as2q ABY Coupe Project

[as2q]

Hi Lads

Well its coming up for a year now that I've had my S2 and thought it was time to start a thread of my own and share some pics and info on the car. I bought it last january from a german car dealership down in luton you guys might of seen it on the bay, it came with loads of history and was completley standard. For piece of mind I got the timing belt done along with the water pump and a full service, also got new discs and pads all round a new thermostat and 4 new tyres. She was really fresh looking underneath and the paint is in fairly good nik aswell I think it was garaged all its days. So after a couple of months I decided I wanted a full exhaust system and to be a little different I went for the dual exit, I cut my bumper and got my boot cavity cut and plated...







I went for 3" turbo back, got my downpipe made up from charlie at prospeed and the rest of the system was done by Turriff tyres, it's a powerflow system with a 200cpi sports cat and grade 304 stainless...

Sorry for the poor quality pics they were taking off my phone..







I've actually developed a little exhaust rattle from somewhere coming from the front, need to investigate.
Other things I've done is replaced the horrible thin 4 spoke steering wheel for a nice thicker 3 spoke (airbag) have one of Rusty's OEM style boost gauges installed in the centre vent, I bought a chipped ecu from Dmitri to unleash some pony's, I also bought the porsche front brake upgrade and A8 discs from a forum member and also a set of heated seats which have still to be fitted. Other jobs still to be done is fit this 034 short shift, change side repeaters, replace lower door mouldings, getting this heated front windscreen fitted once I get it, get a nice set of 18" alloys, also looking into upgrading the suspension and replace the bushes with powerflex ones. This year I'm wanting to up the power to around 450bhp I have a shopping list of parts to get so once I have the funds I will get round to it. I will go for the RS2 bumper and get a full respray done at some point. I've probably missed a few things but will update as I go, here is a couple of pics as she looks now...









Would also like to say it's a brilliant forum very helpful and a good bunch of guys

Cheers

Martin

[rynaqui]

Remember seeing your post somewhere about the downpipe, that looked top quality!

So does the rest of the exhaust and I'm sure will be a very interesting project as it progresses. Good luck

[CarstenH]

exhaust sound nice... but man... your stearing wheel is at the wrong side and you even run too fast... at the wrong side of the street

[Drummer87]

Can't wait to go down town when it's rocking 450

If your ever needing a hand Martin give me a shout.

But defo get a set of bbs in 18" as we spoke about will finish the car off! I've managed to sort my wheel issues out. Been down town the last couple of nights laughing at all those sorry excuses of tuned cars.

Good luck with the project. Give us a shout when your back

[as2q]

Remember seeing your post somewhere about the downpipe, that looked top quality!

So does the rest of the exhaust and I'm sure will be a very interesting project as it progresses. Good luck

Yeah there's a few forum members got them made up from charlie at prospeed, top bloke! He's got a jig make one up for you no problem

[rynaqui]

Yeah there's a few forum members got them made up from charlie at prospeed, top bloke! He's got a jig make one up for you no problem

Will definitely consider it but as I recall it was a straight through and not the same as factory? Memory is failing

[as2q]

Can't wait to go down town when it's rocking 450

If your ever needing a hand Martin give me a shout.

But defo get a set of bbs in 18" as we spoke about will finish the car off! I've managed to sort my wheel issues out. Been down town the last couple of nights laughing at all those sorry excuses of tuned cars.

Good luck with the project. Give us a shout when your back

Cheers dude, I'm onshore at the minute give us a shout through the week we'll get a catch up

[as2q]

Will definitely consider it but as I recall it was a straight through and not the same as factory? Memory is failing

Yeah 3" straight through, what size is factory 2.75?

[rynaqui]

Should be 2.5" on ABY/3b, 2.75" on RS2. As far as I know my exhaust is a stainless steel 2.5" powerflow using stock ABY downpipe.

[campbellWS]

Hi Martin how have you been mate? Happy new year and all that! Your coup is looking sweet, enjoying your power upgrade I would imagine! From seeing your standard setup mid 2012, excited to see what you have done at the next meet!!! Brilliant to see another forum member do his own thing, exaust setup looks sick

[as2q]

Hi Martin how have you been mate? Happy new year and all that! Your coup is looking sweet, enjoying your power upgrade I would imagine! From seeing your standard setup mid 2012, excited to see what you have done at the next meet!!! Brilliant to see another forum member do his own thing, exaust setup looks sick

Hi mate I've been fine thanks how's yourself? Yeah cheers hopefully will get a lot more done with it this year, how's your car coming along any more progress?

Will get another meet sorted out in the spring time and a happy new year to you!

[Rusty]

Glad to hear that the downpipe works! That jig was made up off my car about 5 years ago and must have survived at least one workshop move!

I like the twin exhaust exit, it would be a nice way to integrate a cutout valve and small silencer, so that you can switch the noise on and off.

[as2q]

Glad to hear that the downpipe works! That jig was made up off my car about 5 years ago and must have survived at least one workshop move!

I like the twin exhaust exit, it would be a nice way to integrate a cutout valve and small silencer, so that you can switch the noise on and off.

Hi Andy, yeah I remember having a conversation with you about the cutout valve just before you had yours done, I decided not to bother for the time being there's loads of other stuff I'm wanting to get done first. After seeing the video of yours though it sounds angry! I might go for it further down the line!

[sjw185]

This year I'm wanting to up the power to around 450bhp

Cheers

Martin

You have deffo got the modding bug then!

Your S2 is in great condition plus no factory fitted "rain roof" is a bonus.
Hope to get a chance to meet up when im home

Cheers

Steve

[as2q]

You have deffo got the modding bug then!

Your S2 is in great condition plus no factory fitted "rain roof" is a bonus.
Hope to get a chance to meet up with a few lads when im home

Cheers

Steve

Hi Steve, defos got the bug yip so glad don't have the sunroof one less thing to worry about! Anymore joy with your car or is it still the same?

We will get a beer when you get back oh and happy new year mate