Hello, as i'm new here i thought i'll introduce myself a bit. My name is Wessel 21 years old from The Netherlands.
I started with a Mk1 cabriolet when i was 16 (it was done when i was 18). Bought it in quite a rough shape, but with zero rust and only 40k km's. Anyway after driving that for a year i wanted something faster
2 years later:
Then i moved on to my S3. I'ts a mid '99 car so the pré facelift model. 1.8T APY Originally 209hp but it has been re-mapped to 265hp. running on 1.4 bar boost right now. How i bought it:
And you might think, doesn't look to bad. But thrust me the car was pretty neglected.
When i bought it i thought it was a good purchase, which depending on how you look at it was. I expected the worst honestly as we all know how these kind of cars get driven.. and i've had my fair share of problems with it. But in the end i love the car, the way it is a perfect balance between a hot hatch and a tourer. it's a bit of a cameleon in my opinion.
Anyway, i've owned it for 2 years now and these are things i've done to it so far. Both service related and mods:
- Rebuild the Gearbox as it was whining in certain gears
- Replaced the clutch plate, Main seal, pressure plate, and the dual mass flywheel
- About very single Hose has been replaced as they all were completely destroyed (nothing but vacuüm leaks the first half year of ownership) all replaced with Forge/Samco ones.
- New foglights
- New rear lights (the original pre facelift ones)
- Broken electric window frame
- Broken rear wiper motor
- Broke wheel bearring
- N249/N112 delete
- Broken central locking pump
- Faded headlights
- 2 new Side windows because of scratches done by adjusting the frames in the door wrong (last owner)
- Stuck brake caliper in the rear
- Completely redid the crankcase ventilation system + catch can (looked hideous when i bought it and didn't really seem to help this way either)
- Billstein B16 Pss9 Coilovers
- Original Rs4/TT 18' Rims completely redone and powdercoated
- Some really nice VDO gauges in the center console
- Catchcan
- Powerflex bushings in lower control arms (front)
Also i've been trying to fix a boost problem i had (wouldn't go further then 0.8 bar, while the ECU asked for 1.4 bar (20psi) after a lot of testing it became clear the Acuator of the turbo became lazy, the spring broke. i have to say it was quite difficult to locate such a problem..
And probably some other small things that i forgot about. Anyway as we're most of the time just here for pictures:
Changed one of the weakest links of the Gearbox as it was dismantled anyway:
Some pics of the paint, which was honestly in horrible condition:
The whole car looked like this... some pictures of the progress:
You can really see the difference with the door in the last picture (still had to remove the sanding residu on the trim)
some of the wheels:
and of the Coilovers
And the finished product (for now)
Engine bay looks a lot better now too:
Keep in mind the car has done 235.000km's now (146.000 miles)
Now my plans are to get the car to around 400-500hp. But in a way you can't see it, i want it even to look stock when you open the hood. Probably making it myself harder then i should but... yeah...
I noticed there are a lot of threads about this on this forum so i'm sure i'll get all the information i need here
One question i do have is, should i buy for instance a BAM engine and a Bigger AGU head or is it better to just use the BAM head?
the outside it going to look proper OEM+ probably nothing crazy as i want it to look almost invisible to people that don't know what kind of car it is.
Couple of weeks ago i ordered the first real performance mod, An 3 inch Zinram exhaust (recommended by a lot of people) front to back. last piece of the downpipe is changeable, so when i get another turbo with a bit of luck i only have to change that (probably not LOL). Didn't know the company but as i heard a lot of high performance audi's run Zinram exhausts(Hannover rs4 for example) i've got high hopes for it
That's it for now, hope you guys like the car,
grtz wessel
I started with a Mk1 cabriolet when i was 16 (it was done when i was 18). Bought it in quite a rough shape, but with zero rust and only 40k km's. Anyway after driving that for a year i wanted something faster
2 years later:
Then i moved on to my S3. I'ts a mid '99 car so the pré facelift model. 1.8T APY Originally 209hp but it has been re-mapped to 265hp. running on 1.4 bar boost right now. How i bought it:
And you might think, doesn't look to bad. But thrust me the car was pretty neglected.
When i bought it i thought it was a good purchase, which depending on how you look at it was. I expected the worst honestly as we all know how these kind of cars get driven.. and i've had my fair share of problems with it. But in the end i love the car, the way it is a perfect balance between a hot hatch and a tourer. it's a bit of a cameleon in my opinion.
Anyway, i've owned it for 2 years now and these are things i've done to it so far. Both service related and mods:
- Rebuild the Gearbox as it was whining in certain gears
- Replaced the clutch plate, Main seal, pressure plate, and the dual mass flywheel
- About very single Hose has been replaced as they all were completely destroyed (nothing but vacuüm leaks the first half year of ownership) all replaced with Forge/Samco ones.
- New foglights
- New rear lights (the original pre facelift ones)
- Broken electric window frame
- Broken rear wiper motor
- Broke wheel bearring
- N249/N112 delete
- Broken central locking pump
- Faded headlights
- 2 new Side windows because of scratches done by adjusting the frames in the door wrong (last owner)
- Stuck brake caliper in the rear
- Completely redid the crankcase ventilation system + catch can (looked hideous when i bought it and didn't really seem to help this way either)
- Billstein B16 Pss9 Coilovers
- Original Rs4/TT 18' Rims completely redone and powdercoated
- Some really nice VDO gauges in the center console
- Catchcan
- Powerflex bushings in lower control arms (front)
Also i've been trying to fix a boost problem i had (wouldn't go further then 0.8 bar, while the ECU asked for 1.4 bar (20psi) after a lot of testing it became clear the Acuator of the turbo became lazy, the spring broke. i have to say it was quite difficult to locate such a problem..
And probably some other small things that i forgot about. Anyway as we're most of the time just here for pictures:
Changed one of the weakest links of the Gearbox as it was dismantled anyway:
Some pics of the paint, which was honestly in horrible condition:
The whole car looked like this... some pictures of the progress:
You can really see the difference with the door in the last picture (still had to remove the sanding residu on the trim)
some of the wheels:
and of the Coilovers
And the finished product (for now)
Engine bay looks a lot better now too:
Keep in mind the car has done 235.000km's now (146.000 miles)
Now my plans are to get the car to around 400-500hp. But in a way you can't see it, i want it even to look stock when you open the hood. Probably making it myself harder then i should but... yeah...
I noticed there are a lot of threads about this on this forum so i'm sure i'll get all the information i need here
One question i do have is, should i buy for instance a BAM engine and a Bigger AGU head or is it better to just use the BAM head?
the outside it going to look proper OEM+ probably nothing crazy as i want it to look almost invisible to people that don't know what kind of car it is.
Couple of weeks ago i ordered the first real performance mod, An 3 inch Zinram exhaust (recommended by a lot of people) front to back. last piece of the downpipe is changeable, so when i get another turbo with a bit of luck i only have to change that (probably not LOL). Didn't know the company but as i heard a lot of high performance audi's run Zinram exhausts(Hannover rs4 for example) i've got high hopes for it
That's it for now, hope you guys like the car,
grtz wessel
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