My 3B to RS2 project

[newsh]

When Mihnea tuned the car he said I should change to a 710n, I think because the piston type valve is slower in operation and more prone to leaking, anyway I'd been meaning to do it for a while and finally got round to it. Can't say I've noticed any difference but the car certainly feels strong.

[newsh]

Update

The exhaust is now sorted, the Longlife mid pipe and rear box from Stevieyid's S2 has been mated to the 034 DP and a new oval tailpipe fitted to replace the restrictive 1 into 2. It looks and sounds great with no boom , Yippee!

[LHD_Kid]

Update

The exhaust is now sorted, the Longlife mid pipe and rear box from Stevieyid's S2 has been mated to the 034 DP and a new oval tailpipe fitted to replace the restrictive 1 into 2. It looks and sounds great with no boom , Yippee!

C'mon John, get a pic up of the tailpipe....

Mine is too boomy (one tiny rear silencer only in whole system) so need to sort something out and was thinking single oval instead of twin.....

Chris

[newsh]

C'mon John, get a pic up of the tailpipe....

Chris

Here ya go, on a very dirty coupe proves I drive it though eh?

[newsh]

Pics of engine bay from yesterday

[newsh]

Went to Swindon to see Acidburn last night and drop off some seats, then over to see Bry from Classic Audi to pick up a roof section for the Ur quattro. Driving over there with Pete (and trying to show off a bit ) I was thinking the car didn't feel so quick and I could hear a lot of turbo noise, no boost cut though so probably not a leak I thought. So today I thouight I'd give it a quick pressure test anyway. Hooked up the airline and it wouldn't hold any pressure at all! Turns out I had 2 bolts missing from the turbo coldside cover and the rest were loose On the Garret the bolt holes go right through so effectively 2 x 8mm holes in the compressor and the cover not seated fully so leaking too. Anyway, got that tightened up and tested again and found a big leak under the ISV, the small 90deg hose wasn't tight on the manifold So I cant work out why I wasn't getting boost cut, unless the holes in the compressor were sucking in air and the ISV hole was letting it out again and kind of balancing things out. I did notice on the way home that the car seemed to go better at part throttle than at WOT..
Anyway it's running really nice again now

I dont want to think what would have happened if the cover had got enough out of whack for the compressor wheel to touch :eek2:

[newsh]

Spot the gap between the clamp and the turbo housing?

[s2_bo]

That was a close shave! Well spotted John!
Glad to hear the car is going well now.

[newsh]

Cheers Bo. Actually finding bolts was not so easy as of course being a Garret they're not metric, luckily I had some Imperial stuff at work and found the right ones, 5/16ths coase thread

[newsh]

Last bit of carbon trim finally fitted today, punched leather set in for sale section now

[Error404]

Pics!

[newsh]

Tomorrow!

Got the S8s on it too with the F1 Assyms and my front brakes are red

[Error404]

Coolio, sounds like its had some love recently!

[newsh]

Pics!

[djh]

looking good, how do you find it with those rims compared to the light weight one's.