Introducing: Ben's S4 Avant Mongrel

Let me introduce you to another car that will probably feature a lot in this blog; Ben's S4 Mongrel.

I have a lot of love for this thing. In my eyes, well ears, there is nothing better than the sound of a V6 engine. Add to that the sound of two KO4 turbos boosting away and you've got a noise that will makes your ears drool.

You see, underneath the S4 exterior is a mangy RS4 mutt with upgraded KO4 turbos, injectors, intercoolers, exhaust etc etc. The list is endless! The end result is an absolute monster pushing over 400bhp. There isn't much out there on the road that phases this thing. It's a regular Porsche killer which often leads to some baffled looks from their respective owners.

In the handling department things are taken care of by a set of AP coilovers which offer a comfortable yet firm ride making it perform spectacularly in the turns as well as being a comfortable cruiser on the motorway.

Add to this a rear Neuspeed arb to rectify the understeer you get from a big front engined car and you've got a car that rails the B-roads rather than wanting to career across the road into a ditch.

With all of the power and the handling ability, it also of course has stopping covered with a set of RS4 brakes with discs pretty much the size of my head..

All that was left for Ben to do was work on the styling. Less is more in this game, so he opted for a usable but low ride height on a set of freshly powdercoated satin black Mercedes Alphards. Luckily he managed to pick up two sets of 8.5's, as opposed to having the wider 9.5 rears, in order to stop the quattro throwing it's toys out of the pram from having different rolling radius.

A few finishing touches of satin black paint here and there to further continue the black and blue theme and a few nice additions to the interior such as a liquid gauge and voila. Complete.

Expect a lot more of this beast throughout the summer on here and at shows such as GTI International and Edition38 as well as some possibly track day appearances at Castle Combe.