I’ve finally reached the point of starting to put parts back onto this engine for the Silver S4 that I have made some upgrades to and have been performing maintenance on.
The XS-Power turbo inlets fit poorly so I cut the ends off near the compressor housing and fit silicone couplers instead.
B5 S4 Engine
The XS-Power downpipes fit well so far.
The same cannot be said for the XS-Power Bipipe that fits poorly. The pipes are in contact with the cam covers but there is still another eighth of an inch or so that the bipipe needs to seat further onto the throttle body.
May be time to look into a better quality bipipe; i.e used APR Bipipe.
Having finished with the driver side front corner yesterday I started out today’s effort by taking care of some house cleaning in preparation for rotating the car. I’m moving on to the passenger side front wheel-well and the position the car was in was not conducive to working on that corner.
Clean up and rotate
After straightening up I swung the front around (on the dollies) to give myself some work space around the passenger side.
Passenger wheel-well work
The rear lower control arm ball joint was quite troublesome, but eventually I got it loose.
Tomorrow I’ll finish removing the lower control arms and set to work installing all the new parts.
