[V8] drove her today!!

[Mendezwerks]

Congratulations. 

MendezWerks


On Mar 20, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Chris Brown <sacheldog at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
>  Well today i FINALLY drove and did the initial inspection on my 1990 4.2 L v8. 
> 
>     First off i want to say right when i started it and popped the hood i fell in love with the way this engine sounds. It's a beast. I never imagined a Audi to sound like a muscle car. Finally i own one. 
> I bought the motor from chris at force five for 700.00. It should have been 1100.00 but his guys messed up in the yard and sent me a 4.2 instead of a 3.6. He was informed of this by me and he was nice enough NOT to charge me the difference. 
> 
> I got a 400.00 upgrade on the house.  He informed me that this engine has 136,000 miles on it but i really have no way to confirm this number. The car itself only has 76,000 miles on her and that is confirmed, i bought it off the original owner. I still have the orig sticker from the window showing a price of 53,000 in 1990!! 
> 
> The car runs well. A little more smoke than i'd like but not too much. This is most likely due to gasoline that is over 1 year old in my tank, and god only knows how long its been since this 4.2 was running. It was in a car in his yard. 
> Unfortunately i have 3/4 of a tank of this old gasoline. ( bummer)  I want to burn thru this fuel and fill it with some 94 octane and put in some sort of detergent and than change the fuel filter. Im open to suggestions on this one. 
> 
> The only additional parts my guy put in are:
> 
> three motor mounts, pressure plate, 2 knock sensors, 8 plugs, oil and a filter, a battery,  and of course a full timing belt kit with water pump.
> 
> I will be taking her home tomorrow and carefully listening and reviewing everything. 
>  Im so excited. I've waited 6 months for this day.  
> 
> I will post pics of her once i detail her. Can you even post pics on this list? come to think of it i never see anyone post pics.
> 
>  talk soon and much thanks to many of you guys for advice during this 6 month trip.....
>   Chris
> 
> 1990 4.2 pearl white
> 
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