So its been a long time since I've posted anything in here, I apologise for the lack of updates...
2016 was a very busy year and 2017 will be the same I imagine. So last year I picked up a cage from my friend that he had in his S3 8L, since he was going full cage I nabbed this off him. This was purchased as a bolt in cage, unfortunately this was not the case.
I had missed the fact that the S3 this came out of didnt have a sunroof, whereas my A3 does. Clearance above was an issue, which meant the legs had to be shortened, no drama there. So legs and mounting plates all cut off, and put back in and tacked for test.
Position of the front legs sat just in front of the rear bench, but we stumbled on the next issue. The front seats would have no room to slide back! Doh!
Back to the drawing board, long story short S3 and A3 obviously have a different floor plan as you know (I had forgotten this completely) The best way to secure this in was to make 4 mounting blocks to weld the cage onto. Trip down to see the guy as SAS Autoworks and did a great job! He used the the flatest part of the body and made 4mm thick Steel mounts.
Cage all painted:
Fitted along with the Corbeau busket seats:
Some Comfort put back in:
Al the same time, the top mounts were shot, so I upgraded them to standard Powerflex ones (Not the 10mm lower ones)
Car now feels solid and I'm starting to feel more confident in the handling. Within in 2 days of getting the car back, it was then off to Benjamin Pasrons for wideband conversion. Time to move on from the ME3.8
AMK Engine Loom (2 parts)
Wideband ECU
Accelerator Pedal
Pre Cat Lambda sensor
Coil packs (I got TFSI ones and adpaters)
Brand new 550cc injectors
2 x Knock sensors
VVT and gaskets
Electronic Throttle Body
Map sensor and boss fitting kit
Coolant Temp sensor
Maf
Brake switch
Clutch Switch
Terminal for switches and connectors
New Actuator
Custom made bracket for the pedal as bulkhead and fusebox was different!
All fitted and straigh onto the dyno
Results
Couldn't be more happier with the results and hard work everyone has put in so far! SAS autoworks and Ben Parsons would recommend them both"
I need to look at the manifold as it is blowing slightly at high revs.
Either take this v3 mani off and reweld or upgrade...