Most of you will know of this car as has been floating around the forum since circa 2011 when Mark ( rotoryboy) initially bought it as a stock 2.6 Quattro for an s2 conversion.
This sadly didn't happen and was sold onto another forum member who undertook a v8 swap with a 2000 c5 s6 4.2 40v unit with 50k on the clocks.
From here the details are pretty sketchy as was partially finished then sold .
From there it's changed hands quite a few times and each owner has done a little more but it's never been properly finished.
I picked it up about 3 weeks ago with the help of Mark Midgeley ( thanks Mark ).
The owner failed to mention the power steering pump was literally gushing fluid out leaving me leaving me with no power steering or brake assist .
Everything else works to a degree but still a fair amount of fettling to do to finish it off.
Temp gauge reads very high but is constant and been told that the gauge reads incorrectly and is actually running lower than it shows. From reading the US build threads cooling these has always been a bit of a problem. Ideally I'd like to see a true temp reading on vcds but I don't have access to it so ordered an infra red temperature gun.
Currently it's running stock 2.6 rad and single fan with two aftermarket slimline fans with 2 stage controller . They all work but long term solution will be the biggest ally rad I can get in their with two large slimline fans .
This sadly didn't happen and was sold onto another forum member who undertook a v8 swap with a 2000 c5 s6 4.2 40v unit with 50k on the clocks.
From here the details are pretty sketchy as was partially finished then sold .
From there it's changed hands quite a few times and each owner has done a little more but it's never been properly finished.
I picked it up about 3 weeks ago with the help of Mark Midgeley ( thanks Mark ).
The owner failed to mention the power steering pump was literally gushing fluid out leaving me leaving me with no power steering or brake assist .
Everything else works to a degree but still a fair amount of fettling to do to finish it off.
Temp gauge reads very high but is constant and been told that the gauge reads incorrectly and is actually running lower than it shows. From reading the US build threads cooling these has always been a bit of a problem. Ideally I'd like to see a true temp reading on vcds but I don't have access to it so ordered an infra red temperature gun.
Currently it's running stock 2.6 rad and single fan with two aftermarket slimline fans with 2 stage controller . They all work but long term solution will be the biggest ally rad I can get in their with two large slimline fans .
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