Damn, by the time you get finished, grinding, hacking, and what ever else needs to be done with this spacer, the FD UIM doesn't even look as good anymore. :/

I would have personally stuck with the adapter that fc3s91 has, but I'm a fan of the parts I put on my car looking as good as they function.

 

All you really have to do to the FD UIM is elongate the four holes. The spacer itself is actually fine in my newly formed opinion.

Does fc3s91's design not require the FD UIM holes to be ovaled? How does that work?





And thanks to ΝΙΚΟΣ for all your help and patience. I'm gonna go leave some good feedback on ebay for the spacer.







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I'm not sure what has to be done with the one from fc3s91. I just like the way it "flows" with the same curvature as the manifolds. I didn't like the way you have th grind off some of the material on the FD UIM to fit the nuts on, but then again, I'm a perfectionist about that type of stuff. If I'm walking thru my hallway and my rug is not parallel with the walls, it drives me NUTS! So I doubt I would've done it if I had to start grinding away the material like that to put a nut on..

There was a guy on here with a 20b widebody vert, rxx-7 or something? He had port matched, welded and grinded an FD UIM to the S5 LIM without an adapter. That looked awesome! I wish I would've bought it.

But glad you got it to work out.. and you're happy with it so that's what matters!

 

Thanks man, this part took me longer due to my confusion but there is still lots to be done like the tps and omp. I do plan to continue to post the progress so as it happens so hopefully more posts will be about the topic instead of advertisements....

 

So you're keeping the mechanical OMP? It shouldn't be to hard to get it working with the FD Throttle body. Keep posting them pics and progress! It's great info for people wanting to do this mod.

 

this thread turned to ****

 

OK,NJGreenBudd will be in history as the man with the upside adapter.
Now is all clear if there are any s4 people really interested in a adapter write here your name....thank you!

 

Thread-bombed

 

Well posts like those don't contribute much.

The gaskets should be here today for the new manifolds. I'll start taking the old S4 LIM, UIM, TB and TMIC off tonight when I get home. Hopefully I can at least get the manifolds on and start doing the little things this weekend. Then the new intercooler should arrive on Monday and I have to get rid of the mechanical fan so I can do my VMIC.

 

So, I was able to get most of the work done on the UIM. I added some material to a couple parts of the UIM where it was too thin from moving the holes. I also ground down the UIM runners to accommodate some nuts. After a bit of trimming on the S6 UIM gasket we were able to get the whole thing assembled.


Added Aluminum-



Ground Runners- roughed in, I'll make it look prettier



FD UIM on S5 LIM with Safe Drive Service Adapter-





I'm gonna swap the block off plates from my S4 LIM onto the S5 one cause they are much better looking and have smaller nuts, just to make it look a bit cleaner. I'm just glad it's all working out and the swap was able to be completed thanks to some help from the guys in Greece.

 

The project picked up some speed yesterday and today, I had to take off the turbo to swap LIMs, that was a pain. Hopefully someone can come out with the S4 to FD adapter cause having to swap LIMs is chore.


S5 LIM, FD UIM-

 

I need to know what you are doing about the Oil tube?.
the Fd Throttle body will Hit the Tube when installing..mine does on Mock up.

 

The oil fill tube will be modified to clear the TB. I'll post as it happens.

 

yea its a simple mod. this uim makes working on the injectors soo much easier with the adaptor. i have an extra 1/4inch on mine, and just removed and swapped injectors w/o taking off the uim thats nice

 

can the oil tube face "back"?.(towards the Firewall)?.
I actually Do not know how they go on originally, as I still have an N/A in the Car,and I am building an Engine By the " This Must go here.there is a hole for it" Technique!

 

i used a FD oil filler tube on my car because i could not get the stock T2 oil filler tube to work

 

here you have a couple of pictures of the installed FD filler tube,everything fits fine and i even had room to replace the stock oil filler cap for a rotor shaped one.I used the stock bottom part of the the FD oil filler tube(is a pain in the *** get it of the center iron)and the PLASTIC FD upper part.I dont know if you will have spacing,clearance issues because mine was done without the spacer.

 

i believe some people will find it interesting....there is a complete set with adapter,modified manifold,and new oem gaskets for sale out now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting

 

any progress?

 

I'm going to try and get my VMIC and efan all setup today, I kinda got sidetracked.

 

So I took the tube out of the block and cut two inches out of the lower pipe, rewelded it so it would clear the FD TB. I was pleased with the outcome.

 

I just need some piping to finish the VMIC and some new radiator hoses, rewire the TPS and hook up the OMP....

 

I am currious does anyone have this done who still has Power steering intact?

 

Ya.That is a question I need to know also...So Oil tube Revamp.Power steering can you keep it and also run a Front Mount Cooler?..(damn Franken Rotor car!)

 

i just had mine done. its a jdm S4T with a S6