Ron's Blackberry VR6 - A11 VRX - Getting her back on the road

[sexybourbon 0]

S4

[clumpy1 11]

Subaru I reckon the new saloon one

[Jim 1]

Audi RS3...

[clumpy1 11]

Good shout Jim they are around 340 standard

[Hofmiester 10]

Matt wins

 

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[Jim 1]

Bah - Google suggested they were more like 326BHP, hence why I went for the RS3 ;) Either way, very nice :)

[Hofmiester 10]

Power is a funny one of these, different sites say different things. Basically listed as 333PS but AmD and Shark say 340bhp standard and that is what their graphs show. 410bhp with a remap, 450bhp with remap and smaller SC pulley.

 

0-60 on 450bhp mapped ones is under 4 secs! :D

[Hofmiester 10]

Set off wanting an M5 but even a 2007 car with 50k miles is £18-20k :( big money

[Hofmiester 10]

software only, MRC will do a pulley as well for sub 4 sec 0-60 :)

[Jim 1]

Worth mentioning that Harris's S4 destroyed its gearbox only a couple of months after the remap! :(

[clumpy1 11]

What's up with the Golf Ron? Not enough grunt?

[MarkFoster 0]

Revo do a map that will make the 3.0T S4 (why do they use a T when it's supercharged?!) faster than the latest RS4. Check out the Chris Harris (him again!) vid on YouTube... S4 vs RS4, or some such imaginative title.

 

Edit: Ah, the Hoff beat me to it!

[Hofmiester 10]

The golf will stay, lovely car but not big enough and I'd like some more power. Wife will have the gold as she's working again now. Will sell her Fabia. Gearbox is a concern, I think the tiptronic ones are stronger but mine is a manual.

 

Only has 29k on the clock though

[clumpy1 11]

You will just have to calm doon with the right boot Ron so you don't break it. Get some pic's up when you get it :thumbleft: I want to see it at a show next year to check it out ;)

[Jim 1]

The golf will stay, lovely car but not big enough and I'd like some more power. Wife will have the gold as she's working again now. Will sell her Fabia. Gearbox is a concern, I think the tiptronic ones are stronger but mine is a manual.

 

Only has 29k on the clock though

 

Ahh... ok.. that's probably better news. Harris's is a tiptronic. Manual is probably going to be a bit stronger! :) And probably won't be driven as hard, as often!

[sexybourbon 0]

Winner winner chicken dinner , lovely car mate have you heard these with the cats off ? My giddy aunt they make a racket lol !! Good choice mate pics when you get it

[clumpy1 11]

Winner winner chicken dinner , lovely car mate have you heard these with the cats off ? My giddy aunt they make a racket lol !! Good choice mate pics when you get it

 

Nevermind Ron's pic's get your own sorted out Matt FFS

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I updated my build thread a couple of weeks back you must have missed it , few bits I've got a done to post so maybe in the next few weeks if I get chance and can be arsed lol

[Hofmiester 10]

Whoops.......had the car less than a day, crashed into MRC tuning where a stage 2 kit fell into the engine bay :( then the car rolled back onto the dyno......

 

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[Sean_Jaymo 0]

I feel for your pain. That's quite an accident so early on in your ownership.

[coullstar 0]

Lol, are you on Audisrs fourm? I saw a few guys doing the stage 2 group buy thing. Ive been very tempted by these, manual is quite rare is it not?

If I were to go to one car it would be one of these or stretch to a C6 RS6 I think.

[Hofmiester 10]

Need to get on a forum for Audis, struggle to find time to get on here!

[Hofmiester 10]

Having "fallen out" with the Corrado for a while after the sunroof broke, I've actually been told by a medical professional that I need to re-engage with my hobbies :)

 

So no hassle from my wife for the moment!

 

Last winter I stripped the front end, replaced a rotten wing, ball joints, track rods etc

 

I've mean meaning to run my attention to the back end (ooh er) as I wanted to hunt for rust, do tank straps, fuel filter and rear beam bushes.

 

First, bumper off. All looked good but a little digging found two fairly superficial rust patches in the corners

 

 

 

These seem to be caused by water sitting in the chassis rail opening for the bumper and then penetrating down the seal. Easy enough to fix and metal is in good shape.

 

Having removed the fuel tank and exhaust, I got a look at the underside.

 

Looks worse than it is, all just surface rust but was well hidden by the original sealant.

 

 

 

 

All these areas have had seemingly ok looking sealant removed. Just goes to show what is lurking! If I'd left them a couple more years then they would have become problems.

Edited December 21, 2014 by Hofmiester

[Hofmiester 10]

Also removed the fuel filter that looked pretty corroded. Will also be dropping the rear beam, cleaning it up and fitting bushes.

 

 

 

While I was there, I noticed the lip of the sill had some rusty stains so I started peeling sealant back.

 

 

Again, just surface rust but a good job I got to it now.

 

Then took an air sander to the tank straps and have them a coat of POR15

 

 

Edited December 21, 2014 by Hofmiester

[Sean_Jaymo 0]

Corrados are a strange beast, I've seen rust there on low mileage minters and yet some cars that are just abused have absolutely none! Good to see the love returning.