ]

Any tips on removing the lower control arms?

There is not a lot of space under the car and the bentley just says " REMOVE BOLTS 2, 3 and 4"

I can’t get an impact gun or ratchet in there to remove the links from the car… I am getting frustrated.

The front lower rear control arms need the subframe to be lowered to have enough room to get the boot in and out unless you want to destroy your plastic undercarriage. The front lower front you can get to no problem. The rear control arms need the rear subframe lowered to be able to remove the front bolt from the inside of the lower control arm and the inside bolt of the upper control arm. I ended up having to use a combination wrench for a lot of this.

[c0ntract_thrilla]

Any tips on removing the lower control arms?

There is not a lot of space under the car and the bentley just says " REMOVE BOLTS 2, 3 and 4"

I can’t get an impact gun or ratchet in there to remove the links from the car… I am getting frustrated.

The front lower rear control arms need the subframe to be lowered to have enough room to get the boot in and out unless you want to destroy your plastic undercarriage. The front lower front you can get to no problem. The rear control arms need the rear subframe lowered to be able to remove the front bolt from the inside of the lower control arm and the inside bolt of the upper control arm. I ended up having to use a combination wrench for a lot of this.

thank you!

[vtgt]

Hey Jimmy its David your former resident c6 s6 customer…unfortunately car has gone to car heaven, wish you would have been able to drive her post proper exhaust, filters, new intake manifold carbon clean, and all new control arms. Was in tiptop shape, I’ll start another thread soon but my hopes are to go full tilt on a d3 s8, hopeful we can sync up on my plans and actually get back in line the count on tuning again…

Anyways, those brakes look fantastic, how do they stop post install? Love to see your car in action again, I live in Richmond now but still in DC quite often. Any new track times?

Looking good man. Sorry if I missed it but what size brake discs are you running up front?

365 mm.

Basically I will have RS4 front brakes.

aren’t they exactly the same ? (R8/RS4)

No, all the RS/R8 front brakes are very similar but slightly different. The biggest differences are the brake rotor to caliper offset, the front lower support bar, and the paint jobs. The R8 calipers that I got had the Apikol brackets on them so that they could be used on a B6/7 car but I still had to modify them for my car.

[vtgt]

Hey Jimmy its David your former resident c6 s6 customer…unfortunately car has gone to car heaven, wish you would have been able to drive her post proper exhaust, filters, new intake manifold carbon clean, and all new control arms. Was in tiptop shape, I’ll start another thread soon but my hopes are to go full tilt on a d3 s8, hopeful we can sync up on my plans and actually get back in line the count on tuning again…

Anyways, those brakes look fantastic, how do they stop post install? Love to see your car in action again, I live in Richmond now but still in DC quite often. Any new track times?

Looking good man. Sorry if I missed it but what size brake discs are you running up front?

365 mm.

Basically I will have RS4 front brakes.

aren’t they exactly the same ? (R8/RS4)

No, all the RS/R8 front brakes are very similar but slightly different. The biggest differences are the brake rotor to caliper offset, the front lower support bar, and the paint jobs. The R8 calipers that I got had the Apikol brackets on them so that they could be used on a B6/7 car but I still had to modify them for my car.

[JimmyBones]

Hey Jimmy its David your former resident c6 s6 customer…unfortunately car has gone to car heaven, wish you would have been able to drive her post proper exhaust, filters, new intake manifold carbon clean, and all new control arms. Was in tiptop shape, I’ll start another thread soon but my hopes are to go full tilt on a d3 s8, hopeful we can sync up on my plans and actually get back in line the count on tuning again…

Anyways, those brakes look fantastic, how do they stop post install? Love to see your car in action again, I live in Richmond now but still in DC quite often. Any new track times?

Hey David, that sucks man! I wish you luck with finding a nice D3 S8. Those are really nice cars. I had a purple one that I worked on at Alexandria and it was one of my favorite cars whenever he brought it in.

Thanks. I have not installed the brakes yet. I still need to finish up my engine work so I am working on that. I didn’t want the brake rotors to sit outside in the rain and rust while I am working on the rest of the car so the brakes are the last thing to go back on before I drive the car again. Don’t have any new track times. Need to finish everything else first and then break in the new parts. This Fall I should have some faster times though.

[JimmyBones]

Got some more work done on the S4.

I took the front end of the car apart. Here is a shot with the front bumper off.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0256_zpsjebjzvn6.jpg

Got the core support off.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0257_zps4ngktpoo.jpg

Took all the supercharger brackets off.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0354_zpsn9tr6sgp.jpg

Took the alternator off and disconnected everything from the engine, transmission, and front subframe.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0355_zpsv8chxlxy.jpg

Removed the transmission crossmember and installed my engine support bar to hold the engine, transmission, and front subframe in place.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0356_zpsy8msms2s.jpg

This next step is the scariest few moments of this repair. I removed the front subframe so the only thing holding the engine and transmission in place is the engine support bar on top. That is a lot of heavy and very expensive parts hanging in the air while we get the drivetrain table in place.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0357_zpsrjsl3jao.jpg

We got the engine and transmission on the drivetrain table and raised the body of the car up out of the way.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0358_zpsgulpxvjd.jpg

This is what the engine compartment of the S4 looks like with the front end, engine, transmission, supercharger, and a bunch of other stuff taken out.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0359_zpsdc7pobfq.jpg

Here is a side view of the engine and transmission on the drivetrain table. Look at the pretty long tube headers!

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0360_zpsa4jhspc2.jpg

This I lowered the car back down and covered everything up so that the rain stays off my parts.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Jimmybones777/SAM_0363_zpslpywoise.jpg

[justincredible]

Lookin awesome Jimmy.

[pwest15]

Yeah that’s super impressive!