Been looking a bit at the rear calipers and ran into some problems. The CC for the mounting points is a-ok. But the holes on the brackets are M12 and on the wheel bearing housing they're M10. Frustrating problem. Looking into various solution involving thread inserts.

I got the metal caliper bracket back from the manufacturer. He modified it for me since it still didn't meet my requirements. It was faster and cheaper to modify it then manufacturing a new one. Though the modifications didn't go as good as I've hoped, it's still off.

I have also removed everything related to the crank house breather. Thought I should replace all the small hoses for it. That's also a step in my search for what's causing the overboost and problems I'm having.

Just out of pure luck I accidentally stumbled across that AC leak that I have been searching for for a long long time. A year or two ago I had the car over at a firm that repairs ACs. They couldn't find the leak then but added some trace fluid to the system and this is what caught my attention today. The pipe that connects to the firewall had a fairly large hole in it. I have bought a new pipe and radial seals.

In the continuously search for the boost leak and the reason why the car cuts out I have been filming the exhaust temperature gauge, the boost gauge and a lambda meter. I had to build a little box for it which can be seen up here. I have also been testing with a adjustable boost pressure valve but that didn't to much good. After those attempts I once again pressure tested the whole system without finding any leaks. Frustrating!

I have also received a new prototype for the caliper brackets, now in metal from another manufacturer. Though it's still off! Can't really understand how da heck am I measuring. Am I constantly drunk in the garage?

During the pressure test session my brother came over in a sweet Audi TTS. Really awesome car! Can't wait for the TTRS!

I snapped a few pics on the ECU as well. Had that opened again to see if there were any leaks in there. Couldn't see anything odd but snapped a pic of the resistor you have to change when you rebuild the box to RS2-specs. =) Oh, the chips on one of the pictures are labeled 380hk, that's not correct. It's 350hk.

Had the airbox over at Prostys garage for a rebuild into an RTM airbox. It turned out really good and it looks a bit better with the "original" airbox under the hood then my earlier setup.

When the airbox was removed I took the opportunity to tighten the nuts for the exhaust manifold. Those bastards are so hard to reach and tighten properly so I made a little special tool for it. Far from optimal and not that good, but think I got them all tightened now.

I have not written so much about it here (if at all...) but I have some issues with the car cutting out and overboost. I have tried pretty much anything. And to make a long story into a short one, now I tried a newly renovated wastegate too. No difference. =(

I stumbled across some smoked indicators for the RS2 front spoiler. Pretty poor quality and bad crafted but still think they looks pretty good once on the car.

I also got the second prototype of the RS4-b7 caliper brackets. It's still way off. =/

For some months ago I took on me to arrange a group buy of silicone hoses. It first started out as an order from Quattronics. But after months of nagging and seconds away from turning it into a police matter I got the money back from Corey at quattronics (I can not strongly enough warn against doing business with Corey and quattronics). Instead I ordered them from Roose Motorsport, who manufactured them for quattronics. The deal went really smooth and Roose really came through. Though he stopped answer my e-mails after a while when I wanted to buy more hoses, kinda odd?

I needed something at the rear of the car to match the RS4-b7 setup at the front. What could be better then RS4-b7 rear brakes? =) They are supposed to be pretty much bolt on. The only thing that needs modification should be the wire for the parking brake. I don't know how to solve that yet.

I realized I had not taken any photos of the splash shields I'm modifying for the front brake setup. They are from the VW Phaeton. Basically it just has to get a new plate welded to it so it fits to the front struts.

Aaaah... New Years Eve! What could be better them to sum this year up here at irry? =) And maybe to speculate about 2008.

Well... As usual not much happened during 2007. The biggest thing would be the two ABT rear hatches that I bought from Germany. I didn't complete the RS4/RS6 front break conversion. And I have not decided what rear brakes to use. So this is two issues that has to be resolved during 2008. At least I tested the prototype adapter for the RS-calipers this weekend. I have made some adjustments to it and now I have to wait for a new prototype. Some pictures of it can be seen below.

Another biggie for 2008 is my job situation. Work work work... I work a lot! And that will probably not change in 2008. So I really don't have the time for the S2 any longer and I actually don't have the need for it. So I have started to question whether it's really worth it or if I should sell the car. There is so much that I want to do with it and it will cost me A LOT of money. I still have to complete the RS2 conversion of the rear spoiler and light ramp. I need a set of KW-coilovers or similar. And maybe the biggest issue of them all... I need to paint the whole car. And a paint job for me is not just to rough up the old paint and apply the new paint... We're talking total disassembly with the removal of all panels, the engine and everything. The body will also need some repair and touch up, mainly of both rocker panels. And while the engine is out of the car one would probably want to do some adjustments to it... So the biggest question of 2008 is probably whether I should sell or keep the car.