Audi Tuners in London - around that area (7A Engine)
Hi folks - first of all hello, great forum! 
I currently own a VW T25 with an Audi 2.3 20V 5 Cylinder engine fitted and it's running a little rough - basically I would like to take it to an Audi Specialists to get it looked over, as i'm still fairly unfamiliar with it myself (although reading the threads on here has helped a great deal so far!) I'll stick some pics of it up in the members car section soon so you can get an idea of what it's like. We bought the van after the previous owner had fitted the engine, and while it worked fine and ran pretty well, there was some shady workmanship so we've been working through and correcting the 'bodges'.
Now we've owned it a year and driven it across France for last years holiday so it's been fine in that sense, just seems quite thristy, and the idle is pretty terrible, and it cuts out when you slow down to a stop at lights etc. This is obviously annoying and dangerous so need to get it sorted! Just trying to find out if there's any good Audi places that would be willing to have a look over the engine and see if they can assess it's 'state of health' if you like - i'm based in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire. Any help/advice much appreciated, thanks,
Lewis
Oh, also, I have been reading about throttle bodies on the other threads, and understand the importance of inlet length (I have another car running a race engine so know about throttle bodies) and in the bay I would have loads of room to run a nice long inlet, can you buy kits for these engines at all or would it have to be a diy affair>?! (This is just something I was thinking of in the long run, I obviously need to sort the running issues first!)
PS: Here are a few shots of it for your perusal:
Here's the bay:
We bought the proper South African bell housing to fit the engine to the VW gearbox (to replace the previous bodge) a friend then fitted it all for us (genius) so that was one of the big issues sorted:
Before:
After:
And here's how it looks overall:
Oh, and yes it's fast when it's running well!
I currently own a VW T25 with an Audi 2.3 20V 5 Cylinder engine fitted and it's running a little rough - basically I would like to take it to an Audi Specialists to get it looked over, as i'm still fairly unfamiliar with it myself (although reading the threads on here has helped a great deal so far!) I'll stick some pics of it up in the members car section soon so you can get an idea of what it's like. We bought the van after the previous owner had fitted the engine, and while it worked fine and ran pretty well, there was some shady workmanship so we've been working through and correcting the 'bodges'.
Now we've owned it a year and driven it across France for last years holiday so it's been fine in that sense, just seems quite thristy, and the idle is pretty terrible, and it cuts out when you slow down to a stop at lights etc. This is obviously annoying and dangerous so need to get it sorted! Just trying to find out if there's any good Audi places that would be willing to have a look over the engine and see if they can assess it's 'state of health' if you like - i'm based in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire. Any help/advice much appreciated, thanks,Lewis
Oh, also, I have been reading about throttle bodies on the other threads, and understand the importance of inlet length (I have another car running a race engine so know about throttle bodies) and in the bay I would have loads of room to run a nice long inlet, can you buy kits for these engines at all or would it have to be a diy affair>?! (This is just something I was thinking of in the long run, I obviously need to sort the running issues first!)
PS: Here are a few shots of it for your perusal:
Here's the bay:
We bought the proper South African bell housing to fit the engine to the VW gearbox (to replace the previous bodge) a friend then fitted it all for us (genius) so that was one of the big issues sorted:
Before:
After:
And here's how it looks overall:
Oh, and yes it's fast when it's running well!
Yea i've managed to work out where the ICV is so i'll get that off at the weekend and give it a clean. Also seemed to have developed a bit of a misfire under acceleration - normally it goes like stink when you accelerate, but I had noticed that it was lacking power under load, so that's something else I was concerned with. Yes it sounds like a beast, and I did want to quieten it down but the way the engine sits in the bay it's hard to accomodate the standard air box! That's why I had thought of throttle bodies - then I could get a nice airbox in there.
Throttle bodys would be amazing but it's a DIY project, i believe it has been done by a few guys on audifans.net
I am gutted! 
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