Hi all.. I thought it was high time that I actually created my own thread on here to document my S3's build. I've been lurking around the forum since June, bought an S3 in July..
So, here the story goes...
I used to have a Nissan Almera GTi - got a little on the rusty side.. My old man didn't like it, so he forced me to take it off the road, to which point, he even offered to buy me a new car!
I would have loved to take up the offer, but the cars he had in mind were not anywhere close to similar in terms of power/torque, so we just agreed to disagree.
Luckily (for me anyway) we had a Mercedes C320 sitting on the driveway, having had it declared SORN for over a year, so we all decided that I could drive it!
A year or so goes by, I got very bored of the fact that it was an Automatic... Along comes my cousin with a bright idea... He'd seen an S3 on ebay that he thought was worth a look.. Now, it was untidy, scratches and scrapes all over the place.. But it had, to some degree, been prepped for the track.
We went to go and check it out, and I ended up with an S3!!
Here's some pics of how it was when I bought it:
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I've made a few changes to it - Facelift headlights, a seat rail that allows me to move the drivers seat forward and back, a Badger5 TIP, took a Forge Splitter off and replaced it with a Genuine Recirc. valve and some other small little bits and bobs..
I've had my fair share of little problems though - overfuelling, occasional random misfires etc, so I got some bits to help me along with fault finding! More to come!!
So, here the story goes...
I used to have a Nissan Almera GTi - got a little on the rusty side.. My old man didn't like it, so he forced me to take it off the road, to which point, he even offered to buy me a new car!
I would have loved to take up the offer, but the cars he had in mind were not anywhere close to similar in terms of power/torque, so we just agreed to disagree.
Luckily (for me anyway) we had a Mercedes C320 sitting on the driveway, having had it declared SORN for over a year, so we all decided that I could drive it!
A year or so goes by, I got very bored of the fact that it was an Automatic... Along comes my cousin with a bright idea... He'd seen an S3 on ebay that he thought was worth a look.. Now, it was untidy, scratches and scrapes all over the place.. But it had, to some degree, been prepped for the track.
We went to go and check it out, and I ended up with an S3!!
Here's some pics of how it was when I bought it:
![](/xf/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1308.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs609%2Fmrsingh2u%2F2015-07-27%252010.24.12_zpswy0wk7eu.png&hash=f9b67588c1f912499b21b065ffb04769)
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![](/xf/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1308.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs609%2Fmrsingh2u%2F2015-07-27%252010.33.14_zpsihtaxnxt.png&hash=4d031f5bb9d064296ea397d3e2956bbd)
I've made a few changes to it - Facelift headlights, a seat rail that allows me to move the drivers seat forward and back, a Badger5 TIP, took a Forge Splitter off and replaced it with a Genuine Recirc. valve and some other small little bits and bobs..
I've had my fair share of little problems though - overfuelling, occasional random misfires etc, so I got some bits to help me along with fault finding! More to come!!