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It started with doing a 1.8T conversion for a buddy, got it running but the engine had been standing a while so the thermostat had stuck shut. Matey came to collect it a bit too soon, he planned to get it home and take the thermostat out the next day once it had cooled down...except he didnt get home. So rather than buy an engine with unknown history, I started looking for a full car so I could drive it, then break the car to get some money back. After seeing a complete dog in West Wales, I saw this on eBay, watched it and someone bid on it at £800. Not wanting to pay more than that for it I left it. But after a couple of days I decided to send the seller a message saying I would be interested if they got messed around. So they did! Couple of days later I was on my way to bristol in my daily with a mate to pick it up.
Got there and the car was spot on, nothing I could knock on the price as every problem was listed in the ad.
Water light came on in the daily A4 so stopped to top it up
Driving home I noticed more and more about the car, like the fact it had
-S3 front and rear bumpers
-S3 facelift headlights
-S3 exhaust
-S3 electric recaro seats in red (wired in and working) and one(?) doorcard
-S3 glovebox
-S3 steering wheel
-S3 gearknob
-S3 headlining and ABC pillars
-S3 mirrors
In fairness it drove spot on. Couldnt fault it one bit. So the engine came out
Enough cars?
I then decided it was too good to break so I'm putting a freshly built 20V with K04 and remapped APY management in, might sound silly but it should be faster than most S3s without the weight of the 4WD, and owe me a lot less than one once I've sold the AGU management and the bits I'm not using.
Bought some 17s so I could bin the horrible things on there
Made a start on the engine work
Then as APY is drive by wire and there was no way I was swapping the bulkhead to mount the pedal, I made a bracket out of 2mm steel
Pic with the wheels
So I finished the head!
Cleaned up the block and its guts too, need to strip one of the engines outside for a piston as the missing one in this pic has a bit of damage, pinched the oil control ring
Mounted the throttle pedal, feels just about right
New main bearings bought (genuine) next step is to get the crank in, polished obviously. Had new big ends about 2k ago, checked them and they all seem fine.
Old bearings pretty scored
New genuine ones
Went to rebuild the K04 and found that it has a bent turbine shaft, so found a company who will balance for £50, and supply a new shaft for £65+vat. Should be good as new then!
Pics of Recaros...
Also won a flat bottomed steering wheel on eBay
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Further progress shouldnt be too far away, I'm itching to get this on the road as its getting to winter over here and I like the idea of heaters and heated seats :s
I've got some 17" Autostrada Monzas in the unit, I think they will be too small for this, what you guys reckon? Would like some 18" ones but they rare
Also, Air is in the pipeline (see what I did there) got everything except decent rear bags so expect to see this in the weeds
Got there and the car was spot on, nothing I could knock on the price as every problem was listed in the ad.
Water light came on in the daily A4 so stopped to top it up
Driving home I noticed more and more about the car, like the fact it had
-S3 front and rear bumpers
-S3 facelift headlights
-S3 exhaust
-S3 electric recaro seats in red (wired in and working) and one(?) doorcard
-S3 glovebox
-S3 steering wheel
-S3 gearknob
-S3 headlining and ABC pillars
-S3 mirrors
In fairness it drove spot on. Couldnt fault it one bit. So the engine came out
Enough cars?
I then decided it was too good to break so I'm putting a freshly built 20V with K04 and remapped APY management in, might sound silly but it should be faster than most S3s without the weight of the 4WD, and owe me a lot less than one once I've sold the AGU management and the bits I'm not using.
Bought some 17s so I could bin the horrible things on there
Made a start on the engine work
Then as APY is drive by wire and there was no way I was swapping the bulkhead to mount the pedal, I made a bracket out of 2mm steel
Pic with the wheels
So I finished the head!
Cleaned up the block and its guts too, need to strip one of the engines outside for a piston as the missing one in this pic has a bit of damage, pinched the oil control ring
Mounted the throttle pedal, feels just about right
New main bearings bought (genuine) next step is to get the crank in, polished obviously. Had new big ends about 2k ago, checked them and they all seem fine.
Old bearings pretty scored
New genuine ones
Went to rebuild the K04 and found that it has a bent turbine shaft, so found a company who will balance for £50, and supply a new shaft for £65+vat. Should be good as new then!
Pics of Recaros...
Also won a flat bottomed steering wheel on eBay
Further progress shouldnt be too far away, I'm itching to get this on the road as its getting to winter over here and I like the idea of heaters and heated seats :s
I've got some 17" Autostrada Monzas in the unit, I think they will be too small for this, what you guys reckon? Would like some 18" ones but they rare
Also, Air is in the pipeline (see what I did there) got everything except decent rear bags so expect to see this in the weeds
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