After a mis-hap the A4 is off the road

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  • Sleeper_Avant
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Mar 2009
    • 2372
    • Country: England

    #1

    After a mis-hap the A4 is off the road

    well, i went up to newcastle with the baby to see my parents over the long weekend, was ment to meet up with a few mates for drinky poos but they were all woman-ish having just got back from blackpool that morning

    so with the boy fobbed off to grandma and grandad away to seahouses or somewhere i went for a drive, had a play with an evo, encountered brake fade, while on a sweeping bend midway was a small yump that unsettled the car, i tried braking after seeing the Evo jump but was too late, and the front washed out and i just, just clipped a very small kurb, no suspension damage but i havent had a look yet as it drives straight and no wheel/tyre damage

    but i think the force of the hard coilover settings and high speed caused an angine mount to collapse, crack the front pipe and tear 2 studs loose on the turbo, and when its on boost the gearstick is all over the place

    the 300+ mile drive home to essex was scary as i had the boy in the car

    ive been using the car as an everyday car since i put the motor in some 2 yrs ago, and it really could do with a few loose ends tidy`d up, and a clutch, and a set of coilpacks, and water hoses re routed, and and and..............

    Will put a build thread up if you lot is interested?

    lots of bits waiting to go on, brakes and suspension and the interior is getting stripped bare, free speed

    *sigh* Uber reliable tool finaly showing its 200,000+ miles!

    Sean :mischeif:
    1993 URS4 Avant Emerald Green 350+bhp
    1991 Ford Sierra Sapphire 4x4 in Magenta
    BoooOOOSSSSSTTTT BANG BANG CHIRP CHIRP
  • quattrostyle
    S2Forum Zealot
    • Oct 2006
    • 6229
    • Country: Netherlands

    #2
    that's not good, but sure you will get it going again.
    A project thread is always good

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    • Sleeper_Avant
      S2Forum Fiend
      • Mar 2009
      • 2372
      • Country: England

      #3
      Best get it fixed for its last outing of the year, just booked on the S2 club stand at GTi DOH!

      Build thread comin up.
      1993 URS4 Avant Emerald Green 350+bhp
      1991 Ford Sierra Sapphire 4x4 in Magenta
      BoooOOOSSSSSTTTT BANG BANG CHIRP CHIRP

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      • djh
        S2Forum Extremist
        • Jun 2011
        • 1622
        • Home: United States Current: United Kingdom

        #4
        not good to hear but look forward to the build thread

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        • Sleeper_Avant
          S2Forum Fiend
          • Mar 2009
          • 2372
          • Country: England

          #5
          well its getting death at GTi international, if it breaks it breaks i dont care, onwards and upwards for more power, bigger turbos and maby a squirt of the old laffing gas

          Will get the build thread started
          1993 URS4 Avant Emerald Green 350+bhp
          1991 Ford Sierra Sapphire 4x4 in Magenta
          BoooOOOSSSSSTTTT BANG BANG CHIRP CHIRP

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