jbrentd's 2nd Chance CQ

Hey all, I thought I would start a thread over here on for my CQ. I've been a member on here for a while, but never started a build thread of my own. I live in the US, more specifically, Northeast Oklahoma.

I originally bought the car back in Feb 2010 from the Milwaukee area. Owned it for 4 years and did a decent amount of maintenance and rehab work to it.

Day I brought it home

Came with a crunched up spot on the driver's side (that was fun).

Here are some highlights from the first time I owned it...

Timing belt job
Spec Stg 3 clutch
Euro front/rear bumpers and 1-piece headlights (relayed)
All new audio components
Replace heater core and rebuilt the airbox
Pearl white respray & some body repair

Not long after I had it repainted, I bought an A6 and the coupe didn't get much road time. I didn't want to see it sit in the driveway getting unused, so I I sold it in Feb 2014. It was looking like this.

After selling it, I quickly started to regret that decision. Since then, my oldest is off to college and my youngest is driving and I am finding more free time to work on a project again. So, in mid 2018 I contacted the guy I sold it to and found that it has been sitting in his garage for a couple of years. He was driving it for a while, but put it away when it developed a low end knock. He has a couple other projects going and was willing to let it go. So, I bought it back. While he owned it, he did a few things like finishing the DIY coilovers that I had all of the parts for, getting the A/C system working again, and some odd and ends.

As it turns out, the "low end knock" was a bent rod and a bunch of bent valves from it jumping some teeth on the timing belt. I suspect a bunch of mud dauber nest debris as the reason for it being out of time.

In my search for a replacement engine, I was offered a free, low mileage 7A. Was hoping to find a 20vt, but thought the 7A was the quickest way to get it up and running again. So, I started down the path of swapping in the replacement 7A.

Took this opportunity to swap a Dave Kase recharged bomb.

Just in time to celebrate getting the coupe back on the road, I found my long-term swap solution...lol. A friend and I bought a '91 200. I wanted all of the parts for the 3B swap and he needed more body and interior stuff for his project, so it worked out for us both. Wish I had found it first, but that's how it goes sometimes. I learned a lot with my first swap.

I managed to get some Euro bits. 3B S2 intercooler and crossmember and an RS2 fan shroud to go with the 3B high powered fan. I need to figure out the wiring side of this.

After a few months of just enjoying her, I recently started to work on the 3B.

How she sits currently...

Sorry for the long post. I look forward to spending more time on the forum.

Thanks
Brent

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