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Time I made a project thread, as I'm far along enough into this that there's no turning back, and I'm starting to need the BTDT kind of advice.
Where better than here on Motorgeek? I've been lurking for some time, making a few n00b posts here and there but basically just reading and searching. Hope you OGs will bear with me as I am learning as I go along. Thanks again to those who I've PM'd along the way looking for direction.
I do have the Bentley shop service manual, and most basic tools available in a decent work space. Plus a beer budget and good family and friends to help.
So.
Car basics:
Purchased local car off local forum (eurodrivers.ca) in quite good shape with following mods:
- B4 hood conversion, Euro cabrio front/rear bumpers
- RS2 projector headlights, 034 wiring adapter
- K&N airfilter
- Stebro s/s catback exhaust, gutted cat
- Koni Yellow front struts w/ OEM springs
- new and uninstalled front RS2 sway bar complete with bushings <=== (INSTALLED)
- new and uninstalled rear 034 (? according to PO) rear sway bar without bushings
- According to PO, motor was "rebuilt" 40k km before purchase. That's the extent of my knowledge of the work performed.
Known/inherited issues:
- Odometer was FUBAR for approx 20k-30k km according to PO. He is an electrical engineer by trade and opened up the speedo found a faulty soldered connection to be the culprit. Worked fine since.
- Wandering idle (tried clean TB/ISV, spark plugs, no help)
- Cruise no worky (have used set up from fellow MGer installed, need control rod)
- Driver's side heated seat no worky
- Antenna is about to catch air any day now
- Rear wiper arm stops at top of cycle
- A/C needs charged, apparently works, according to PO
- Passenger mirror needs replaced, mostly obscured <=== (REPLACED)
- Window regulators/motors on passenger door needs repair (swapped but with no luck... Relay?)
- Tabs on RS2 headlights busted <=== (FIXED)
- 01A & clutch look to be hard done by, gear-shifts getting clunkier (have Redline MT-90 fluid and CGR trans)
Parts I have on hand to keep me busy while more that are on order from 034 arrive:
Front bumper mounts have been hard-done-by with the local winters:
This is a fine example of why I no longer trust a shop to replace parts, or what gets overlooked:
Even with the scuffs and scrapes, I LOVE my Audi Coupe quattro:
I had both, eventually realized that if I'm to run with my friends with stage3 b5s4s, I need to pick one car to build:
I think I made the right decision.
Time I made a project thread, as I'm far along enough into this that there's no turning back, and I'm starting to need the BTDT kind of advice.
Where better than here on Motorgeek? I've been lurking for some time, making a few n00b posts here and there but basically just reading and searching. Hope you OGs will bear with me as I am learning as I go along. Thanks again to those who I've PM'd along the way looking for direction.
I do have the Bentley shop service manual, and most basic tools available in a decent work space. Plus a beer budget and good family and friends to help.
So.
Car basics:
Purchased local car off local forum (eurodrivers.ca) in quite good shape with following mods:
- B4 hood conversion, Euro cabrio front/rear bumpers
- RS2 projector headlights, 034 wiring adapter
- K&N airfilter
- Stebro s/s catback exhaust, gutted cat
- Koni Yellow front struts w/ OEM springs
- new and uninstalled front RS2 sway bar complete with bushings <=== (INSTALLED)
- new and uninstalled rear 034 (? according to PO) rear sway bar without bushings
- According to PO, motor was "rebuilt" 40k km before purchase. That's the extent of my knowledge of the work performed.
Known/inherited issues:
- Odometer was FUBAR for approx 20k-30k km according to PO. He is an electrical engineer by trade and opened up the speedo found a faulty soldered connection to be the culprit. Worked fine since.
- Wandering idle (tried clean TB/ISV, spark plugs, no help)
- Cruise no worky (have used set up from fellow MGer installed, need control rod)
- Driver's side heated seat no worky
- Antenna is about to catch air any day now
- Rear wiper arm stops at top of cycle
- A/C needs charged, apparently works, according to PO
- Passenger mirror needs replaced, mostly obscured <=== (REPLACED)
- Window regulators/motors on passenger door needs repair (swapped but with no luck... Relay?)
- Tabs on RS2 headlights busted <=== (FIXED)
- 01A & clutch look to be hard done by, gear-shifts getting clunkier (have Redline MT-90 fluid and CGR trans)
Parts I have on hand to keep me busy while more that are on order from 034 arrive:
Front bumper mounts have been hard-done-by with the local winters:
This is a fine example of why I no longer trust a shop to replace parts, or what gets overlooked:
Even with the scuffs and scrapes, I LOVE my Audi Coupe quattro:
I had both, eventually realized that if I'm to run with my friends with stage3 b5s4s, I need to pick one car to build:
I think I made the right decision.