My silver RS2 Project

[Tractor Dave]

A little rust here.


Having done this before, I knew what to expect under the frame.







Cleaned and treated.


It will get some epoxy tomorrow


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[Tractor Dave]

Scrape first.





It really is horrible stuff.
Now, people have said the foam breaking down in a water based. I have tried every water based detergent under the sink and nothing melted it.
This is what I found works well.



But it also melts gloves.


At last, it's all clean and ready for its trip to the trimmers.



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[Tractor Dave]

I'm using a high temp spray adhesive. You dont need much as the liner is held in place mainly by the sunroof and side trims. I will post pics when i get to that stage

[Antsa]

Nice work as always Dave. One question if you don't mind? What adhesive are you planning to use when gluing back the headliner? I have to take mine to the upholsterer shortly, and I've been thinking what would be the best option for gluing it back to the roof.

[Tractor Dave]

I have been putting this job off as it's not my favourite.
Time to sort the sagging headline.





Someone has bodged this previously.


Fortunately I have a good spare in my parts pile (as you do). Grin


It was a hot day which I think helped as the glue was soft.
Removed without damage.



I will remove the horrible sticky orange stuff tomorrow.

Start to finish the job took me about two hours.


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[Tractor Dave]

Took the car for a run and I'm still getting some occasional hesitation, like lumpy running. Plugged vcds in and got oxygen sensor code. So I bought a new one and got it fitted.


Another little issue to sort is the fuel gauge. I previously swapped out the sender and got a reading but on brimming the tank the gauge only went just past half full. First I tried another damper relay. It made no difference. Then I tried adjusting the gauge. I had to remove the cluster as the cap stubbornly refused to budge.


You can do this with an Allen from the back after removing the range adjuster (which was working well).
Unfortunately, this made little difference and actually made the gauge read over empty when switched off.
So, did a quick check at the tank cap using a spare sender.



With the sender moved to the full position I got the correct reading in the cluster.


So, removed the tank cap and had a look inside. It appears the float may be fouling on something and no fully rising when the tank is full. I've made some small adjustments to the pipe routing and hopefully this will sort things.

Next little issue.
After completing the running in process, I've been giving her some beans. What I noticed is that it's very flat until about 4,000 rpm and then all hell breaks out. I mean scary and sudden power. This car was apparently live mapped by MRC many years ago. I spoke to Will there about the car and he said it was one of the quickest cars they had mapped.
Now, this sudden and aggressive power is not really my thing. I decided to hunt out original chips. I recently found a set and swapped them over. What a transformation! Some lag (as expected) but now the power comes in much lower down the Rev ranges and is much smoother. Still plenty fast enough for me and mpg has improved. What's not to like.

So, if anyone is after a set of rs2 MRC chips, let me know.


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[Tractor Dave]

Cars and coffee this morning at Poppit sands near Cardigan. Nice informal meet with some interesting cars but again, no other old Audi's.


I do like a nice Mk2 Golf




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[Tractor Dave]

Took her for a spin this morning. She is running sweetly, boosting well and pulling hard.

[Tractor Dave]

You will have to come again sometime

[Pibbow]

And last weekend I took her to a small show. Wheels for Wales.
Not a single old Audi in sight.
Just these that shook my tree.





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Gutted I did not make it south David could have made it two 80's at the show!

[Rikki Kitto]

I've swapped to Millers for the RS3 but it's even more expensive than the Fuchs

[Ian_C]

Just caught up on this build thread - the RS2 is looking fantastic Dave

[Tractor Dave]

Yes and very rare too now. Probably about the same number of Lotus Carlton's on UK roads as Rs2's.

Someone asked which Fuchs oil I use.
I'm like this one but it's getting rather expensive. What's everyone else using these days for road use?
Anyone tried the Total 10w50 race which is roughly half the price of the Fuchs?



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[Rikki Kitto]

Lotus Carlton, lovely, Remember when I tried in vain for a few years to keep the original coil packs alive and useful but still kept getting misfires, soon as fitted the coil conversion loom from Alex and the red top coils it ran lovely. Great upgrade

[Tractor Dave]

And last weekend I took her to a small show. Wheels for Wales.
Not a single old Audi in sight.
Just these that shook my tree.





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