My "new" RS2.. Your input is much appreciated.

[huksa]

Hello, I am a newbie here who just bought RS2.

It is a 1995 model and I think the color is Ragusa Green.. It was heavily modified before coming to me, and I am not too sure about the overall packaging of the work. I had a decent deal buying this one and, for the next couple of years, I hope to bring this car to be one of better examples of RS2s out there.

My prevuous experience with Audis is 1997 A4 2.8 quattro.. and not much else. I am not too familiar with turbo engines, either.

here goes some picture of my car. Your comments, inputs, observations, suggestions as to how the car may be improved are greatly appreciated!!

Oh, by the way, I live in South Korea and there are only two known RS2s in the country. My RS2 is registered as Audi 80 quattro, because the registrar's database doesn't have RS2 on it.. It's good to know that the VIN of my car starts with WAC...



So this is it. The exterior is not a top notch. Stone chips, scratches, a little bit of rust, dings, cracked plastics.. It has MTM 18 inch wheels, and strangely, no roof rails. Was it an option when new??
behind is my family ride, Kia Sorento.


The rear center trim piece has some serious cracks on it. The previous owner taped it to keep it in one piece. I've got one from ebay even before I bought this car!
On the far right is my personal ride, Lexus ISF


There are some MTM badgings on the car. The speedometer also has one. Now it clocked some 70,000km..


The engine bay may need some cleanup. How do you think, guys? I am open to any suggestions.


Here comes the turbo plumbing..


It's the prev. owner's photo.. In goes the new cast manifold. The old tubular manifold was severely cracked. I hope he got a quality manifold..


Around the wastgate area..


I am not familiar with turbos.. The prev. owner said the turbo is Greddy TD06 (?). I don't know about a thing. I spot the Mitsubishi mark on the housing and Greddy on the blue plate. Maybe Greddy outsourced it to Mitsu.


Does the brake look original? I don't have any reference against which I can check it, although I've read many posts about the brakes here in s2forum.



Inside the engine appears to be clean..


I know this brake booster is not original, because it says "Mando" - A major automotive supplier to Hyundai/Kia. I may replace the booster with Audi one. Suggestion is welcome here.


MTM wheel.. Why why did the prev. owner painted it black??

I am very excited to be a part of RS2 history with my car. Thank you for reading this post!

[geryS2]

woaw, an RS2 in south Korea, that sounds exotic !

happy driving and welcome !

[anthonys2]

Hey welcome to the forum for a start and what a motor you bought there!! Do you know how much bhp it produces?? Ragussa green is a lovely colour maybe worth a polish or re-spray if you wanting it to look top notch!! As for the wheels and this is my opinion only!! I think they spoil it a little I'd look at original RS2 17's or possible RS4 18's. Looks like previous owner has spent a fortune on all the mods lucky you:mischeif:

[fish]

That car has had som serious money thrown at it! Good find.

[Tony Stark]

Dude, Welcome to the forum



Thats a lovely RS2 you've got there. Looks like it means business!

Think a boot spoiler would look pretty cool and standard wheels maybe.



Cheers

[Rikki Kitto]

Welcome beautiful looking car, get the original badge on the tail as soon as poss.

[_ANDR3X_]

...strangely, no roof rails. Was it an option when new??

Yes, roof rails were an option. Makes it a bit more rare

[Tony Stark]

Dude, Welcome to the forum



Thats a lovely RS2 you've got there. Looks like it means business!

Think a boot spoiler would look pretty cool and standard wheels maybe.



Cheers

[david]

very nice car,those wheels needs to go asap.
i reckon this rs2 could be producing anything close to 500 bhp

[fish]

Those wheels look great in the right colour. Black doesent look right though.

[s2_bo]

As said this car must have had a hell of a lot f money thrown at it. The MTM upgrades where always crazy money.
I wonder what stage tune it has. How much boot is it making?

Must be nice to have one of the only ones in Korea!

[K Simmonds]

Welcome aboard.

That looks to have had some extensive work done to it by previous owners, don't often see an MTM inlet on an RS2.

Any details on what's been done to the engine?

[huksa]

The problem with this particular car is that nobody knows exactly what was done with MTM. It was imported to Korea by the first owner in 2003 or 4, complete with the MTM mod. It looks like the second owner had neglected the car for some time. The third owner (I am the fourth) tried to bring the car back and all the turbo related work was changed to the current set up.
The third owner who sold the car to me told that when he first test drove this one it stalled at every traffic stop. Now the car goes very strong, though.
The boost is set at 1.0 bar now. And on the dyno it pulls around 350ps. And I drive an ISF with 420ps from the factory, so it seems natural that my RS2 doesn't feel that fast or powerful. What I am going to try to do with this RS2 is not making it faster or more powerful, but keeping it clean and sound, mechanically and aesthetically.

[s2_bo]

In that case it's prob a number of things most likely it was not remapped when the turbo was changed.
Maybe it also has a big boost leak. Have you pressure tested the pipe work.
A none modified rs2 makes 1.4 or 1.5 bar so yours is not running right.

With all the mods it's probably at least 'stage 4' tuned by MTM so you should be seeing more like 500hp and 2 bar boost.
Of course if the turbo is wrong for the map it's unlikely to run to it's full potential, I would be happy if I was you. Knowing that there is a lot more power to unlock!
You have a special car nonetheless.

[huksa]

In that case it's prob a number of things most likely it was not remapped when the turbo was changed.
Maybe it also has a big boost leak. Have you pressure tested the pipe work.
A none modified rs2 makes 1.4 or 1.5 bar so yours is not running right.

You are probably right. I know some garage in Korea has remapped the ECU because of all the problems and post-MTM works. The boost was intentionally set at 1 bar as a baseline and I am keen to keep it that way until I have it checked thoroughly and become assured that it is safe to dial up.