My 3B Coupé Project.

[s2driveruk]

Rust? I've had plenty of that to deal with.



I've found horrors like that in quite a few places. Hopefully it's all sorted now thanks to the advice in this thread.
I'm still cleaning up various parts and coating them with POR15 and so on, as I dig them out of the pile in the garage, and get them ready to go back onto the car.

I decided on the turbo a long time ago. So it will be some old thing I have knocking around in various places around the house. I'll have to put all the pieces back together sometime.

That the bracket for the prop centre mount??

[Jamo]

Well, with the wind and rain outside I spent a few hours tinkering in the garage yesterday.

I picked up the locking plate for the oil pick-up pipe on Saturday, so that could go on with the windage tray.

Stu been trying to work out what do you mean by locking plate? whats the Audi part number? do you have a pic?

[s2_bo]

If its not ready for ADI you can borrow one of mine

Edit: i'm not paying the petrol though

[Rusty]

Good luck getting it finshed mr. Stu! Hope it'll be ready for ADI or a 'ring trip in October? Do what S2Driver did and do the shake-down run on the way over

[Error404]

I seem to permanently have POR15 stains on my hands at the moment! Amazing stuff though

[4WheelDrifter]

Yeah it looks the same as mine, except Stu's is a bit shinier and less rusty
Coming along nicely this, get the head built and it'll be back together in no time

Have you decided what turbo is going to be used Stu?
Alex

Rust? I've had plenty of that to deal with.



I've found horrors like that in quite a few places. Hopefully it's all sorted now thanks to the advice in this thread.
I'm still cleaning up various parts and coating them with POR15 and so on, as I dig them out of the pile in the garage, and get them ready to go back onto the car.

I decided on the turbo a long time ago. So it will be some old thing I have knocking around in various places around the house. I'll have to put all the pieces back together sometime.

[Error404]

Yeah it looks the same as mine, except Stu's is a bit shinier and less rusty
Coming along nicely this, get the head built and it'll be back together in no time

Have you decided what turbo is going to be used Stu?
Alex

[Acidburn]

Cool cheers for the update and I liked the arty picture of the engine infront of the car

I think this might be the same colour as error404's car as sal did mention what it was. If it is then its a nice colour

[Rusty]

Keep going mate, ADI08 and a 'ring trip is only 4 months away!

[220bhp]

Fantastic work stu,all credit to you.The memory things a ******,to much to think about ,three steps forward and two back.

[4WheelDrifter]

Panther Metallic it is. Although I was tempted to go for a colour change while the engine bay was clear, but I like the original colour too much.
Most people seem to think my car is green.


Not much progress recently I'm afraid, as I've been working abroad on the other side of The Channel for 6 weeks, and weekend time for the S2 was limited. A little annoying with the light nights and recent good weather. But I have to earn money for this project somehow.


After helping Bo put his engine together I couldn't remember putting the crank upper thrust washers in my engine. So I took the engine back out last weekend to check.



They were there of course. But I had to 100% sure. That's the trouble with building the thing with a few spare hours here and there.

At least I'm getting the hang of lifting the engine in and out by hand, and I'm getting used to the weight of it. I think my clutch centering tool must have been pretty good as the engine slots home nicely.


I'm hoping to get some more workshop time next week to get the head assembled, but don't hold your breath.

[Acidburn]

Any updates on this stu? was wondering what paint colour yours was as I always thought it was blue, but from what I can tell looks panther metallic black? if so its a bit rarer

[Bram]

See here. Handmade by a man in Finland.
He also has some very nice flywheels.

Thanks for the link. They look robust and will probably be rock solid

[terrybullwon]

Starting to come together and looks lovely and clean.

Just out of interest the front pulley is that just drilled to save a bit of weight and do you have any close up shots? Just don't remember seeing the holes/marks on one before.

They are balancing holes, Stu great work as ever

[Acidburn]

Starting to come together and looks lovely and clean.

Just out of interest the front pulley is that just drilled to save a bit of weight and do you have any close up shots? Just don't remember seeing the holes/marks on one before.