Summary

Current condition of car:

Suspension

Brakes

Transmission and Driveline

Engine and Related

Misc Project

Pictures below descriptionThis is a 2001 Atlas grey allroad. I am the second owner and have owned since 43K miles when I purchased in 2005. This has been my daily driver up until June 2013 when I parked the car in garage for full project rework. Currently mileage is 127,xxx. Car has a meticulously assembled stage 3+ BEL powerplant replacing original APB motor, new suspension and like-new interior. Car is corrosion free and is clean in every corner.The project consisted of a re-work in the areas of the car which I thought to be lacking in factory US-spec form. They are:Engine and transmissionBraking and suspensionElectronics and lightingInterior and exteriorThe project stretched from June 2013 until December 2014 under patient and meticulously work. Torqued all fasters/bolts to spec across entire project. I have all receipts with no less than 100 new OEM bits and pieces as well as many other reputable after-market items. There will be opinions, suggestions and judgment on some of my choices for parts or purpose for working on certain areas of the car. Or even if there is a value or improvement at all in some areas I chose to work on (yes, I like my fuzzy bottom OEM business card holder!). However, I am disclosing all items so that the buyer can decide. I had professional help and guidance in several areas of the car from time to time from local Audi/VW shops owners and staff mechanics. If I describe something as NEW, I purchased it new directory from vendor wrapped in plastic or original packaging. If I describe OEM, that means genuine Audi - not OEM replacement. If I mention RS4 or RS6, those are B5 and C5 platforms and OEM gear respectively. I made every effort to keep the car as factory/OEM-spec as possible.InteriorThe measurement is a 9 out of 10 overall with a couple areas 10 of 10. The 1 point difference is simply due to the age of some of the 2001 rubbery interior parts like steering column and lower kick panels showing some wear. Front and rear sport seats are 9.5 out of 10. Near perfection except for driver's lower outside bolster showing a very slight amount of wear. The rest of the seats are literally 10 of 10 in my opinion. They look new. When I swapped rear seat I removed all leather and cushions and custom fitted to original allroad seat frame so that the partition net could still be attached just like factory. I also left the original allroad rear side seat bolsters as the A6 sport bolster do no fit an avant. I have 3 cracks in the carbon fiber interior trim... above glove box (the most noticeable), right in front of the shifter boot and on the ashtray itself. The cracks on the shifter and ashtray are hard to see. The glove box dash piece should be replaced although I rarely notice. I've asked several people if they can see the glove box dash crack and most people can't see it. The B5 RS4 steering wheel is new with new airbag - no flaws, perfect condition. Center console include arm rest cover - near flawless with some wear observed in the rotating side areas of the armrest (basically between the seat side bolsters somewhat hidden). OEM rubber weather mats and OEM rear cargo area rubber mat - no flaws, perfect condition. Carpet is 9 out of 10 with a little age showing on the rear hump by the rear seat heaters - rest of carpet near perfect (no holes or hot spots anywhere). B5 RS4 shift knob to match air leather steering wheel lightly used with no flaws and not shiny from extended use. Shifter boot is OEM leather from a C5 A6 and treated - in excellent shape but looks a little old school (not smooth leather) which I prefer. Display is perfect - no dust and no dead pixels (!). I had the center display digital panel replaced with an OEM pixel display. Dash is perfect - no curling edges. Buttons and headlight switch are flawless - no black scraped off. The car smells good inside - I am sensitive to smells and it is very neutral almost like a new car with 20K miles, if that makes sense. 100% non-smoking car of course.ExteriorOverall the car is an 8.5 out of 10. I rate it this way due to several reasons I don't like. I took off and coated only one of the fender flares. I spent half a day on it to make it look great but never did the other 3. What I decided after working on the one meticulously is that this can be done on the car which I may or may not get to prior to selling. Other areas of the exterior that need attention is the upward facing flat part of rear bumper at tailgate - this has been beaten down by UV and has some spots where the clear coat has worn off. Nothing terrible looking but should be recoated like the fender flares if perfection is to be achieved. Another area of imperfection are the clear plastic protective "stickers" just rear of the rear doors, at bottom. Mine are cracked and old looking. There are minor paint imperfections across the car with this number of miles and age. Paint is a 9 out of 10. It needs a good clay bar. The car has been garaged or purposely parked in shade the entire time I've owned it (10 years). Headlights are crystal clear - HIDs shine bright. I found a new near lens set instead of polishing my old ones. I removed US-spec corner yellow markers from headlight housing - i.e., clear-cornered. I purchased new fog housings - glass lens perfect. Rear taillights - perfect. Whip antenna replaced with proper OEM sharfin painted to match allroad roof (GPS antenna routed to RNS-E properly). Door blades are clear and look great - no hazing. The roof rails have some hazing and I have not tackled that polishing. All the black and silver trim around windows is in excellent shape. Front bumper is 9 out of 10 with some front bumper plat holder holes - overall the bumper looks near perfect. I replaced those silver strips beneath headlight housings on the bumper with new OEM ones. Hood grill is perfect. Lower grills are perfect and have been recoated with SEM black bumper paint. Front and rear skid plates are neat perfect - no visible issues to normal eye. Tailpipes are polished and have very minor scratches - will not notice unless you look very closely.The entire suspension is new with OEM air springs and shocks, air compressor and 034 Motorsport density line arms. The car rides like a champ. I replaced one of the level sensors and rewired another connector. H-sports sway bars front and rear with new bushings. New 034 front and OEM RS6 rear sway endlinks. New pinch bolts with lots of anti-seize installed. All new bolts in all front suspension pieces including lower arms, upper arms, shocks, airsprings, top hats, etc. RS6 aluminum uprights installed. Brakes lines and ABS sensor line brackets properly sourced and installed. New outter and inner tie rod ends and boots.RS6 front calipers - new. RS6 rear calipers - used. JHM lightweight RS6 rotors all around - new. New RS6 e-brakes lines. UHP Motorsport all 4 stainless lines - new. Fluid reservoir - new. Hawk HPS pads all around - new. RS6 vented fender liners retrofitted to allroad fender liners. OEM VM Phaeton brake cooling ducts mated to modified RS6 RS front brake heat/protection shields.RS4 01E FZW code - this is late generation with factory 1-2 shift collar improvement. Transmission had 81,xxxK on it from Belgium (49,xxx miles). I coated the cast iron section of trans housing with black engine block paint to prevent any corrosion - although the entire housing of this trans was exceptionally clean without corrosion (have pics). New factory cooling lines run from trans housing to allroad radiator for proper cooling - the lines were slightly different than the allroad 01E lines. A 4:1 center diff. B7 RS4 pressure plate and Vast stage 4 ceramic clutch - new. Late style shifter box with JHM short shifter. FTE metal clutch slave and stainless line - new. OEM pilot bearing, throw-out bearing, fork and plastic pivot piece - new. Allroad-specific front axle cups installed in transmission. Front and rear allroad-specific Raxles axles - new (OEM cores). OEM bearings on all 4 corners - new. RS6 front and rear hubs (+10mm out). Inner and outer OEM axle bolts on all 4 - new (inner installed with thread locker of course). Cleaned and re-packed main drive shaft CV-joints with grease. Installed 034 allroad-specific center bearing in drive shaft. RS6 rear differential from donor 71K mile car. OEM allroad specific ET25 9 spoke wheels and caps - new. OEM transmission stabilizer bar at subframe mount - new. 034 street transmission mounts. Reverse and clutch start switch properly wired with OEM connectors. 034 Motorsports prop shaft center bearing.Gearing on the FZW trans:1st: 3.5002nd: 1.8893rd: 1.3204th: 1.0345th: 0.8066th: 0.684Goal here was to upgrade all but the internals to keep cost contained. I was not trying to build a monster but rather keep factory quality and reliability with double performance. Before I parked car for project I purchased a very clean full 2.7T BEL motor with 64K miles from Bryan Little. This allowed me to patiently prep and sort the new engine for project before final parking of car and pulling the APB motor. The engine pulls strong on the two ECU's I will include with the car (EPL and Stuklr). ALL OEM seals done on engine from oil pans up to top including all banjo washers, rubber and paper seals - new. Full OEM timing belt kit with Continental belt and non-metal water pump impeller - new. OEM RS4 engine mounts - new. OEM RS4 carbon fiber engine covers - new.B5 aluminum thermostat housing. OEM late model after-run coolant pump - new. OEM turbo coolant feed/return lines. Lower temp OEM lower radiator hose sensor - new. OEM upper and lower radiator hose assemblies - new. Viscous fan removed with proper block-off plate installed.Extrude honed and polished OEM intake manifold (testing here show 30% increase in airflow: http://goo.gl/kRkwKU ). OEM RS4 filter airbox with sealed mesh screen in bottom factory hole. OEM RS4 MAF housing with Hitachi sensor fitted/sealed. OEM RS4 accordion hose. OEM RS4 Y-pipe wit 034 RS4 silicon couplers ("lobster claws"). OEM RS4 upper and lower intake piping with 034 silicon couplers. 034 intake manifold phenolic spacers - new.Stratosphere diverter valves. ARD bi-pipes silver ceramic coated - new. Evolution Racewerks side mount intercoolers with carbon fiber shrouds. Samco throttle body boot - new. Ported and polished throttle body. OEM map sensor - new. Turbo oil feed/return lines - new. OEM Borg Warner K04's turbos with hot side ceramic coated. Clamps, hardware, o-rings, banjo washers, seals on entire charge line - new. Snow methanol injection kit with #4 nozzles (225ml/min) inserted in threaded ARD bi-pipe bungs, reverse flow shutoff solenoid, controller wired to MAF sensor, methanol source plumbing tapped into OEM windshield washer reservoir.EV14 550cc (0280158117) fuel injectors with spacers. Upper and lower OEM o-rings - new. 2.0T red-top coil conversion and ICM's removed. NGK plugs - new. Full allroad APB 6MT engines harness.OEM exhaust gas temperature sensors, both - new. Ceramic coated OEM exhaust manifolds. ASP 3" stainless down pipes and v-band connected ASP high-flow cats - ceramic coated. MTM cat-back 2.5" system. Rear O2 sensors removed, bungs installed and coded out.OEM updated spider hose - new. Silver powder coating valve covers. OEM power steering pump - new. OEM coolant reservoir - new. OEM power steering lines - new. 034 snub mount bushing - new. Bypass aux vacuum booster pump with proper vacuum line to intake manifold. OEM update oil fill cap with valve vent - new. Secondary air injection system removed and 034 block-off plates installed. Nearly all vacuum hoses, vacuum lines, coolant lines, clamps and check valves replaced - new.OEM euro-spec Bosal tow package - new. OEM allroad tow package wiring harness with pigtail, full kit - new. Acura TSX-R headlamp project lenses - new. OEM rear hatch shocks - new. Rear allroad door cards with pull-up shades. Infinity Reference 6030 speaker set, front and rear - new. OEM subframe bolts all around - new. OEM RS6 rear hatch wing coated to match allroad roof to contrast atlas gray body - new. Headlamp rubber surround `gasket' between headlamp and hood - new.The car has an OEM RNS-E, OEM BT module and OEM CD-changer. All wired properly with the GPS connection routed to added OEM sharkfin roof unit with GPS antenna. I added all 8 speakers from an Infinity Reference kit - new. The sound difference with the Infinity's is remarkable.I have 1,000+ pics from the build so if you need anything specific just ask... I probably have a pic of it. I've included a very small sample of pics here and can provide a catalog of pics if requested by serious buyers. I have too many parts to list including what seemed like 500 new OEM bolts and fasteners purchased from Carson during build. I kept nearly all of those OEM stickers and plastic baggies with part numbers.Here are the concerns or issues I have with the car. I don't have time to fix these issues and would like just pass along to buyer. Car is priced appropriately.1. The oil pressure light comes on randomly. Doesn't matter what RPM, load or cold/hot. This is very likely a sensor issue. I installed a new Meyle sensor during upper and lower oil pan seals. It is not OEM. After research this is a common issue with non-2. The passenger side rear, upper most rollover valve nipple on gas tank is slightly cracked and causing a slight gas smell when tank is filled full. I regularly fill over � tank and don't smell anything.3. Passenger headlight nozzle washer is leaking from housing inside bumper. I am not filling meth tank because of this and have yet to install a cut-off valve for the bumper washer fluid tube. I have replacement nozzle ready for install.4. Front brakes shimmy a little. I believe this is caused by a light amount of corrosion built up on the outside of the hubs facing the rotors. Rotors, calipers, pads, bearings, axles and wheels are new.Engine/Driveline>>>BW K04's hot housing etched and ceramic coatedRS4 inletsBosch EV14 550cc fuel injectorsSnow meth with #4 nozzles2.0T coilpack conversion, ICM's removedRS4 accordion hose, MAF housingRS4 Y-pipeRS4 airbox with cutout meshed hole in bottomRS4 CF engine coversER intercoolers with CF shroudsExtrude honed and polished intake manifoldARD ceramic coated aluminum charge air intake pipes034 phenolic intake manifold spacersCeramic coated stock exhaust manifoldsASP 3" downpipes, race catsMTM cat-back 2.5" exhaustRS4 motor mounts034 street density trans mountsVAST stage 3 ceramic clutch with B7 RS4 pressure plate and OEM dual mass flywheelB5 RS4 01E full trans swap kit with proper allroad front axle cups, retained original coolingallroad specific manual trans front axlesRS6 rear diffRS6 rear hubsSpal electric fan - remove viscous, block-off plateEGT sensorsFull timing belt kit and all upper and lower seals including oil pan and linesNearly all hose and clamps replaced with newNew turbo oil return and fee linesS4 aluminum thermostat housing upgradeNew CV's, boots, grease on prop shaftAir injection pump bits removed, 034 block-off plates installed, coded outCode out rear 02 sensorsCustom ECU tuneFull allroad 6MT APB engine harnessBraking/Suspension/Chassis>>>RS6 front calipersRS6 rear brake calipersHawk HPS padsJHM lightweight RS6 front and rear rotorsRS6 ebrake right and left cablesRe-route brake boost vacuum hoses and delete aux vacuum pumpRS6 front wheel well linersUSP motorsport stainless brake linesRS6 aluminum front upright assemblies with new bearingsRS6 rear hub assemblies with new bearingsOEM allroad shocks all 4 corners and airsprings, new air suspension pump - newHotchkis heavy duty mount brackets and new bushings for existing H-sportsBosal allroad specific class 3 tow hitchInterior>>>C5 sport seats front and rear in showroom conditionRNS-E rewired with factory roof sharkfin GPS antennaRewired factory bluetooth module to rear of carRS6 CF trim all around - TIP gear shift surround cut cleanly for 6MTRear door card sun shades from donor allroadRS4 steering wheel and matching shift knobMisc>>>RS6 hatch wingReplace all vacuum line of various sizesBosch updated auxiliary water pumpLower temp sensors for aux water pump to stay on longer after motor offAcura TSX-R clear lens retrofit for factor HID'sOEM allroad-specific offset 9 spoke wheels and cap