[V8] Took the '93 V8 on a little trip yesterday.

[Brandon Hoag]

Well, I made it today without issue. I can tell that the O2 still needs to
be replaced. She suffers from the "surging" acceleration. Other than that,
it was great. Clipped along at 80 on the way up, and 60 on the way back,
and the computer is showing me an average of 19.8 mpg. I think I have the
cruise figured out a bit. It must be a leaky vacuum line or something. I
turn the cruise on, and hit set, and I can hear a click coming from the
glove compartment area. She doesn't hold speed, but if I hold the
accelerate button, I can feel it trying to pull the pedal in, and in some
cases, it pulled it in quite a bit...but still can't hold speed. Now I need
to take a look at the vacuum lines and get this figured out. Beyond that,
the only thing on it that doesn't work is the rear defrost, and I can
clearly see broken wires around the edges, so the only fix there would be
to replace it. Everything else from the remote entry and memory system to
the alarm (found that out the hard way..) and reverse-dipping mirror all
work flawlessly.

The cruise rod on the 5000 went last week and I have it temporarily fixed
with a wire coat hanger and zip ties until I order a new one.

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:31 PM, CavalloGT <cavallogt at gmail.com> wrote:

> I already have a 92 V8 doner car (4.2L Automatic of course), ready to go.
> All I need now is a place to store it and a shop to work in. Then I'll look
> to find a suitable Avant to begin the project with.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ProfessorGT
> (Sent from my iPhone4)
>
> > On Oct 9, 2014, at 1:39 PM, Kneale Brownson <kneale at knitknacks.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > First, the photos in the link are of a 10-valve avant.
> >
> > Second, you need V8 fenders to install V8 lights. To mount V8 fenders,
> you need the core support and fender bracing as well as the front
> extensions off the frame and you'll have to figure out extensions for the
> bottoms of the fenders behind the wheelwells.
> >
> > You CAN put a V8 hood on a 20-valve. I have a V8 hood on my avant.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Oct 9, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> CavalloGT wrote:
> >>> Well, that's my ride, until I can start on my next project: Creating a
> V8 Avant out of a 91 Avant 20v, nose swap and all. And just to be
> different, and more convenient, an Automatic V8 Avant at that. None were
> ever produced with automatics in any variant, so it definitely will be one
> of a kind.
> >>
> >> I bought one that had been converted from a 20V Avant. The lowered
> suspension wouldn't pass NH inspection (at least to the non-Audi shop I
> took it to), and it needed more work that I could give it, so I sold it (I
> think to Ron Wainwright in MA).
> >>
> >> Build info here:
> >> http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=34563
> >>
> >> Track that one down, and you're 90% there. Swap out the 5-speed for an
> automatic, swap out the hood and headlights, and you should be on the road
> (until you find all the niggling little bits that need fixing).
> >>
> >> And kudos to Brandon for keeping another one on the road.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kent McLean
> >> '02 VW Beetle TDI, and a lot of former Audis including Bad Puppy
> >>
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