Lower it

[Mr. Rictus]

This is my 2003 24v VR6. I bought it new from the dealership in August of 2003 and have been nothing but happy with it ever since, in all of its iterations.

First shot of the car, with a Brembo one-piece rotor BBK, Neuspeed springs (1.5" drop, bitches!) and Bilstein shocks and struts.



This was an in-between phase where I thought I wanted a boser hood... So glad I got rid of that hood! By this time the car had a VF Stage II supercharger kit on it and was a ton of fun to drive. I'd also gotten a Jetex 2.5" catback exhaust, Hella Celis headlights, VF motor mounts, Audi TT Fat 5 wheels, Peloquin LSD, H&R rear swaybar, and a Spec Stage 2+ clutch.





Cosmetically, the car came together much more in this shot. I'd finally fitted my euro front bumper, Votex front lip and Japan-spec front rubstrip. I also picked up my favorite wheels, Stern Reverse Face III in 17x8.5 and 17x9.5... I know the tires and wheelgap are big but this was just before I got coilovers.



This is what happened soon after I got my B&G coilovers.



I'd been wanting some more power out of the V9 supercharger so I picked up a 2.5" pulley and had Jeff Atwood of United Motorsports tune the car for the new pulley. It ended up with 300 whp, which was a shit-ton more fun than the ~260 it had before.



That last shot was in 2008, shortly before I took the car off the road to go under the knife for a bit of a power upgrade...

[hinrichs]

looking good

[Mr. Rictus]

I wanted to do something different with the car so at 175,000 miles (Nov. 2008) I took it off the road, parked it in Driversport in Mahopac, NY, and began to remove the motor with the HUGE help of Greg and Tim. The easy gruntwork is left to me and the skilled labor of fabrication, wiring and tuning will be done by Greg (who now works at Tyrolsport) and Tim. Swoops is doing the wire tuck and hardlines, of course. The motor was rebuilt by Olsen's Engines in Nyack, NY.

Any parts that aren't mentioned have been replaced with new OEM parts or the original parts were still good. The motor specs:

Head
1mm oversized Ferrea Super Alloy intake and exhaust valves
INA/034 Valve Spring set with Titanium retainers
Head polish and minor port
ARP headstuds
United Motorsports Intake Manifold

Bottom End
Bored to 2.9L
Wossner rods, pistons and rings
ARP rod bolts
Balanced crank
New OEM rod bearings
ARP main studs

Turbos and Exhaust manifolds
GT 28R (2860)Dual Ball Bearing GT28R Turbo assembly with internal wastegate assembly. .64ar turbine with 5 bolt exit.
"ebay special" HPA clone twin turbo exhaust manifolds, extrude honed

Fueling
Aeromotive A1000 in-line pump
Walbro 255lph in-tank pump
630cc Genesis injectors
Braided stainless -AN lines and fittings

Management
United Motorsports Tune
Turbosmart eBoost 2 boost controller and gauge

The car will be cooled with an air-to-water setup using an Earl's oil cooler as a front mount and a Garret heat exchanger. All lines will be -AN, either stainless or cloth braided.
The radiator will be replaced with a Mishimoto unit and cloth braided -AN lines will be used for coolant lines.

Almost all necessary supporting modifications have been done to the car:

Tar Ox 6-piston one-piece rotor kit
OEM 20th Anniversary Edition GTI rear brake kit
Peloquin Torque-biasing Differential
Spec Stage II+ clutch (will most likely be the first item to be replaced)
H&R rear swaybar
H2 Sport spindles
B&G RS2 Coilover system
Raxles Axles

Pictures of things that took place over the course of the last 3 years while the shop made money off of real customers























After motorwork done:

[Mr. Rictus]

More progress from the past 3 years...











Finally a good picture of the work, taken by d.tek!



More parts
FMIC and oil cooler












My first Fragola order...



More progress













Power steering reservoir and coolant overflow














Tar Ox BBK


Oil cooler mounted



United Motorsports Handiwork



Hardlines by Swoops









Aeromotive A1000


Sportster CS



Custom fabricated exhaust







And that's where the car is now. It should be running within the next two weeks. I need to check my phone to see if I've got any more pictures since the car is actually a bit more put together than I can show currently.

But after all that, I know I need to lower it.

[Lupton_20vt]

Sub'd.

Awesome build.

[FRANK_NL]

OMG F*cking Great !!

[Zic]

so awesome! is it a 4-motion?

[Mr. Rictus]

Sub'd.

Awesome build.

OMG F*cking Great !!

Thanks to you both. We're sooooooooo close to having it finished, I'm practically salivating at the prospect of driving it again.

so awesome! is it a 4-motion?

I wish it was 4-Motion. I bought this car just before the R32s came out... big whiff on that move but I'm working with what I've got. A 4-Motion conversion may be in the cards once this is done.

[electricalbox]

Sweet Jesus that fab work looks awesome...

[Evil Panda]

What a noob. Finish it already.

[steve_perry]

its nice seeing a build thread thats not all about bags and over priced wheels. i like seeing originality in cars nowadays which is hard to come across. i think i speak for everyone when i say, we need videos of this beast asap!

[D.Brown]

Great work on the exhaust, looking forward to the finished product. Would love to see the numbers it puts down. Why a twin turbo build though?

[Mr. Rictus]

Sweet Jesus that fab work looks awesome...

All credit is due to Tyrolsport Greg for the fab work! Mega-super-talented dude.

What a noob. Finish it already.

You have to tell me this on two different forums?

its nice seeing a build thread thats not all about bags and over priced wheels. i like seeing originality in cars nowadays which is hard to come across. i think i speak for everyone when i say, we need videos of this beast asap!

Thanks man and believe me, videos will be taken.

Great work on the exhaust, looking forward to the finished product. Would love to see the numbers it puts down. Why a twin turbo build though?

When I had the supercharger, I always said I'd never put a turbo on my car since I loved the charger so much... I decided to use semantics to get out of that statement and put two turbos on the car. Plus I like to do things a bit differently.

[Chuckdee]

i don't see any of the pics....bandwith exceeded.

[aar0n.]

Get a Flickr or get Photobucket pro you noob lol