80 TDI project 'Sweep'???

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:37 am

Well i thought i should finally make a thread for my car since it looks like i'll be goign a bit crazy with it....

THought sweep was a fitting name after looking through some projects on here lol, hope its not already taken Laughing

well heres a picture of when i bought it....

the car i was told had a blown headgasket that was causing overheating, i got the car home, checked for the obvious h/g signs but nothing...but i'm not going to argue with a garage..they do this for a living!...so changed that..then had some issues with the ecu timing being out for some reason?!?!?! after all that had the same overheating..turned out it was a cloged water pump, blasted that out and problem solved Rolling Eyes

so then the modifications began....first leccy windows and a full s2 avant interior with carbon Cool

swapped in my Alpine headunit and my sub, 3 spoke steering wheel...will post pics later...

now yesterday my tubo blew, probably because up until 2 days ago i had a monster boost leak. so now i will be replacing/refurbing the turbo, egr delete, 0.216 injectors and a remap.

body wise...s ofar nothing..but thinking about S2 bumpers and side skirt, definately body-colouring the lot tho!!

brakes....its getting my old cq20v brakes as they are being upgraded.

wheels....as yet undecided apart from they will be 16"

drivetrain....this is the it i am excited about, following James' thread on quattro conversion i am going to give it a go...if it is bolt on then great...if not never mind. assuming it is..i have the full rear setup ready and will be sourcing a 6 speed quattro box to go in too, btw if anyone wants to agree dissagree with the technical side of the quattro conversion can you do it on the other thread...

cheers
Ant

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:49 pm

It was clean then when you got it from steve Laughing

Should be possible from what i've seen/heard, so when you thinking of starting this?

think someone was talking about calling there car sweep but not sure Laughing

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:32 pm

I think Owen's project Titan was called Sweep in it's early days, but the name didn't stick Question

Looks like a nice clean car and an ambitious conversion plan, good luck Very Happy

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:48 pm

think your right about the name there, iirc thats who's car it was till it became project titan.

Yeah should be a good project anton, just need a kick up the b/side to keep on with it unlike your 20v Laughing

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:27 pm

Cheers Guys,
well jumping straight in, just agreed to buy a 6 speed quattro gearbox and s2 avant rear end so no going back now.... cant decide on wheels tho... i want 16" and must be 4 stud, my friend has offered me some caterham wheels with some dish that i think could look good in black...any other ideas?

And dont worry Pete, the 20v is moving along...just slowly is all.. Laughing

besides all it needs to be on the road again is a power steering pump...just dont need two cars atm....well, could be useful now that my one working one is bust lol Rolling Eyes

Ant

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:33 pm

get some muscles, you don't need power steering Laughing

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:19 pm

6-speed should be interesting to see in the tdi and what it pulls like? just watch those caterham boys i know they sometimes use different pcd's on the front and back for some reason! Also on the wheels look towards the ford stuff as they the same pcd (4x108) and they often dont mind letting the wheels go cheap not like those bloody vw boys!!!

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:19 pm

yeah, unfortunately i forgot to mention the gearbox needed to be quattro so still on the lookout for a box....the caterham wheels are on a cq already...

looking at the ford ones...what you guys think to the 4 spoke mondeo wheels?? was thinking they may be cool in black??....

Ant

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:27 pm

everything is cool in black Cool

the ones on that coupe would look better in my eyes but the mondeo wheels would be different and i think they still look better than some of the shocking wheels on sale out there Shocked

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:30 pm

its a shame that the Ford and Peugeot wheels are associated with a particular car sometimes, as they are generally very high quality wheels - and cheap 2nd hand! Those Caterham ones are great, but don't paint them black! The dish won't stand out

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:33 pm

it will if he colour codes the dishes white Razz

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:42 pm

or polished lips...

...and I don't mean like this Laughing

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:44 pm

hahah i can tell you i wont be painting whe dish white lol!!!

To be fair my housemate has some Avev As which are painted black and i'd say the dish is just as obvious if not more in fact....will take a pic of my avant with the avavs perhaps give me a better idea of what they might look like.....

what you guys recon about spings btw?? wanting around 40mm lowering but not too stiff....this car is just a commuter lol......

Ant

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:56 pm

general opinion is on Audi Sport springs, which give a drop of about 20mm, but if you want to go lower, its down to opinion. If you drop it 40mm, it will be quite a bit stiffer, and I don't think there's any one setup that has been agreed on here - my 80 is lowered 40mm, and is stiff and uncomfortable on Spax, but it goes round corners sooooooooooooo well Very Happy

(compare to 'standard' height coupe next to it)

Audioc's 90 (below) is stiff as well, but I don't know what setup he has - others say theirs are quite smooth when lowered

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:00 pm

i've just lost about 5 mains of my life staring at those lips...fantastic!! lol

neway....liking the sound of those sport springs..are they off the 2.0l quattro sport?? what sort of price do they normally fetch? or are they rare as ****??

Ant

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:07 pm

available from dealers, or from www.vagparts.com as far as I'm aware - and not as expensive as you may think. Just make sure you have decent shocks as well, or it could get choppy Laughing

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:45 pm

A good setup that seems to have favoured results in handling, lowering and comfort, is Koni shocks with Audi Sport Springs. You will find that the 20mm drop, although it doesn't sound much, gives a pleasing look, improved handling with very little difference comfyness Razz

plus you don,t have to be careful at driving down roads with speed bumps Laughing

IIRC Andy's black 90 (last pic) is dropped 40mm, and to be fair, it's a fairly comfortable ride, better than it looks like it would anyway Laughing

Maybe get them bump stops sorted though hey One Cam Laughing

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:32 am

i think he wants to get his squishy shock sorted he was on about it on the wales run Laughing

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:32 pm

I'm not sure how low my avant is but its low Laughing

getting some bigger rims on it at some point then might lower it a bit more Laughing

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:00 pm

not too keen on the konis, this is meant to be a budget project but not turning out that way lol, sent an email to vagparts for a price but not thinking too much about it yet....need to swap the sus round first:P should be going to pick the stuff up this weekend...as long as it can be removed in time and will fit in the back of a coupe lol....

i'm still waiting for my ride in your car pete....i'm beginning to think your making it all up and dont even have a tdi...

Ant

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:09 pm

lol i've definately got it as i'm spending more on it atm than I have been the s2.

like I said, come down with alex to herts on the 2nd nov and you can see it then when I have some stuff done to it Very Happy

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:53 pm

40mm drop is not bad if you stay on 15's or 16's but go up to 17's & above and it's a not so great ride Sad

Si.

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:20 pm

I'm on a 60mm drop with spax.
On 16's with 55 profiles, it's not bad to be honest, but when it was on 17's with 40 profile..............

BANG, CRASH, BANG, BANG, CRASH, BANG, JUDDER, SHAKE, CRASH BANG.

Awful.

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:30 pm

im on spax 40mm and found on 17's with 195/45 it wasnt that bad and not a massive difference to the 15's on the same size tyres! only difference is im on a series 2 base Razz

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:32 pm

which car is that on Jas, Sooty or S2? Didn't think either were that low Confused

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:40 pm

thats sooty afaik

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:47 pm

Before;

After;

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:57 pm

Go on, get 'em right up the arch woohoo Very Happy

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:15 pm

Anyone had any experiance with apex springs?

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:19 pm

agree, its the reason that audi's were sold WITHOUT quattro so that you can slam them on there harse Very Happy