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Well folks, seeing as it's a little different, I thought I'd start a little thread on here. The first few posts will be copied over from Northloop, then I'll keep it updated as things progress!
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After 3 trips to the ring, I decided it was probably about time I built something more dedicated to the track, rather than risking my dailly driver.
So, having bought a new A3 1.8T back in May, my old A3 has sat in the drive, because I'm too stubborn to sell it, as I don't want some pikey getting his hands on a car with 235bhp, for the £1500 it's worth. I had planned to give the car to my Dad as payment for some money I owed him, but we decided in September that it would be put to far better use as a track car, so this is a joint project between me. and Dad.
My time with this A3 started in July 2006, when I bought it on 120k, 100% standard, for £2850:
Fast foreward 4 years, 3 turbos, 2 gearboxes, and god knows how much else and a fair few thousand quic, and I ended up with this:
Running full 'stage 2' spec, ko3S turbo, turbo back exhaust, FMIC, all forge silicon hoses, and a custom map, it was producing 235bhp & 270lbft at 23psi, and going well. it's already got eibach ARB's, and coilovers, as well as 312mm S3 brakes that'll be getting replaced.
It's been to the ring twice. Here's a few pics
Bit of a driveshaft fail back at easter this year, thankfully helped out massively my Ralph and Freddie at Rent4Ring:
The car reached 200k whilst at the ring in April, so I decided it was time to retire it from my 500 mile/week commute, and loving it so much, the only option for me was to buy another, newer A3 for a new dailly:
The old A3 has sat in my drive now for 6 months, waiting for me to do something with it.
My old man and I decided in september, whilst spending a week at the ring, that it was about time we built a car specifically for track use, and we decided to start with the old A3 as a base.
So, the car currently needs a new steering rack, so I've got a TT quick rack in the garage to go on it this weekend. I've just picked up some Sparco Sprint V seats and I've been talking to Custom cages about afull multipoint weld in cage for the car
I'll be stripping it over xmas and making up subframes for the seats, then I'll be ordering the cage early in the new year, with a view to getting the car ready to take to the ring at Easter.
I'm after a set of 330mm Porsche 996 brakes to put on the front it it, and I'm looking at getting a set of Federal RS-R tyres. Having read a few reviews, they sound pretty good for the money, at half the cost of R888s!
I'll keep this updated as more work happens!
I hope to see some of you out at the Ring a few times next year
Nick
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After 3 trips to the ring, I decided it was probably about time I built something more dedicated to the track, rather than risking my dailly driver.
So, having bought a new A3 1.8T back in May, my old A3 has sat in the drive, because I'm too stubborn to sell it, as I don't want some pikey getting his hands on a car with 235bhp, for the £1500 it's worth. I had planned to give the car to my Dad as payment for some money I owed him, but we decided in September that it would be put to far better use as a track car, so this is a joint project between me. and Dad.
My time with this A3 started in July 2006, when I bought it on 120k, 100% standard, for £2850:
Fast foreward 4 years, 3 turbos, 2 gearboxes, and god knows how much else and a fair few thousand quic, and I ended up with this:
Running full 'stage 2' spec, ko3S turbo, turbo back exhaust, FMIC, all forge silicon hoses, and a custom map, it was producing 235bhp & 270lbft at 23psi, and going well. it's already got eibach ARB's, and coilovers, as well as 312mm S3 brakes that'll be getting replaced.
It's been to the ring twice. Here's a few pics
Bit of a driveshaft fail back at easter this year, thankfully helped out massively my Ralph and Freddie at Rent4Ring:
The car reached 200k whilst at the ring in April, so I decided it was time to retire it from my 500 mile/week commute, and loving it so much, the only option for me was to buy another, newer A3 for a new dailly:
The old A3 has sat in my drive now for 6 months, waiting for me to do something with it.
My old man and I decided in september, whilst spending a week at the ring, that it was about time we built a car specifically for track use, and we decided to start with the old A3 as a base.
So, the car currently needs a new steering rack, so I've got a TT quick rack in the garage to go on it this weekend. I've just picked up some Sparco Sprint V seats and I've been talking to Custom cages about afull multipoint weld in cage for the car
I'll be stripping it over xmas and making up subframes for the seats, then I'll be ordering the cage early in the new year, with a view to getting the car ready to take to the ring at Easter.
I'm after a set of 330mm Porsche 996 brakes to put on the front it it, and I'm looking at getting a set of Federal RS-R tyres. Having read a few reviews, they sound pretty good for the money, at half the cost of R888s!
I'll keep this updated as more work happens!
I hope to see some of you out at the Ring a few times next year
Nick