3b s2 coupe resurrection

[Error404]

sweet, my rear brakes need an upgrade at some point, be interested to hear your feedback mated to the 996s up front

[andy10v]

Rears on



And fronts



So I reckon thats braking covered for just now.

[andy10v]

Old



Old and new discs



Fitted



The shields have to be trimmed with a pair of tin snips for the bigger callipers/carriers.

Handbrake now works much better which is nice.

[andy10v]

Christmas present from my girlfriend

[Nj]

she's a bit late though is she not? still.. better 4 months late and a good present than ***** on xmas morning eh?

[Error404]

tidy upgrades there dude, how do you find the brake balance with the rear upgrade at the same time? Similar to stock?
Mine really nose dives on hard stops with the 996s, looking at options for the rear brakes

[andy10v]

MOT Passed

Straight through, no advisories (with the same windscreen that got an advisory last time )

[andy10v]

tidy upgrades there dude, how do you find the brake balance with the rear upgrade at the same time? Similar to stock?
Mine really nose dives on hard stops with the 996s, looking at options for the rear brakes

Seems to brake rather nicely, the front does still dip under really hard braking but it doesn't dive excessively. It actually makes the front of your face feel weird if you do an emergency stop Its amazing how late you can brake and how much speed you can scrub off so quickly, still nice and easy to modulate though.

What other options have you looked at? I was considering the same discs but use some variant of porsche rear calipers, custom carriers and a spot caliper, decided I couldn't be bothered with the hassle though. Guess you could also go some kind of inboard handbrake setup.

And the handbrake works properly which keeps the girlfriend happy

[andy10v]

Spent some time on the 80q today, fitted a new timing belt and thermostat, swapped the new water pump over from the other engine.

Stripped down


Important part


New belt


Reconnected the rad hoses and filled up.

Had a not so good moment when I started her up, smelt fuel, clear liquid dripping onto the downpipe.



Jubilee clips were slack so an easy quick fix but I am glad it was found now.





Blanked off the aux rad for just now.

Still some issues to sort through, water temp gauge not working so new mfts needed, replace tb hose, replace other intake hoses (cracked/split/ancient). Bleed cooling system, (started but chickened out without a water temp gauge once the oil got over 60). Sort exhaust as blowing from downpipe joint. Top up power steering and sort leak-pump o ring?

On the good side, good oil pressure, good voltage and no nasty noises.

[fish]

Well thats a new one, 20v Avant you say, never seen one before... Must be pretty rare?

[Acidburn]

Well thats a new one, 20v Avant you say, never seen one before... Must be pretty rare?

started life as a v6 quattro avant, noggin converted it to 20v

[andy10v]

New MFTS installed, (donated by error404, thank you very much).

Filled cooling system and everything is working, fan cuts in and out. Engine sounds nice and quite.

Topped up power steering fluid and the warning is out on the dash.

Tidied the wiring a bit, got the injector loom and the plug leads in their trim.

Indicators and fogs are in and working.

Exhaust to be sealed up and it is ready to go back on the road, the handbrake even works.







And some other unrelated goodies

[Jon441cc]

You finally got one then, what about the K26 #6 hot-side

[andy10v]

You finally got one then, what about the K26 #6 hot-side

Yup Working on the hotside, found a few in the US, just getting prices for shipping. Was hoping to find a duff unit somewhere closer.

[andy10v]

RS2 replica manifold;





Needs a bit of work to clean up the casting.



Lumpy bits



I have used a stone to clean up the lumps as I don't think they would do anything for flow, or the turbo if they broke off and went through it.
Also started blending and smoothing transitions/getting rid of sharp edges.