Bluefox

1. Suze - Friday, Saturday, Sunday 2. dsmithmobile 3. Lummox (Unit18) 4. Missp 5. vRS_Si 6. felix_19 7. VRS 203 (No skoda though) 8. cowper3010 9.Felix_19 - Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10. Chicken_Eyebrow - Saturday daytime only 11. Bluefox - Friday, Saturday, Sunday Thought I'd prove I'm still alive (roughly) and put my name down

Updates: Drove her back from Guildford, ran her to work for a couple of days, so on and so forth. Already started a list of things I wanted to change, so I could "make my mark" on her. Few more pictures: Nothing exciting happened, until she started leaking oil. Nothing serious, I mean it's a 17 year old car - to be expected, right? It was then I realised that this might have something to do with the slipping clutch. Another thing I wasn't so worried about, a 94k Corrado engine with 200+ bhp and a standard clutch - not a good thing. I'd made plans to change it in the next few weeks anyway; but it was at this point I realised that I'd used a gallon of oil in two days. Whoops. I started to worry; then I looked out the window and saw the oil slick on my flat's allocated parking... whoops again! Anyway, with this going on she was promptly driven to work (sometimes working in a scrap yard with a tyre bay and acres of space is handy) and investigation started: ...quickly, my beautiful assistant (thanks again Dave) found out the sump bolts were loose: So, while this was going on, I turned my attention to what was occuring up top. After the usual wipe & rub I thought the source could be part of the intercooler plumbing: ...so, I dismantled it: Despite it looking a little shonky, the seal was good and there was very little oil in the cooler pipework. Relief. Back together, and by this point Dave had finished under the car. Started... still leaking. I took the opportunity to fix a weeping fuel pipe with a handy length donated by an ELV Audo A6 20vT. Keeping it dub Seriously though, still oil leaking so open came the bonnet again - first thing we saw was this hole in the cam/rocker cover: Naturally, we looked at the flow of the oil and where it was present on the engine, and it seemed consistent with the theory that the oil I was pouring in was coming out this hole and spreading itself over the engine. A quick Google search proved this unlikely as all the G60's had this; however time on this theory was cut short as Dave saw where the oil was coming from...

The Transit's coming on surprisingly well, had her running last week but we've run out of the aviation fuel we need so she's on a back burner for now... I estimate she's about 190-200bhp at the moment, and I think they weigh about 900kgs. I'm hoping for about 220 when I've sorted out a couple of things and got her properly setup, she's not breathing properly and the.... Well, see the next installment

Thanks Just updated the A2's PD with the reasons. Just wanted something fun

Cheers Rob Hopefully you'll see her at the National Day.

Not at all, was a good descision financially. An unfortunate change in personal circumstances meant I was living on my own, less than a 10 minute drive from where I now work - plus more money, cheap petrol (38p/litre ) and access to a farm unit means I could justify something more fun. And fun, she certainly is... I'm updating the Golf's PD shortly with the latest information... That said, the Audi was a brilliant car. I'd have another one tomorrow if I needed something cheap - short of the repairs/servicing I had to do straight away she was a bargain.

Okay, so first proper update. This is exactly how I got her. Picked her up last week from just outside Guildford. She's a 1992 3-door VW Golf GTI 16v which as you can see has been converted to run a G60 (1.8 8v supercharged) engine. Her current specification is as follows: Performance 1.8 G60 engine from VW Corrado 68mm pulley High-lift cam 4-1 exhaust manifold Jetex stainless manifold-back system with twin 3" pipes K&N Induction kit Mercedes Sprinter front mounted intercooler with custom stainless pipework Suspension/braking -40mm springs on Turbo Gas shocks G60 brakes BBS RA 15" wheels with 195/50/15 tyres Cosmetic Genuine "big bumper" model Debadged and smoothed rear end Flat rear wiper Single front wiper conversion with Aero-Twin wiper Mint rainbow interior "Stealth" parcel shelf with Kenwood 6x9's Headlamp "eyebrow" spoiler Black front grille VW badge Deleted front GTI badge There's still plenty to do, but as you can see from the pics her bodywork is in excellent condition and there's the biggest pile of history paperwork I've ever seen in my life: ...even that pic doesn't do the paperwork justice. Anyway, there's a load more to update you with but I thought I'd just wet your appetite for now

Yeah, sadly that transit fell on her after I took the pic, so I'm now carless again...

Well, here she is! More to follow soon

Time for a change. Bye bye A2!

Sorry I couldn't make it folks, little-fox had a bit of a mare today. Could hardly get her in her clothes this morning without her kicking off, let alone a car all the way to Droitwich... How was it anyway? Will book a babysitter next time :(

How's that going for you? We seem to have a few problems with the 9200.

Phaeton! Saw it in the other thread, you're brave... Still, good skills. Wonder if your Superb will ever come back on here? All the best for the new car.

Looking good, you doing the roof black as well?

She is, yeah! Having wheel bearings done on Friday, more money... Still, she'll be all good after that so silver lining and all that!

Done, where's the £1,000,000 prize draw entry? Disappointed

Who?

IIRC they're 17.5cm/6 1/2", although I think you need adaptors to fit the aftermarket ones in correctly.

I agree with Diesel, I see no reason as to why the discs would have different mounts.

Cool, be nice to see the Unit 18 battle bus again. If you're going via the M40/M42 let me know and I'll meet you somewhere or something?

Maybe not 18's, but 17's should go on with 205/40 tyres...

Well, she's back. After an equally epic battle with the intercooler, Ali from Unit18 managed to get the new one in. Another top drawer service from Unit18, cheers lads. It seems as though there's two types of MAF sensor on these cars, an earlier one and a later one... which have different sizes. Fantastic.Not entirely sure why... Anyway, updated the costings on spritmonitor.de - so I thought I'd put all that in to make this update a little more interesting. I've got no pics of the intercooler change as, er, I wasn't there Anyway: Calculation of vehicle's costs period: 28.04.2008 to 28.04.2009 start mileage: 123.611 mi end mileage: 125.086 mi total of driven kilometers: 1.475 mi date mileage description GBP Fuel 157,62 14.03.2009 123.611 28,6 l Diesel 28,01 17.03.2009 123.939 28,7 l Diesel 28,70 22.03.2009 124.257 27,8 l Diesel 27,73 27.03.2009 124.585 27,2 l Diesel 27,12 02.04.2009 124.898 27,8 l Diesel 28,09 04.04.2009 125.086 17,5 l Diesel 17,97 Maintenance 299,28 11.04.2009 124.724 Cambelt/damper/water pump change & fluid/filter service (Parts £49.28) 299,28 Repair 389,98 24.04.2009 124.827 Intercooler change (Parts £189.98) 389,98 Spare parts 32,11 14.03.2009 Alloy Wheel centre caps 32,11 Sum of costs 878,99 Cost per Mile 0,60 So, there we have it - next job is to sort out the tyres... and that damn 2-speaker stereo!

Glad to hear she's not written off... and looking forward to seeing the next **** that hits you!

That carputer is nuts. Loving your work, looking forward to more updates!

I've come to conclusion, along with many others on here, that you're nuts. Proper hooked on the thread already though, keep us up to date!