Brief history and current car

[Lord Chip]

I never seem to post much on here but do on one or two other forums, so thought i'd see about posting a little more often.

First car at 17 was a little mk5 fiesta. Turned out to be a cracking car really, always reliable and simple to fix. Though when i did the timing belt it was a bit of pain. Still have it today for when the others break down

Then at 18 i got the urge for a mk2 golf. So i found myself a 16v gti in atlas grey It looked like this when first got it..



Which was ok, but i didnt like the look of it too much. The first things i did was to change the awful springs it had for come coilovers and fit a standard gti grill. Then i found some bmw bbs wheels and put them on.


Then during the last few months i owned it, it looked like this.. same wheels but powdercoated and decent rubber on them.



Next up after the golf turning into a money pit i went and bought an audi S3 by far the best car i have owned.



The audi is now dead for the moment though one bent conrod and a cracked cylinder head. So is currently in the barn and im in the process of either finding another engine or reconditon this one.




In the mean time i am drving about in this, a mk3 vr6


Did try on my other wheels but they are a little too big and catch on the rear slighty so the TT competition wheels are going back on.


Will be hard picking what to sell when i do finally fix the audi and get it back on the road.

thanks for looking.

And yes if your looking at the dates on one or two of the pics i am only 19 at the moment

Edited by Lord Chip on Monday 10th May 12:53

[trickywoo]

Was the S3 running standard boost?

[anonymous-user]

Some very nice motors you've got there. The S3 and the mk3 golf look very tidy for their ages.

I'm a big fan of the S3s, I'm pretty sure thats what i'm going to end up buying when i'm done with my e46 after I graduate. I've been addicted to them ever since one of my mates at uni traded his gt tdi golf for one.

[soad]

Good selection of motors right there!

[150bhp]

Love the vr6 with the tt wheels

[Lord Chip]

Yeah the S3 was totally standard boost so no excuse for it to have done that. It had done 136k miles which is slighty high but not mega. One of the reasons i picked this one was because of the great service history, was mostly audi dealer stuff. But just go's to show that doesn't mean everything when buying a car

[Lord Chip]

May aswell put this in this thread rather than start a new one.

Managed to get the engine right out of the S3 yesterday, was quite a pig to do but got there in the end

Next step is to seperate the block from the gearbox ect and remove everything ready to take it to an engine shop and see if its repairable or a new one is needed.

Few pics i took while doing it. Farm spec engine removals

[m4tt]

Really, really like the Mk2 with black wheels and big bumpers. Shame you don't sound like you are having much luck with cars!

Farm spec engine removal actually make me lol. Good work!

[Lord Chip]

In some ways i wish i never sold the mk2 was the most 'fun' car i have had.

And yeah it was all fun and games getting the engine out. Was in view of the main road that go's by ours and most people had to look twice as they drove past

[mat13]

Is that a 990 implematic?

[Lord Chip]

No its a little massey 35, been on the farm since new. Older than my dad i think

[mat13]

just looked like a db in that shot, i miss my tractors

[Schmeeky]

Lord Chip said:

That's beautiful! One of my all time favourite wheel designs.

[S3_Graham]

sorry to hear about your trouble with the S3, i loved mine dearly and was gutted i had to sell!

[Lord Chip]

Did a little more with the S3 engine today.. Think I have found the problem

The bad knocking noise it made was the bottom of the piston hitting on another part of the engine, as the bend in the conrod had the effect of pulling the piston down too far.

[coley20]

150bhp said:

Love the vr6 with the tt wheels

What tyre size are they 225 35 17 ????

[Lord Chip]

They are 205's for definate and either 40 or 45 profiles. I would go and look but they are off the car at the moment and locked up in the workshop.

[fabienne]

Great motors thanks for sharing.

[Frazzly]

Thats the second S3 engine Ive seen do that.

Right enough my mates didn;t crack the head in the process. Thats bad luck.