What a superb thread....You make it seem so easier yet I remember all the swear words I learned whilst just changing the rear discs and pads.
Saving a white 3.0 quattro build thread.
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looks very nice stance pal, i painted my 19 rs4 reps a similar colour too, wait till you get the front bumper it will make it look so much tougher up front, i used to have that bumper on mine but got an sline lower and made it fit the upper.
that other audi a4 you was breaking,do you still have it and what are the front wings like? im after a set in silver for my a4!
that other audi a4 you was breaking,do you still have it and what are the front wings like? im after a set in silver for my a4!
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Because people use the wrong techniques
It needs to be turned and pushed at the same time. Instead of just pushed.
(Let me know when ya arnt too busy mate and il pop up)
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exactly mate. and to use the proper tools. been a really busy week mate with peoples repairs. and remapsBecause people use the wrong techniques
It needs to be turned and pushed at the same time. Instead of just pushed.
(Let me know when ya arnt too busy mate and il pop up)
cheers for the comments everyone, very much greatly received This is my first Audi and i am extremely impressed and over the past 2 years it hasnt missed a beat i have always had old school vauxhalls and done engine transplants and full resorations on all of them, i just cant help myself sometimes i start to do a little job and then just spirals out of control. times have changes, im now 28, mortgaged, married and two kids so it was time for a bit of luxary!
some of my previous work include
my 360bhp astra
my 2.5 V6 astra van
my cavalier gsi
my vectra gsi with LPG
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done a few conversions for other people too
1990 c20xe 'redtop' into a 2007 corsa d
vectra 2.5 v6 into a 1.6 astra
heck, my latest winter project has been my 1960s lawn mower, it only needed roller bearings and ended up with a bare metal respray lmao
all my own work
ANYWAY, back to answering some of these questions
Yes i am on vvoc and the vaux forums as rc
i thought the same when i saw they had 4 ****** cats! im not sure if they can be ditched as like you say the pre cat has a lambda ech side monitoring its progress. Engine running wise the rears can be ditched no problem, but not so mot friendly. As mine is LPG it basically gives out zero emissions so would theoretically pass, but as it starts up on petrol it needs them in by law. so the answer is i dont know. in the vauxhall world i know all the bits that can be ditched, EGR valves, SAI pumps, Cats etc. but with this i just put it straight back in as audi did.
If there was info on deleting as much as possible then it would certainly be greatly received
those pics were taken the day i fitted them as the new springs settled in nicely. i dont have any problems with rideheight bottoming out or anything, obviously i still have to slow down for bumps etc due to the reduced suspension and tiny tyres, but never have any under belly scuffing problems.
here are some pics today (sorry for the dirt)
just over 24.5 inches on the rear
just over 25inches on the front
the last of the audi bits went over a year ago. i did really well on breaking it. i kept the engine (obviously) and the wheels, and also kept the tiptronic box as a spare (just incase, reading the horror stories) and i actually ended up in profit i did pick it clean though!
got a real time update to upload Re: bumpers, watch this space
they wernt to bad as i'd already had them out 18months previous when fitting the engine, but back then i dont think they'd ever been out and was a bit of a nightmare, took a while and alot of air gunning and WD40. the silver ones came out as if they had only just been fitted though!
it has been said i am a bit of a documenter! especially when i upload a couple of years of progress all in one go haha!
i am also (slowly) building a RWD mk3 astra and thats 86pages and over #2000 posts long so far!
This is my first Audi and i am extremely impressed and over the past 2 years it hasnt missed a beat i have always had old school vauxhalls and done engine transplants and full resorations on all of them, i just cant help myself sometimes i start to do a little job and then just spirals out of control. times have changes, im now 28, mortgaged, married and two kids so it was time for a bit of luxary!some of my previous work include
my 360bhp astra
my 2.5 V6 astra van
my cavalier gsi
my vectra gsi with LPG
done a few conversions for other people too
1990 c20xe 'redtop' into a 2007 corsa d
vectra 2.5 v6 into a 1.6 astra
heck, my latest winter project has been my 1960s lawn mower, it only needed roller bearings and ended up with a bare metal respray lmao
all my own work
ANYWAY, back to answering some of these questions
Yes i am on vvoc and the vaux forums as rc
i thought the same when i saw they had 4 ****** cats! im not sure if they can be ditched as like you say the pre cat has a lambda ech side monitoring its progress. Engine running wise the rears can be ditched no problem, but not so mot friendly. As mine is LPG it basically gives out zero emissions so would theoretically pass, but as it starts up on petrol it needs them in by law. so the answer is i dont know. in the vauxhall world i know all the bits that can be ditched, EGR valves, SAI pumps, Cats etc. but with this i just put it straight back in as audi did.
If there was info on deleting as much as possible then it would certainly be greatly received
those pics were taken the day i fitted them as the new springs settled in nicely. i dont have any problems with rideheight bottoming out or anything, obviously i still have to slow down for bumps etc due to the reduced suspension and tiny tyres, but never have any under belly scuffing problems.
here are some pics today (sorry for the dirt)
just over 24.5 inches on the rear
just over 25inches on the front
the last of the audi bits went over a year ago. i did really well on breaking it. i kept the engine (obviously) and the wheels, and also kept the tiptronic box as a spare (just incase, reading the horror stories) and i actually ended up in profit
i did pick it clean though!got a real time update to upload Re: bumpers, watch this space
they wernt to bad as i'd already had them out 18months previous when fitting the engine, but back then i dont think they'd ever been out and was a bit of a nightmare, took a while and alot of air gunning and WD40. the silver ones came out as if they had only just been fitted though!
it has been said i am a bit of a documenter!
especially when i upload a couple of years of progress all in one go haha!i am also (slowly) building a RWD mk3 astra and thats 86pages and over #2000 posts long so far!
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Don't recognise your car bud. Been on there since about 2004 now.Yes i am on vvoc and the vaux forums as rc
Its a Ransomes Marquis Mk4, i do have the chain cover, its currently in primer to paint this weekend
26 page build thread on there from 2010
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heck, my latest winter project has been my 1960s lawn mower, it only needed roller bearings and ended up with a bare metal respray lmao
Beast!
Nice Audi and Astra too.
loving the attention the mowers getting haha here is a couple of before pics!
Great build thread! It's nice to see your enthusiasm for the car, I look forward to seeing it develop.
We are up to real time updates now, and once again the plot thickens! I got hold of a sline front splitter about 6months ago and since that time ive been searching for front grilles. But these seem to be very hard to get hold of, and when they do come up they are at preinum prices, sometimes more than new!
On one of my nightly ebay sessions searching S-Line I came across this for £1000. 1.8T BEX 190bhp 6speed. 6 Months mot, 1 months tax. 102k miles, FASH upto 80k. Just had a recon turbo and top end rebuild, headgasket and cambelt, with all recipts. Black window trims, 5 alloys etc. BUT its got the 6speed CVT gearbox, so you can guess why its so cheap.. .. it had a gearbox fluid change at 40k miles at audi, and a gearbox oil and filter change at 95k when the problems started. Just shows even the looked after ones die its only troublesome start stop shunting around, I drove it 80miles home and it didnt miss a beat!
So the plan is take the bumpers for mine and break the rest. Lots of goodies to go
On one of my nightly ebay sessions searching S-Line I came across this for £1000. 1.8T BEX 190bhp 6speed. 6 Months mot, 1 months tax. 102k miles, FASH upto 80k. Just had a recon turbo and top end rebuild, headgasket and cambelt, with all recipts. Black window trims, 5 alloys etc. BUT its got the 6speed CVT gearbox, so you can guess why its so cheap.. .. it had a gearbox fluid change at 40k miles at audi, and a gearbox oil and filter change at 95k when the problems started. Just shows even the looked after ones die
its only troublesome start stop shunting around, I drove it 80miles home and it didnt miss a beat! 
So the plan is take the bumpers for mine and break the rest. Lots of goodies to go
thats a bargain pal, a grand for that! you'll easy make your money back and more breaking it and you got the sline bits you need.
so if your breaking it how much for ac radiator,nsr light cluster,and front wings if theyre not rusty!
so if your breaking it how much for ac radiator,nsr light cluster,and front wings if theyre not rusty!
I've been looking for an S-Line lower grill for 3 years now, think I'll just have to bite the bullet and buy a new one.
I'd be interested in the heater actuator motors and maybe the boot lid if it's rust free as mine has a little rust patch on it and it looks the same colour as mine.
I'd be interested in the heater actuator motors and maybe the boot lid if it's rust free as mine has a little rust patch on it and it looks the same colour as mine.
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slightly off topic but why the hell would you want a say old K reg engine in a 2007 corsa in beyond me
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I just need the rear caps off the headlights, and the bulb clips for the N/S if you have any spare
Cheers lads it is very tidy, near mint inside. I have literally drove it home and straightight in the lockup at the mo. I need to check the condition of everything then find out what its all actually worth. I have a fair idea from breaking the silver one though
it was a mate who wanted something different, one of those kind of never seen before things. I accepted the challenge as one of those 'it cant be done' conversions. The whole car is canbus. The electronic steering doesnt work unless the engine is running and moving. The clocks wont work unless the engine is running, infact the whole central canbus module for the car wont come out of standby unless the engine is running, on the engine that doesnt have a canbus bone in its body. Plus corsa d's are small block transmission but 2.0's are big block.
But I did it, everything works, clocks, speedo, epas the lot
It was a hell of a sleeper though haha
it is very tidy, near mint inside. I have literally drove it home and straightight in the lockup at the mo. I need to check the condition of everything then find out what its all actually worth. I have a fair idea from breaking the silver one though it was a mate who wanted something different, one of those kind of never seen before things. I accepted the challenge as one of those 'it cant be done' conversions. The whole car is canbus. The electronic steering doesnt work unless the engine is running and moving. The clocks wont work unless the engine is running, infact the whole central canbus module for the car wont come out of standby unless the engine is running, on the engine that doesnt have a canbus bone in its body. Plus corsa d's are small block transmission but 2.0's are big block.
But I did it, everything works, clocks, speedo, epas the lot
It was a hell of a sleeper though haha
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Understand on your behalf and that's great' about the challenge. Suppose it's like putting an old KR motor out of a mk2 golf and putting it in a mk6 golf
The C20XE / C20LET "red tops" are probably seen as the best engines ever made by Vauxhall / Opel and have quite abit of a cult following.
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yes they do but this day and age i disagree. i find they only purposefull in old classic track or rally cars
yeah great engine those, very basic and simple to work on and the non turbo red top was 150 brake standard before you even did anything to it, had a red top in a nova when i was 17,great fun untill somone told my mum i was chasing a lancia delta down an a road at 100 odd miles an hour, she quickly removed me off insurance and made me sell the car lol, she didnt even know i'd bought a cavalier gsi and did the transplant from a 1.3 sr over the weekend!!
glad im abit more sensible now im a family guy!
glad im abit more sensible now im a family guy!
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The redtops were great engines. Very strong and great performers.
Much better than the ecotec (GM) crap they fit now.
Much better than the ecotec (GM) crap they fit now.
Bit of progress today, started stripping the blue one today
Twin intercoolers
getting naked
started with the passenger airbag deactivation switch mod.
Pop out recess was already in the glovebox
switch in, looms were already there
And the indicator panel in
While the glovebox was out, I thought id get rid of the wood with a donation of the blue one again.
wasnt sure if the black would suit the light interior, but I think it looks great
The deactivation switch does work with the light. But its put the airbag light perminatly on the dash. So im guessing im going to let vagcom tell it its been added.
Twin intercoolers
getting naked
started with the passenger airbag deactivation switch mod.
Pop out recess was already in the glovebox
switch in, looms were already there
And the indicator panel in
While the glovebox was out, I thought id get rid of the wood with a donation of the blue one again.
wasnt sure if the black would suit the light interior, but I think it looks great
The deactivation switch does work with the light. But its put the airbag light perminatly on the dash. So im guessing im going to let vagcom tell it its been added.
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cracking thread mate. love a good build thread and this is one of the better ones ive seen in a long time!
that white avant... oh my... i love white cars and i love the b6 avant. but in white... quattro... oft. lol
if by any chance you're selling bits off the blue one... i'm after a 5 spoke alloy wheel. lol
that white avant... oh my... i love white cars and i love the b6 avant. but in white... quattro... oft. lol
if by any chance you're selling bits off the blue one... i'm after a 5 spoke alloy wheel. lol
Excellent......I have had my glovebox off a few times and never seen a loom there for the air bag switch..........was it hiding somewhere.
Not actually looked for it to be honest but still want it LOL
Not actually looked for it to be honest but still want it LOL
They key lock isnt actually a barrel, its just a switch, you can turn it with a key, screwdriver, anything flat.
I had to swap the loom from the glovebox over as it didnt have the extra plug in, but it was all in my car loom. Some cars have it in the car loom and some dont. i found an old thread with a search that said the way to check if your car is retrofit ready is check the plug going into your overhead light and if it has pins in 4 & 7 then you have, as thats the signal for the passenger deactivation light, and i did if not its ALOT of wiring.
im going to have to plug vagcom in though as the airbag light is now permanently on so may need an activation/reset.
I had to swap the loom from the glovebox over as it didnt have the extra plug in, but it was all in my car loom. Some cars have it in the car loom and some dont. i found an old thread with a search that said the way to check if your car is retrofit ready is check the plug going into your overhead light and if it has pins in 4 & 7 then you have, as thats the signal for the passenger deactivation light, and i did
if not its ALOT of wiring.
im going to have to plug vagcom in though as the airbag light is now permanently on so may need an activation/reset.
