RS2 - a new lease of life

[mcandmar]

Looking good Ross, glad to hear you got the bottom end sorted to your satisfaction

[Bram]

Good progress Ross. And also good to see Pete is set to real work here

[A80Avant]

nice progress indeed... but i thought you werent going to do anything to that car... just keep it stock! haha

[Laurel]

nice progress indeed... but i thought you werent going to do anything to that car... just keep it stock! haha

Ha, I second this comment.

[A80Avant]

i can understand him though

[Ross]

It's a dangerous road Vas... the car was 'RS2+' when I bought it, subtle mods that don't take away from the OEM look and originality of the car. And that justifies me pushing the boudary between 'OEM tweaked' and 'non-stock' :mischeif: Besides, Audi don't sell half the OEM stuff anymore so what is one to do!

I'm going down the road of comfort, reliability and efficiency - i can't help it if part of that journey results in a power increase too

Justifications: the southbend clutch uses Sachs pressure plate so it's close enough stock, the cylinder head improvements are again all stock parts just improved, pistons - well that was neccesary and the K26/7 was on it when I bought the car so I have to stick with that. I'm just going to change it for a better K26/7 at some point, so it's a direct swap and RS2 turbo's are just too hard to find anyway

Oh and the EV14's... that is more of a step from OEM that I am happy with but I'm doing this in the name of efficiency; they will give me better MPG cruising. The other imrovements should shoot me from 365hp into the low 400s and it's mere convenience they'll give me the headroom to support that

[pixsaudisex2]

Looking good..

[A80Avant]

Ross, i know the story, have been saying all those things to myself many years now! I even changed the name of the thread to : enough with the upgrades!!!!haha yet, i find now myself correcting old mistakes OR just the fact that an engine running 1.8 to 2bar no matter how much effort you put into quality parts and workmanship, will need a full rebuild after 100K kms. In either case though i have enjoyed the car for all this time and now through that journey its reaching it's final output mechanicaly. At least i learned something throughout!

i think when you reach a point where some things need renewing, its best to do with uprated parts anyway. They tend to be cheaper! i found a set of SS valves 0.5oversize where cheaper than the original size!

[Ross]

One more snap shot on the phone cam... got the turbo water pipes on

Oh and note the samco coolant hoses from the bulk head, these were left over from the 2005 garage meet at Greg's dads place - too much skin lost so they never got fitted! A breeze with the engine out

[A80Avant]

Ross,
make sure you do something about the PCV system if you are going to run more boost on the baby!

[JP]

Told you that rocker wouldn't stay clean

Great progress considering you left at 3am sat morning and functioning on sleep deprivation!

[Error404]

haha, i wrapped mine in cing film when i refitted mine last time

[Ross]

The breather system I hope to review at some point. My biggest issue is I want something stealth - i.e. looking fairly stock. Perhaps a swirl pot with return to sump that could be finished in black with piping to match. Currently the map is to 1.9bar and I intend on pushing 1.9/2.0 and the stock breather coped so far, but the amount of oil sludge I've cleaned out of the intake system is motivation to sort it, I expect it to spool faster with all the residue I removed from the compressor blades

[A80Avant]

stealth or not, with 1.9bar, the damage is going to be done gradually. I have now an engine that will set me back another 3K GBP roughly simply because i didnt have this sorted from day 1!
not nice...

[macspring]

Sorry to butt in, but V do you reckon that a chipped RS2 needs an uprated breather system or will it get by without any ill effects, or will it happen eventually?

Also what exactly are the adverse effects, for me and anyone else not fully up to speed?

Thanks.