A new year calls for a new project blog
Here’s the car:-
Mechanically sound but the bodywork is a bit scruffy, it’s been keyed down both sides and there is rust on the nearside rear wheel arch. Me and Bry bought it about 2 years ago for £1500 planning on turning it into a track day car, but once I started using it on the road I changed my mind. Bry lost interest so I bought his half off him.
Work completed so far includes
Samco boost hoses
All vacuum hoses replaced
Milltek hyperboost dump valve
New N75 valve
PK Motorsport chip from Ebay.de ( 1bar boost with std map sensor )
18” RS6 replica wheels
Koni dampers all round
Polybushed wishbones
All top mounts replaced
Porsche 996 front calipers with A8 323 discs, Martinjs alloy mounting brkts
RS2 FARB
Cobra Daytona seats
Rebuild plans
Build a new high power engine, swap to 6 speed gearbox, change rear diff and both sub frames and upgrade rear brakes. I’m looking for around 400-450bhp but I want as little lag as possible and a huge mid-range, for this reason I’m going down the stroker road. I got an AAB 2.4 bottom end a while ago but when an AAT 2.5 bottom end came up at the right money I took it. The ‘dude’ was in suicide selling mode, bought it for £350, sold to me for £100, bargain!
I’ve now stripped the block, had it welded to match the 20v petrol head and made a torque plate to suit. Next week I’m going to try and get it bored to 81.5mm and get the deck skimmed.
Parts I’ve got so far are:-
AAT 2.5Tdi bottom end, to be bored to 81.5mm
Sten Parner 155mm rods
Custom JE pistons
ARP head & bottom end studs
RS2 main and big end bearings
Bosch ‘green top’ injectors
AAN inlet manifold & water manifold
New oil pump
Adjustable alloy cam sprocket
7A head converted to turbo spec
ABY front sub frame
ABY 6 speed gearbox + linkages
3B rear subframe and diff
3B single mass flywheel, to be lightened
New engine, gearbox and diff mounts
Alloy subframe mounts
280mm RS4 rear discs
S6 rear brake calipers
S8 Rear caliper carriers
Innovate AFR gauge
Parts still needed:-
Exhaust manifold – RS2
Intercooler – RS2
Turbo – 3076?
Exhaust – 3” turbo back from Corey
Clutch?
Here’s the car:-
Mechanically sound but the bodywork is a bit scruffy, it’s been keyed down both sides and there is rust on the nearside rear wheel arch. Me and Bry bought it about 2 years ago for £1500 planning on turning it into a track day car, but once I started using it on the road I changed my mind. Bry lost interest so I bought his half off him.
Work completed so far includes
Samco boost hoses
All vacuum hoses replaced
Milltek hyperboost dump valve
New N75 valve
PK Motorsport chip from Ebay.de ( 1bar boost with std map sensor )
18” RS6 replica wheels
Koni dampers all round
Polybushed wishbones
All top mounts replaced
Porsche 996 front calipers with A8 323 discs, Martinjs alloy mounting brkts
RS2 FARB
Cobra Daytona seats
Rebuild plans
Build a new high power engine, swap to 6 speed gearbox, change rear diff and both sub frames and upgrade rear brakes. I’m looking for around 400-450bhp but I want as little lag as possible and a huge mid-range, for this reason I’m going down the stroker road. I got an AAB 2.4 bottom end a while ago but when an AAT 2.5 bottom end came up at the right money I took it. The ‘dude’ was in suicide selling mode, bought it for £350, sold to me for £100, bargain!
I’ve now stripped the block, had it welded to match the 20v petrol head and made a torque plate to suit. Next week I’m going to try and get it bored to 81.5mm and get the deck skimmed.
Parts I’ve got so far are:-
AAT 2.5Tdi bottom end, to be bored to 81.5mm
Sten Parner 155mm rods
Custom JE pistons
ARP head & bottom end studs
RS2 main and big end bearings
Bosch ‘green top’ injectors
AAN inlet manifold & water manifold
New oil pump
Adjustable alloy cam sprocket
7A head converted to turbo spec
ABY front sub frame
ABY 6 speed gearbox + linkages
3B rear subframe and diff
3B single mass flywheel, to be lightened
New engine, gearbox and diff mounts
Alloy subframe mounts
280mm RS4 rear discs
S6 rear brake calipers
S8 Rear caliper carriers
Innovate AFR gauge
Parts still needed:-
Exhaust manifold – RS2
Intercooler – RS2
Turbo – 3076?
Exhaust – 3” turbo back from Corey
Clutch?
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