My 3B Coupe project - Total rebuild

[Jamo]

Oh you know minor upgrades............................

There were a few long standing issues that I wanted fixed and it's turned into this whole other thing with upgrades

[Error404]

I'm getting Deja Vu

[Jamo]

So is my wallet!

[AndyP]

Gauge installed and wired up

[Jamo]

Are they 52 or 45mm gauges Andy? look good what make is the boost gauge?

[AndyP]

Are they 52 or 45mm gauges Andy? look good what make is the boost gauge?

52mm, the boost and fuel pressure are both Glowshift from the USA

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GLOWSHIFT-TI...326a9f&vxp=mtr

They're multi colour, but the red matches the OEM lights perfectly

[Jamo]

Cheers for that

[AndyP]

Finally got the block back from machining last week, it's been bored, decked and line honed. Got it cleaned and painted this week and started the re-build yesterday.



Crank went in yesterday, turns as smooth as butter now, rods and pistons in today. Just got to get the rest of the ancilleries on and she'll be ready to go back in. Can't wait

[Rocco]

busy weekends like always eh? re-building is more funny than driving

[Error404]

[AndyP]

Almost done, had to drop the head on tonight so I could make up the coolant return hose for the turbo.

[quattro-nick]

i like it

[Error404]

Nice
Is that ceramic coating I spy on your manifold?

Nice cam cover & wastegate - RS Blau?

[S2 EDS]

Andy,

The Engine is looking awesome. Lovin' the Cool Blue effect.

Keep the photos coming.....

[AndyP]

Nice
Is that ceramic coating I spy on your manifold?

Nice cam cover & wastegate - RS Blau?

The exhaust manifold and wastegate are painted with this:-

https://por15.3dcartstores.com/HIGH-TEMP_p_104.html

I painted the cam cover with normal car paint to match the colour of the car before but it didn't like the heat. They are now painted with this

http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/engineenamel/

They don't do a really dark blue, but this is pretty close to RS2 blue.